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NHS assment times, whats yours?

NAS65321

I was wondering are any of you seeing that NHS assment times seem to be massivley increasing? In jan 2020 I went to my GP and they reccomended me for a Autism and ADHD assment. I am 100% on the autism side, not convinced I have ADHD. Today I finally get through to who will take me for the assment, that is the Surrey borders trust. Having been told at the start it was 2 years we are now looking that its will be nearer 3! They are dealing with assments from September 2019 and all they can say is that it will be this year!If I had been in the same place as I was two years ago I would be ok, but I am not. 2020 completely broke me and although I am slowly recovering my problems are 200% bigger than there were when refered.

Anybody else seeing silly waiting times?

Rob

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  • I was initially referred to children's services, but due to their wait time I would have aged out once I got to the end of the list so they refused me and adult's services don't accept you until you're actually an adult so that added a good half a year. 

    Once referred to adults, it took 7 months for a triage appointment. At the triage appointment I was told it would be 7-9 months and to contact them in march if I hadn't heard, but having done that I have now been told that full assessment will be at July at the earliest and could be past October, so that would definitely take me past the two year mark. 

    In an additional pain in the ***, the mental health team after assessing me said that they were reluctant to do much with me before I get assessed for autism so that has not helped there and they've said they'll book me in for a more full mental health assessment in late April/May ish so in the meantime I guess I'm just supposed to not let my brain mess me up too badly?

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  • I was initially referred to children's services, but due to their wait time I would have aged out once I got to the end of the list so they refused me and adult's services don't accept you until you're actually an adult so that added a good half a year. 

    Once referred to adults, it took 7 months for a triage appointment. At the triage appointment I was told it would be 7-9 months and to contact them in march if I hadn't heard, but having done that I have now been told that full assessment will be at July at the earliest and could be past October, so that would definitely take me past the two year mark. 

    In an additional pain in the ***, the mental health team after assessing me said that they were reluctant to do much with me before I get assessed for autism so that has not helped there and they've said they'll book me in for a more full mental health assessment in late April/May ish so in the meantime I guess I'm just supposed to not let my brain mess me up too badly?

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