Henry Shelford, CEO and Co-Founder of ADHD UK was interviewed for the article. Voicing support for the York Disabilty Forum’s legal action against NHS North Yorkshire and Humbersides decesion to dramatically restrict ADHD assessments.

Henry Shelford, of ADHD UK added: ”We are greatly concerned about the pilot in York and North Yorkshire, as it sets a precedent to deny NICE-recommended NHS care to people in need. “We understand that this pilot creates a two-tier list – the first tier gets treated, and the second tier is effectively never treated. ”This pilot means people in medical need are coming forward for help, their GP is recommending that help, formally referring them for assessment, but they’re then being denied it.”  

You can read the full article here: https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/23818323.york-campaigners-take-legal-action-nhs-autism-referrals/

 

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