Recent pause in referrals for autism and ADHD

I have just seen an article regarding this recent news. Apparently the reason for it is, unlike for example hip replacements, there is no cap on the charge for assessments and NHS services are using up the money allocated. They are now looking at capping the cost. Hopefully this will happen soon. One paper commented that a private service is more likely to diagnose as they are being paid. Hopefully this will be set up soon to safeguard this important service.

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B 29 days ago

Homebird said:
One paper commented that a private service is more likely to diagnose as they are being paid

Are they paid more then for a positive diagnosis?

I thought that they would be paid the same amount for an assessment irrespective of the outcome.
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McFrost 28 days ago in reply to B

For ADHD assessments, they will then get to do the titration for diagnosed patients which would earn them more money. Conversely, NHS service might take the opposite approach to save the NHS medication costs, so it might be a case of one under diagnosing, rather than one over diagnosing.
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McFrost 28 days ago in reply to B

For ADHD assessments, they will then get to do the titration for diagnosed patients which would earn them more money. Conversely, NHS service might take the opposite approach to save the NHS medication costs, so it might be a case of one under diagnosing, rather than one over diagnosing.
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