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barnet mental health trust no longer works with people with ASD

peterainbow

so after having to fight to get a proper assessment so that i could get targeted help, having got that barnet mental health trust have now chnaged it's rules and now no longer offers help to people on ASD

this seem like discrimination to me, i now have to go and get my GP to go and argue with the main NHStrust or something, so basically it won;t happen

i suffer from sever depression and anxiety and although my psychs help has been limited, he has at least made me feel that i'm not on my own, he told me today that he can no monger accept appointments to see me as i am ASD, he doesn't agree with this but this is what BMHT have told him...

surely this cannot be right, i now have nowhere to go...

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  • It is true that there is no treatment for ASD itself, but if you have depression and anxiety, the psych should be able to help you with those, as they are not ASD, they are separate conditions. I think you should ask the psych to put his explanation in writing. You are also entitled to ask your GP for a copy of the letter from the psych to the GP. Then if you want to make a complaint, you'll have evidence of what he said. The link I sent earlier should help you and your GP understand your rights.

    If your area health authority say you need specialist treatment and they don't provide it, I think they ought to pay for you to get it from elsewhere. Do contact the NAS Helpline, because the NAS might not know yet what BMHT are doing. They'll probably be interested in the letter you say is being sent to all.

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  • It is true that there is no treatment for ASD itself, but if you have depression and anxiety, the psych should be able to help you with those, as they are not ASD, they are separate conditions. I think you should ask the psych to put his explanation in writing. You are also entitled to ask your GP for a copy of the letter from the psych to the GP. Then if you want to make a complaint, you'll have evidence of what he said. The link I sent earlier should help you and your GP understand your rights.

    If your area health authority say you need specialist treatment and they don't provide it, I think they ought to pay for you to get it from elsewhere. Do contact the NAS Helpline, because the NAS might not know yet what BMHT are doing. They'll probably be interested in the letter you say is being sent to all.

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