Diagnostic pathways for neurodevelopmental disorders
Dear NHS Canterbury and Coastal Clinical Commissioning Group,
Could you provide details of whether a specific diagnostic pathway for children exists within your CCG for each of the following conditions:
1) Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
2) Autism Spectrum Disorder
3) Developmental Coordination Disorder/Developmental Dyspraxia
4) Developmental Dyscalculia
5) Developmental Dyslexia
6) Specific language impairment/Developmental language disorder
If a diagnostic pathway exists could you provide further details of that pathway?
For each of the above conditions, if a diagnostic pathway exists, could you provide the following details for the last 5 years, broken down by year:
1) The number of children who were referred and the number who were diagnosed
2) The average (both mean and median if available, if not please specify which), minimum, and maximum wait time between referral and diagnosis
If you don't hold any of the above information could you direct me towards the body that would?
Yours faithfully,
Daniel Brady
Dear Mr Brady
RE: Freedom of Information Request
I am writing to formally acknowledge your request for information
regarding diagnostic pathways for neurodevelopmental disorders which will
be processed under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I can confirm your
request was received on 6 August 2018 by NHS NEL Commissioning Support
Unit (NEL CSU) on behalf of the Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs)
listed below. The references for your requests are shown alongside.
NHS Canterbury and Coastal CCG FOI.18.CAN125
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Ursula
Freedom of Information Team
NEL CSU
Dear Mr Brady,
Please find attached the response to FOI.18.CAN125 on behalf of NHS
Canterbury and Coastal CCG.
Kind regards
Freedom of Information Team
NEL
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