Paying Privately for Adult Aspergers Assessment?

When I  asked my GP about a diagnosis I was told initially that my local medical authority did not carry out adult diagnoses because of financial constraints; the money available going to the diagnosis and  treatment of young people.  So diagnosis on the NHS is not based on individual need but on financial considerations.  In this situation the only alternative - for those who can afford it - is to go privately.

I was lucky in that after assuring my GP that since I was retired and didn't intend to ask for financial or any other help she agreed to attempt to get me examined by a psychiatrist and as a result I received confirmation that I was indeed on the spectrum.

When I  asked my GP about a diagnosis I was told initially that my local medical authority did not carry out adult diagnoses because of financial constraints; the money available going to the diagnosis and  treatment of young people.  So diagnosis on the NHS is not based on individual need but on financial considerations.  In this situation the only alternative - for those who can afford it - is to go privately.

I was lucky in that after assuring my GP that since I was retired and didn't intend to ask for financial or any other help she agreed to attempt to get me examined by a psychiatrist and as a result I received confirmation that I was indeed on the spectrum.