Published on 12, July, 2020
Hello,
I asked to get referred to get assessed for autism just 3 weeks ago. After I sent my doctor some information about why I want to get assessed, I received a text conformation from her saying she would refer me but have not heard anything since.
I'm wondering how long it took other people to hear back.
I'm very paranoid about this because a couple of years ago, I went to hospital with a physical ailment and they said they would refer me to get some tests done I needed, I waited months and finally asked my doctor surgery about it and they said I had no active referrals; I had to get a doctors appointment to ask again to get referred for the tests. I don't want to be waiting for nothing again, but I don't know if phoning up my doctors is an overreaction since it's only been 3 weeks. I also wouldn't know what to say and making phone calls is difficult for me.
update: used the NHS app to message my surgery today, asking them to confirm that my referral was sent. Waiting to hear back
update 2: got a message back saying make a GP appointment to ask about my referral. I don't want to do that because I feel it's a waste of a GPs time, this just an admin question.