Slight fall in autism referral waits still outside guidelines

Patients with a suspected autism referral in West Yorkshire waited four months on average for an assessment in June.

- by Harriet Sutton

And the National Autistic Society warned of "staggering" waits for assessments across England, adding "the case for more direction and funding from central Government is crystal clear".

It comes a month after the parliamentary Health and Social Care Committee expressed its concern with waiting times faced by children to get autism and ADHD assessments and urged the Government "to prioritise ending these long waits".