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Right to choose scheme

India-Rose

Hi all,

I saw someone on here recommend getting a GP to refer to the “right to choose scheme” through psychiatry U.K. My GP recently referred me and I was told the wait time is 3 and a half years, which I just don’t think I can hold on for. Has anyone had any experience with the right to choose scheme? How can I approach it? 
Any advice is welcome.

  • I don't know about short cuts, but I'm on the 3 year waiting list for hopefully an official diagnosis. 

  • I had more luck, and got an appointment in about 6 months. But that wasn't for autism, it was for an ADHD assessment.

    I then had an ASC assessment, but I waited over 2.5 years for that in the end I think

  • Something which is "choice" only in name. They say it with everything as a ploy to save money by doing nothing. Even with my mum's hearing. Both parents are as deaf as posts. GP keeps referring to Specsavers. They don't want to go to Specsavers 'cos they don't trust them. Everytime they go they are told they can't have any better hearing aides than they have and do nothing. When they do battle to see an NHS specialist, they are given a list of things that could make their hearing better, but then divert them to Specsavers who will do nothing again.

    Choice is just something the Tories spout to justify paying a fortune to outside companies to take things away from us. It means nothing.

    I wanted to choose the NAS to do my ASC assessment. The NHS wouldn't hear of it even though the NAS do do NHS assessments. Only choice they would give me is wait 2 years plus for NHS services I'd lost faith in.

    Sod it. Went private in the end 'cos I needed the job done right. What about the folks who can't afford that though. I am mad as Hell on their behalf. We all pay tax. We all deserve the best on the NHS.

    Good luck.