Autism diagnosis test places.

 Iain has already mentioned the importance of checking in advance whether your GP will accept a diagnosis from any particular private provider that you might be considering using. And ArchaeC and JB33 have discussed the relevance of the NICE guidelines and multi-disciplinary teams (MDTs). 

Another factor that you might like to consider is the quality of each provider's service, as indicated by the Care Quality Commission's (CQC's) inspection ratings. The CQC assesses whether services are: safe, effective, caring, responsive, and well-led, and provides a separate rating for each of these.

For example - and whilst I am in no way questioning the quality of their service - Eton Psychiatrists (a suggestion below) was only registered with the CQC in late 2024 and hasn't yet been inspected or rated (CQC overview here).

An example of a different private provider is Psychiatry UK, which has been rated by the CQC as "Good" across all aspects of its service (CQC overview here).

Trustpilot ratings and reviews might also be worth looking at.

Thanks for sharing - I didnt even realise I could check this, very useful. ArchaeC I wanted to say I can get quite passionate and focused on subjects, our earlier chat for example, I read it back and seen I got quite emotionally involved - I didnt mean any offence. Hope none was taken.

JB33 said:

I didnt mean any offence. Hope none was taken

Thank you. I have moved on so all is well.

JB33 said:

I didnt mean any offence. Hope none was taken

Thank you. I have moved on so all is well.