Suspected autism patients have six months' average wait to be seen

Patients with a suspected autism referral in Lancashire and South Cumbria waited six months on average for an assessment in June, new figures suggest.

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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".