Pardon the minor vent - after chasing (again) discovered this morning that the referral made three years ago for ASD assessment is back with local services as the place I was referred to stopped taking assessments one year ago.
It came as no suprise to find out there are no local services, and so referral via right to choose via GP is my only option. My previous referral came through CMHT and was more likely to be taken forward as a result.
Unbelievable that you can 'stop taking referrals' two years after it was made, dump it and not even bother to tell either the person who submitted it or the person waiting for the assessment.
Guess what my predicted wait time is now, should it be taken forwards... Yup, three years.
Super.