Private Diagnosis Route.

Now I realise this topic has been posted before, but quite frankly I’m too lazy to find it.

So I’ve been waiting for a diagnosis for nearly a year now and the NHS, which lets face it is a shambles, first referred me to the local service. They told me it would be nearly 3 years to get seen. Therefore I told my GP there were private organisations that took NHS referrals, so I was taken off the NHS waiting list and referred to Healios. Expect 3 months later, after many emails, I discovered that the GP had completely balls’d up the referral  and I hadn’t been referred at all!

Anyway, long story short getting fed up of the constant lies and catalogue of errors, so thinking I’ll just refer myself and pay privately.

What are people’s experience and recommendations for private practices. Ideally I want to do video, not face to face. More options I have the better.

Parents
  • I had two approx. 2-hour-long face-to-face consultations (with my father in attendance) spaced a few weeks apart. Then it took her roughly 3 weeks to come back with my diagnosis because she was very busy. In addition, I and a couple of my family members filled out a number of questionnaires.

    Not sure about doing it by video. I should imagine it is far better for the clinician to meet you in person, but that's just my non-expert feeling.

  • I would do a face 2 face if I had to but, the idea  of it scares me to death. Maybe that’s a good thing though, if I presented at my anxious worst!

    What was the name of the place you went to and how long ago did you go?

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