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Private assessment help

JennyB

Hi there I am new here and have a lot to learn

My 21 year old daughter is on a 2 year waiting list but I have been offered help to go private. I live near Birmingham and have seen a few places but they offer video call assessments, is this the norm? I am surprised especially given the costs involved!

Is there anything I should be aware of? Will a private diagnosis be recognised by her GP?

Many thanks

Jenny

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  • Private diagnosis will be recognised by the NHS as long as they're using the right criteria and properly qualified assessors- the organisation that did my assessment put that info on their website very clearly.

    Video calls are a fairly normal part of the process these days, though I'm not sure I would have wanted all my appointments to be online as there was an observational component to my assessment which would have been difficult to do if I hadn't attended in person. I think having video calls to go through questionnaires and family/developmental history is fine though as it's just an exchange of factual information.

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  • Private diagnosis will be recognised by the NHS as long as they're using the right criteria and properly qualified assessors- the organisation that did my assessment put that info on their website very clearly.

    Video calls are a fairly normal part of the process these days, though I'm not sure I would have wanted all my appointments to be online as there was an observational component to my assessment which would have been difficult to do if I hadn't attended in person. I think having video calls to go through questionnaires and family/developmental history is fine though as it's just an exchange of factual information.

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  • in reply to battybats

    I was happy to have mine on video call, I feel the observational component was more natural as I was in my home and more relaxed. I suppose it might be just as well that I don't tend to have the laptop too close so she could see me me using my fidgets, maybe people whose stims are all in their feet might not get that observed? But facial expression or lack of would be observable by video. I'm not sure I'd have been so happy if it was all just on the phone.