NHS sets two-year minimum wait for ADHD and autism assessments

Alyssa Long37

Getting a diagnosis means getting *help*, dubious as that may be under the systems we have to operate within. It means access to counseling and ND affirming care and getting school resources in place. More barriers to care means we’re going to lose kids AND parents and both will suffer needlessly

chiller30

The NHS needs to either be properly funded and provisioned by this government, or we need a government that will do it.

Socks the Plushy ✡️25

..... why the fuck does there need to be a "minimum wait"? Like... what is that supposed to accomplish in their minds?

teddy 🗡️17

this fucking country hates neurodivergent people. it took me SIX YEARS TOTAL to be diagnosed audhd and that’s a short amount of time compared to ppl i know.

Gwendolyn Corvid15

They're going to take healthcare away from neurodivergent people next. Autistic and ADHD kids are in their sights.

Falling Outside the Normal Moral Constraints13

lol do you know what i was so close to doing before i finally got my adhd diagnosis and the medication. It saved my life! And I'd had to wait 20 years!

chiller10

@theguardian.com trotting out some real guff, here. Why are we only looking at boys, in 2026? And what are we comparing it to? The total population of boys (assessed and non assessed?) or the assessed population of boys? And how have assessment rates per population changed? Shit reporting.

floot the gender woo gerbil 🇵🇸10

And apparently it hasn't occurred to anyone that a better solution is to fucking tax the rich and fund healthcare properly *screaming*

Despoina [Commissions Open]7

Again Labour continues the attacks against minorities it considers undesireables. Under a "liberal" government no less we've seen a sharp increase of state bigotry, eugenics and cruelty far worse than even the US far right has achieved.

Koffie Kobold - Gnollsome Adventures!63

Buddy I've been living it for almost 4 decades, just give me the fucking meds.

matt ratt HoL MBE BA(Hons) Swimming Certificate Cycle Awareness18

Gotta make sure those kids are totally fucked before giving them the solution to what’s fucking their life.

Ms. Deathwish #Exist2Resist15

The wait is already longer than that anyway

singular locus sarah14

such an insult to the intelligence of the british public to run the exact same playbook again

Miss Winters14

Absolutely sickening, what the actual fuck is this shit?? I hate this wanky fucking shit hole island. Just nuke it, it tries its best but now it’s time to put it down, it’s beyond saving.

Halcyon Ember12

Wow, they're literally treating them as trans

Shane Phillips 🏳️‍⚧️11

Chalk this up as another one of those situations where marginalised people warned you about this Labour government, and "centrists" talked over us like the smug morons that they are. Don't trust Labour. Don't trust centrists and liberals.

Mags Campbell11

Buying themselves a couple of years in which to find fake evidence that neurodivergence doesn't exist.

Dude Points (what do I do now)8

Complaint: People with ADHD are clogging up the benefits system Solution: Remove access to the treatment that helps people with ADHD get and retain jobs it is never about actually solving a policy problem. It is about punishing people.

Cora Peeta M 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇦🇶🇺🇳 💙💗🤍💗💙8

Reducing demand for midwives by setting up a 10 month waiting list

Aleph, The Black Ram6

This and also the fact that I'd swear to the gods the NHS barely functions.

Scornflake Ghhhoul7

Purpose of a system is what it does. It’s despicable

Dr Jo Edge 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿9

I am so SO sick of this lazy use of language, and yes, I'm autistic, so I'm not going to let it go

Laura9

two year wait is better than the NINE year wait my partner has had so don't threaten me with a good time lol

Jack Garfinkel4

"Elemental mistakes like that are the brown M&Ms that tip you off to how informed the journalist is" - banging point by Tim, below 👇

[a]lex7

this kills people. and that's the point. "desistance" through death

manta del ray6

obviously this is hellish for everyone but i can’t stop thinking about the kids this will affect parents try to get you assessed age six, nope, you have to wait *an entire third of your life so far* on top of that to even see someone?

zaratustra6

maybe the kids will stop being autistic if you wait a bit

Raven3

Guess that’s it for me trying to get an ADHD diagnosis.

Jill Hayward18

Same playbook as with gender referrals... deny assessment/treatment in the hope the "problem" will go away. *YOU WILL BE NORMAL! YOU WILL, YOU WILL!"

Rose Judson14

Jesus CHRIST. If The Child had had to wait two years for her ASD diagnosis that would have meant two years of lost education. She was not able to access the primary school curriculum without extensive accommodations and an aide.

sophiacollins.bsky.social12

Is this like it used to be with gender recognition services? You have to live in your chosen neurotype for two years to demonstrate commitment, and then they’ll see you? Join a niche hobby and dye your hair blue?

PJ Coffey - They/Them @homebrewandhacking@mastodon.ie11

The idea is to make you give up. If you've made it this far, then they don't want to help you, they'd rather you just struggle and fail quietly.

TfL Barbie10

another interesting paragraph slipped in here - ICBs also introducing minimum waits for other conditions

Zee Zom9

Oh you have a lump in your boob? We’ll check that out in 2 years.

Zee Zom8

Lu was the youngest person in the NE when he was diagnosed. The support we got then is why despite Covid bringing the wheels off, we’ve been able to make this transition smoothly.

roterote7

I hate Wes Streeting. We all knew this was coming because he believes in pseudoscience bullshit. It was telegraphed for all of Starmer’s reign.

Big Natural Resources7

if i had to wait 2 years after the onset disabling burnout for help, I'd be toast.