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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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  • I completely agree with Hope, overall we have a very good health system in comparison to the rest of the world.. It is far from perfect but it is trying to improve and meet the ongoing needs of the community with very little funding for resources or service development. I do however acknowledge that nationally there is a large discrepancy between NHS services available for diagnosis / support of ASD in adults compared to those available children. what people often fail to understand is that the services offered in each area are subject to what the CCG's (clinical commissioning groups - made up of GP's) have instructed teams to offer. The clinicians and service managers are completely restricted by what services the CCG's have asked them to provide. If you are unhappy about services offered in your area it is most useful to feed your concerns back to the CCG. 

    Hope this is useful?

    linzi

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  • I completely agree with Hope, overall we have a very good health system in comparison to the rest of the world.. It is far from perfect but it is trying to improve and meet the ongoing needs of the community with very little funding for resources or service development. I do however acknowledge that nationally there is a large discrepancy between NHS services available for diagnosis / support of ASD in adults compared to those available children. what people often fail to understand is that the services offered in each area are subject to what the CCG's (clinical commissioning groups - made up of GP's) have instructed teams to offer. The clinicians and service managers are completely restricted by what services the CCG's have asked them to provide. If you are unhappy about services offered in your area it is most useful to feed your concerns back to the CCG. 

    Hope this is useful?

    linzi

    [Advertising removed]

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