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ASD assessment service

Posted By Castle25

"ASD assessment service"

About: Women, Children and Family Services / Paediatric Autistic Spectrum Disorder Service

(as a parent/guardian),

I have been waiting for 3 years for an appointment. I was supposed to be seen this July but now it has been pushed back again.

My son is self harming,  refusing school and we are all in crisis. He is getting every support I can find,  both nhs and private,  but I can go no further without a diagnosis. He needs sleep medication and mood stabilizer medication - neither of which can be accessed without a diagnosis. 

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Response from Lisa Curlett, Service Lead for Paediatric ASD, Women's Children and Family Services, Northern Trust nearly 2 years ago
Lisa Curlett
Service Lead for Paediatric ASD, Women's Children and Family Services,
Northern Trust

Submitted on 20/06/2023 at 15:36
Published on Care Opinion at 15:36

Hi Castle25,

My name is Sarah Arthur, I am the Patient Client Experience Facilitator for the Trust. Please see below the response I am sharing, on the behalf of Lisa Curlett, Service Lead for Paediatric ASD.

Hello Castle 25, My name is Lisa Curlett and I am responding to you as Service Lead for the Paediatric ASD service. I am sorry that you have been waiting 3 years now for your son’s ASD assessment. Unfortunately, there are significant waiting lists for this assessment service with current waiting times in excess of 3 years for diagnostic assessment to be completed from the date of the original referral. For me to help you further would you please contact me via PaediatricAutismService@northerntrust.hscni.net using FAO Lisa Curlett as the subject title and provide me with details of your child and I can look further into the situation for yourself & provide you with an update regarding an anticipated timeframe for the ASD assessment to be offered.

Kind regards,

Lisa

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