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Written question asked by Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour) on Tuesday, 19 September 2023, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 17 October 2023 (named day). It was answered by Maria Caulfield (Conservative) on Tuesday, 17 October 2023 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.


Autism: Health Services

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children living in Tooting constituency are waiting for an Autism assessment.

Answer

The data requested is not held centrally. However, some relevant information can be drawn from the Mental Health Service Data Set.

Whilst data is not available at a constituency level, it is available at the integrated care system (ICS) level. According to the latest Autism Waiting Time Statistics, the number of patients aged zero to 17 years old with an open suspected autism referral (diagnosis not yet complete) waiting for first contact appointment in South West London ICS at the end of June 2023 was 1,690. Data on children and young people in this dataset is expected to be an underestimate. Caution should be used when interpreting these statistics since they are experimental rather than official. The latest Autism Waiting Time Statistics are available at the following link:

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/autism-statistics/july-2022-to-june-2023


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
200512
Session
2022-23
Transferred
Yes
Subjects
Autism Health services Waiting lists Tooting
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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