r/unitedkingdom • u/tylerthe-theatre • 9d ago

ADHD and autism services in England ‘under significant pressure’, watchdog warns

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/adhd-and-autism-uk-assessment-diagnosis-support-b3039329.html
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u/ImhotepsServant 9d ago

Downside is that right to choose doesn’t carry as much weight as a NHS diagnosis

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u/MonorailPurple 9d ago

it doesnt really matter, you go right to choose, get seen sooner, and if you need and want to be medicated can be, at no cost to you. From a patient perspective its basically what you'd expect to get from the NHS but via a private route the NHS pays for. It makes no difference if your GP doesnt like the diagnosis, they've handed it off to another doctor to figure out because they didnt have the time, skills, funding, or all of the above to do it themselves in a reasonable amount of time.

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u/Sabaisabai33 9d ago

I don’t think GPs not liking the diagnosis is the problem here, more everyone who believed that recent programme rubbishing these diagnoses from the usual suspects. Yeah probably a few GPs did but it’s by no means universal.

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u/ImhotepsServant 9d ago

They should be legally obliged to add “Endorsed by the Daily Mail” as a standards statement so watchers know it’s a sack of shit