Diagnostic pathways for neurodevelopmental disorders
Dear Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust,
Could you provide details of whether the trust provides a specific diagnostic pathway for children exists 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
3) The proportion of children who received a joint diagnosis for another of the above listed condtions
Yours faithfully,
Daniel Brady
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Kent, ME16 9NT
01622 211988
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