Provider Sirona is scrapping plans to limit assessments for children with the highest level needs.
A plan has been dropped to limit the availability of autism assessments on the NHS to only the most severe casesA plan has been reversed to restrict the number of children eligible for an autism diagnosis via NHS services.
It would have also prioritised those with "severe and enduring" mental health difficulties, those involved with youth offending services and children with low levels of communication. The group sent a "letter before action" or first step of legal proceedings to try to overturn the decision, to both the provider and Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board .Sirona and the ICB said in a joint statement earlier the changes to assessment criteria had been scrapped following feedback from parents, carers and local councillors.
In addition, a further £1m in funding has been allocated to the region to ease the waiting list for autism assessments, the two organisations said."Considering these developments and the feedback received, we have agreed with our partners that we will revert to the previous assessment criteria, while continuing to triage all referrals based on clinical need and vulnerability as we have always done," the statement said.
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