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Rapid response to:

Editorials

NHS must prioritise health of children and young people

BMJ 2018; 360 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.k1116 (Published 14 March 2018) Cite this as: BMJ 2018;360:k1116

Rapid Response:

Re: NHS must prioritise health of children and young people

It is news to me that we have a robust and quick response time for autism assessments in England.

Parents are waiting over a year for such assessments for their children. A recent example known to me was 3 years.

As the number of children presenting as ASD has significantly increased, there has been a significant increase in resistance to diagnose autism in the UK.

Competing interests: No competing interests

13 March 2019
Lisa Blakemore
Practitioner Educational Psychologist
London