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Written question asked by Laurence Robertson (Conservative) on Tuesday, 7 February 2023, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 20 February 2023 (named day). It was answered by Maria Caulfield (Conservative) on Monday, 20 February 2023 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.


Autism: Databases

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to implement an autism dashboard that would show the number of people waiting for an Autism diagnosis; and if he will make a statement.

Answer

NHS England publish the Autism Diagnostic Waiting Times Statistics, including an interactive dashboard, that shows the number of people waiting for an autism assessment. The NHS England Learning Disability and Autism programme team are working to support data quality improvements engaging with regional colleagues and system providers.

Based on the latest available data in the Mental Health Data Set, published in December 2022, the total number of people with an open referral for an autism assessment was 125,109 in July 2022. Of these patients, 105,622 patients have been waiting for at least 13 weeks.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
141338
Session
2022-23
Subjects
Databases Autism Waiting lists
Link
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