Published on 12, July, 2020
So, if you aren't all bored with me banging on about this topic yet, here's another call for opinion.
In my quest to secure some proper support to get through my own GPs doors nevermind survive hospital treatment, it seems I have secured a meeting with the Comissioners for Coventry and Warwickshirs Partnership Trust to talk about improving the offer for autistic people. (Currently this sucks, simply because no one can wrap their heads around the issues). I'm not imagininging this is a local problem at all. The problems are likely the same nationwide.
In this meeting, I'll be banging on about my own barriers, of course, but this isn't just my issue, is it? I am no more than just one example, or case study, here.
So, what do you want your local trust to offer you to better access your health care? I'll take all your ideas forward with me to that meeting.
NHS is falling apart generally and I think most of the public are experiencing a lot of these problems.
The autism specific things I'm hearing here though is that all that is a LOT of executive strain to have to keep chasing stuff up, a lack of flexibility about communicating with surgeries and a lack of adequate detail as to what to expect from whom and when.
Personally, I think reception and admin, if properly trained, could do a lot to smooth some of this out and get us talking to the right people at time.
Would that be a fair way to summarise?