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Waiting times for report after assessment

gerald_hosepipe

Hi

Hopefully someone can offer me some advice.  I took the assessment back in September and was told the report would be ready in a while.  It's now February and just over 5 months to the day but I'm still being told it is being finalised (the same thing I'm told every time I ask).  It was via the NHS but is 5 months plus a normal amount of time for a report to written?  

I'm getting pretty desperate as most of the mental health treatment I receive has was put on hold as they wanted me to have the assessment.  It's now been close to 18 months since I had a psychologist appointment.  I've been sectioned on a few occasions during this time but am always told they need the report before they decide on the next course of action.   

Also, I didn't feel the assessment was great in how it was conducted.  Basically, someone I've never met before who talked to me like a child for 45 minutes.  I'm mid 40's and know I was heavily masking as I was trying to stop myself from running out of the door as I already overwhelmed before even going in.  My perception was that he seemed to believe I was making it up and he heavily hinted that I was nowhere near the threshold - again if this was the case why the long wait for the report? I've had prior psychologists (they were also trained to undertake autism assessments) who I've worked for over a period months who all said that they believe I easily meet the threshold and that I need to pursue a formal diagnosis yet some guy I've never met can say yes or no based on a fraught 45 min chat and a book / some toys.  So, when it comes back negative, am I able to request a second opinion or should I just look to book a private assessment now? 

Parents

  • Hi, sorry you have been waiting so long, 5 months does seem a bit excessive.
    I had an NHS assessment last June, to be honest two people normally carry out the assessment, I think I had a language specialist and an autism specialist present, I was their appointment for that whole day. I was given the result at the end of the day and received the written report 3 days later. I’m now  58, the whole process was done with no parental input.

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  • Hi, sorry you have been waiting so long, 5 months does seem a bit excessive.
    I had an NHS assessment last June, to be honest two people normally carry out the assessment, I think I had a language specialist and an autism specialist present, I was their appointment for that whole day. I was given the result at the end of the day and received the written report 3 days later. I’m now  58, the whole process was done with no parental input.

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  • in reply to Roy

    For mine, the main assessor for that team / area was present along with the trainee who had carried out a pre-assessment chat about a 6 weeks beforehand (just asking how I would feel if I was diagnosed, what I hoped to gain from it etc).  That chat lasted longer than the actual assessment. 

    I appreciate they are under the cosh and know that I was lucky to jump the queue slightly (they were looking to clear the backlog of individuals who are under the CMHT etc teams) but it still took almost 2 years to be told I was going to be assessed and a further 12 months to actually have the assessment itself.   I guess 5 months is nothing really but at the same time I feel like everything is on hold as nothing will progress until this report is issued. It's just like being in limbo for nearly 18 months and its starting to get to me again.