Going private to avoid long wait times

It's highly unlikely that a private diagnosis of a child will be recognised by the local services, i.e. council and medical, which would limit the amount of support you are able to get. I know this from both a parental aspect, as my son has recently been diagnosed this year, and also from a professional perspective having worked in special schools for a number of years and having been involved with the EHCP process. As part of both it's been discussed a number of times, and unfortunately the answer has always been that private child diagnosis is just not as accepted as adult ones.

That being said, there's nothing stopping you getting a paid for private diagnosis whilst you go through the process for an NHS one, it may help in some cases until the "official" diagnosis is given.

It's highly unlikely that a private diagnosis of a child will be recognised by the local services, i.e. council and medical, which would limit the amount of support you are able to get. I know this from both a parental aspect, as my son has recently been diagnosed this year, and also from a professional perspective having worked in special schools for a number of years and having been involved with the EHCP process. As part of both it's been discussed a number of times, and unfortunately the answer has always been that private child diagnosis is just not as accepted as adult ones.

That being said, there's nothing stopping you getting a paid for private diagnosis whilst you go through the process for an NHS one, it may help in some cases until the "official" diagnosis is given.