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Wes Streeting's move against autism - NAS - time to step up

mrs.snooks

I'm aware that this discussion may get a little heated, but I hope that it stays away from getting too much so. I do not mean to cause offense or lead to any arguments. So here goes.

I woke up to this morning's headlines: 

Health Secretary Wes Streeting is to launch an independent review into rising demand for mental health, ADHD, and autism services in England.

I haven't added the link to the article as I know this will trigger a delay to having this posted. But I'm thinking you will have seen this this morning. 

I am so angry on so many levels. And I am hoping that the NAS is angry too and can respond to his move with a firm and robust response. Because.

Now, I am going to call it out. Mr Streeting, I think that this is what I would be calling: Discrimination. Discrimination with a big, fat capital D. Discrimination against a marginalised group. A vulnerable group. That deserves your protection and that you should have our back. As the HEALTH secretary. Shame on you. Shame on you.

I may not respond to any responses to my thread, if it gets too heated. And I am happy for the thread to get locked or removed.

It's time to Step Up.

Parents

  • Thank you for this thread Mrs S.

    Having just spent several hours (including 3 hours on the road) at a hospital, I'm a bit weary.

    I can see it's become quite fractured already, as these things will do, and I don't have the spoons to read it all.

    Stuart333 said:
    I do not believe, neither did my consultant, that some of the online diagnosis places that charge little and do it in one phone call can be doing a thorough or reliable job. You would have to be naive to think no-one is gaming the system. This helps nobody. I have sone other suspicions, but I can't substantiate them so will not say anything.

    I'm not arguing with this but a bit taken aback at the 'one phone call' thing.

    I had an online (ASD) assessment with a private company via the NHS.

    For starters I had a lot of forms to fill in in advance which formed a part of the assessment, so it's not just (or even) a phone call.

    In particular though, I was told that the assessment had to be in 2 parts so I had 2 Zoom calls, not 1.

    So, it wasn't just a phone call.

    This begs 2 questions for me.

    Is it correct when you say that a phone call can be all there is?

    Also, do you mean Zoom call which isn't a phone call as you see one another, and they were around an hour each.

    I am aware though, that from what I've read of the (ASD) assessments of others, that they can be more thorough than mine, especially when in person.

  • in reply to B

    could this be an ADHD assessment?

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