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Looking to go private for a diagnosis on aspergers

Chazzer

Hi I'm hoping anyone that's reading this could help me,my 11 year old son was referred by his school in may 2011 as we think he has aspergers,I took my son to my GP when he was 7 as I knew there was something not quite right only to be told I was a stressed mum of 5 and there was nothing wrong if only they had listened to me,as it is we are now on the nhs waiting list for a autistic diagnostic interview which I have been told will last a couple of hours the problem is we have been on the list since august 2011 and i have been told he is not going to be seen for a least another 9 months as nhs is so short staffed they haven't even seen anyone on that list for a couple of months,I was told by the nhs I could go private if I wanted but they are refusing to give me anin information on where to go,I feel I should not have to go down this route but if it will help my son I'm prepared to do anything,if anyone has any information on where I could go for this I would be very grateful,I live in Peterborough but would travel else where if needed,thanks Charlie x

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  • hi chazzer - I've no idea how much it wd cost to go privately but am sure it'll be expensive.  Before you do anything, you cd ring the nas helpline to ask for advice.  I understand it can be engaged but you shd then keep ringing back.  It's important to have all the facts before you decide whether or not to hand over your hard earned cash.  If you've checked out all this in advance, fair enough.  There may be other posts on the site about people looking to go down the private route so it'll be worth doing a search to see what they're saying.  It's scandalous you are in this position, either because the nhs has not made enough provision in the past and/or because of cuts to the health budgets.

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  • hi chazzer - I've no idea how much it wd cost to go privately but am sure it'll be expensive.  Before you do anything, you cd ring the nas helpline to ask for advice.  I understand it can be engaged but you shd then keep ringing back.  It's important to have all the facts before you decide whether or not to hand over your hard earned cash.  If you've checked out all this in advance, fair enough.  There may be other posts on the site about people looking to go down the private route so it'll be worth doing a search to see what they're saying.  It's scandalous you are in this position, either because the nhs has not made enough provision in the past and/or because of cuts to the health budgets.

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