Published on 12, July, 2020
Just had a note on the web portal with an update on waiting times for the assessment appointment for anyone who is interested or in the process at the moment. Not great in terms of my anxiety over it all but I can't really fault it when I'm one of the people adding to their caseload.
Got diagnosed some months ago, waiting time was about 3 months
my waiting time was 3 years because my gp didnt bother to send the referral and left it on their desk then stupidly asked if i wanted them to send it when i rang them up about it 3 years later, still waiting now.... probs 4 years by this date now. thats kinda how it is for me though, society always neglected and forgotten me lol too bad they dont forget about me when it comes to paying their wages by my tax though eh
Was that to Psychiatry UK? If yes, find out the date that your referral was sent, they currently have a 6 week response time to referrals so if it's over that speak to your GP to chase the referral. Once they respond to the referral with the forms and you complete them they then have 5-10 days to confirm receipt, which is where I'm at now.
If it's gone to a hospital then yes, probably NHS. If you can remember the address or have it somewhere, you should've able to get the contact details for them from their webpage.
ah now that i remember it i think i made me write and send it to some wing of a hospital that specialises in mental health and stuff. so probs direct hospital nhs service rather than a independant group
Do you have copies of the forms you completed? Or where you submitted them to? Both should give you some indication of where your referral was sent to.
i dunno, i got forms to fill in but havent got anything back yet... the main issue was the gp refused to send off the referral for 3 years until i chased them up and they stupidly said oh you want it sent off? ... to,d them to send it off and got forms that i filled and sent back a while now, not sure what company they used.i changed gp now too as i moved area this year. so that might have messed it all up too but i already filled forms and so on since then. my last gp was totally useless though in every way.... i went to them with heart attack symptoms one time and they gave me a appointment to see them in 4 months lol then they blew me off and didnt do anything or check anything and told me to go away then.