Katie Price is going to war with her local council over her son Harvey’s care.
The former glamour model, 46, spoke of her dismay as she claimed authorities had refused funding for the 22-year-old, believing he has ‘no healthcare issues, only social’.
Harvey, who has multiple disorders including autism, septo-optic dysplasia, Prader-Willi syndrome and blindness, is set to leave his £350,000 residential college in December after Katie was declared bankrupt.
Giving an update on the situation, the television personality said on her podcast, The Katie Price Show, Harvey faces being moved into social care nearer to where she lives.
‘The socials came back yesterday, the people who do the funding, and they believe by seeing Harvey that Harvey has no healthcare issues,’ she ranted.
Katie Price is going to war with her local council over her son Harvey’s care
The former glamour model, 46, spoke of her dismay as she claimed authorities had refused funding for the 22-year-old, believing he has ‘no healthcare issues, only social’
‘That he only needs social care. They think he has no health problems so they’re not funding, and want him to live in a social care place.’
Katie explained how Harvey’s doctors and social worker are encouraging her to appeal the decision as she went on to explain his medical difficulties.
She said: ‘So now obviously the doctors and all that are good with me. He has a passport for the hospital, he’s on medicine to keep him alive, he’s cortisol deficient so can go into adrenaline crisis at any time.
‘If he’s ill he ends up in hospital, what are they on about? Anyone out there if you’re in a situation like me, like everyone knows Harvey has healthcare issues, it’s been documented and I’ve done documentaries on it, but they just think it’s behaviour.
‘I’m like “are you kidding me?”, and I’m now having to appeal, even his social worker is like “you’ve got to appeal it” and it’s all because of money.
‘I will not be letting Harvey suffer but it looks like he will be coming home. Not home, I mean a place nearer me, up the road. He won’t be able to stay at college after Christmas.’
has contacted West Sussex County Council for comment.
Katie was Harvey primary caregiver until he turned 19. Since then he’s been living independently at the specialist further education institute National Star College in Gloucestershire.
Harvey (pictured in 2021) has been attending and living at specialist institution National Star in Cheltenham since 2021 but he will leave in December
In July 2023, Harvey set an impressive Guinness World Record for the longest drawing of a train.
He had to draw a picture longer than 20 metres, and achieved it when he drew the 21.3 metre-long picture of his favourite train – a Thameslink engine and carriages.
Harvey spent four weeks making the artwork as he is keen artist and train enthusiast – with his favourite train being the Gatwick Express.
Adjudicators from Guinness World Records travelled to the college and with the help of staff, unrolled the drawing in a courtyard to measure it.
After confirming Harvey had set a new world record, they presented him with a certificate in front of his mother, teachers and friends.
The record was achieved under the Guinness World Records impairments initiative, which has been developed alongside Mencap.
The initiative allows reasonable adjustments to be made for record bids to better include people with learning disabilities.
Back in March, Katie revealed she had been forced to withdraw him from the £350,000-a-year residential college after the star was declared bankrupt for a second time.
Last month, Katie’s £2million home was repossessed by court bailiffs. The former glamour model, 46, was served an eviction notice for her mansion two months ago
Harvey has been attending and living at specialist institution National Star in Cheltenham since 2021, but Katie admitted she ‘can’t pay’ the vast fees, after being swamped with an outstanding tax bill of £750,000.
Speaking on her The Katie Price Show podcast earlier this year, Katie said: ‘I’m having a nightmare at the minute.
‘We were looking for him to stay at his college another year or if not a placement, but [the local authority] haven’t accepted it.
‘They’ve given me three months that he has to find somewhere else by July. With someone like Harvey you need the transitional move, you need to do it slow.
‘I’m trying to find somewhere nearer or something for Harvey but three months isn’t a long time.’
Last month, Katie’s £2million home was repossessed by court bailiffs.
The former glamour model, was served an eviction notice for her mansion two months ago.
In an exclusive interview with , Katie insisted it had been her decision to vacate the property, and that she had ‘sorted’ her financial issues after being declared bankrupt for a second time.
Katie has since moved into a smaller, rented home in a sleepy Sussex village.