Uncertainty over NHS reforms threatens future of world leading cerebal palsy centre

Boyle family (L-R Patricia Boyle, Steven Boyle and their son Thomas Boyle)

by Sarah Collings, Reporter Tuesday, March 6, 2012 7:05 AM

A question mark hangs over the future of a world-renowned centre that provides care and hope for children with cerebral palsy.

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The Bobath Centre for Children with Cerebral Palsy, in East End Road, East Finchley, is facing the biggest crisis of its 55-year history due to a drop in funding.

Managers claim uncertainty about the outcome of the governments controversial NHS reforms has led to a failure by health authorities to fund patients.

Ten-year-old Thomas Boyle has been treated by the Bobath Centre, which was based in Netherhall Gardens, Hampstead, until 1993, every year since he was four years old.

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Uncertainty over NHS reforms threatens future of world leading cerebal palsy centre