Autism assessment backlog
Patients waiting for autism assessments in Derbyshire are facing some of the longest waits in the country. Although backlogs and demand for autism spectrum assessments are issues across the country and certainly not isolated to Derbyshire, the county’s experts see themselves significantly on the back foot. The Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust currently has a 1,200-person backlog for autism spectrum assessments with an average wait of more than a year – 59 weeks. The trust discloses in its recent board […]
