Dear Ms Dockley

Many thanks for your email below requesting information regarding prison policies on autism spectrum disorders.

Your request is being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and will be answered within twenty working days.

If you have any queries about this request, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Yours sincerely

[name removed]
Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust
Units 8 & 9, The Point, Lions Way, Sleaford, NG34 8GG
Tel: 01529 222268
Fax: 01529 222203 (NB not safe haven)
E-mail: [email address]

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Dear Anita

Further to your request for information regarding prison policies on autism spectrum disorder, as per your request below, I respond as follows:-

Currently, there is no routine screening or specific treatment by either healthcare, or mental health, for ASD on reception, or at any stage of the healthcare processes. This is outwith the scope of our various commissions.

Patients with possible learning disabilities, who are brought to attention, are jointly assessed by mental health and the Green Light team. However, it is noted that the Green Light team is commissioned to support dual diagnosis (LD & MH) patients to access main stream mental health services.

An ASD diagnosis does not infer the need for on-going care by LD services, nor that mental health needs are present. I note further that as we do not have access to a diagnostic service, we are unable to confirm suspected ASD, or other LD presentations, unless existing diagnostic evidence is made available from the patient's home healthcare authority. I am unaware of a reliable source of figures for ASD in HMP Lincoln.

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Yours sincerely

[name removed]
Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust
Units 8 & 9, The Point, Lions Way, Sleaford, NG34 8GG
Tel: 01529 222264
Fax: 01529 222203 (NB not safe haven)
E-mail: [email address]

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