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388238

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date	07/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Autism: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received from (a) specialist bodies and (b) charities on treatment options for autism spectrum disorder on the NHS; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	5992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>We do not hold this information centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Revised statutory guidance on autism for local authorities and the National Health Service was issued on 26 March this year and continued to include the importance of having access locally to a diagnostic pathway and improving the quality of services for adults with autism.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) provides national guidance and advice to improve health and social care. NICE has published three clinical guidelines on autism and a quality standard. It has also produced an implementation pack on developing multi-agency local autism teams and support for commissioning autism services, which outlines key actions that commissioners should take. Although arrangements for referrals for autism diagnosis are a matter for local determination, NHS England has a role in assuring the process is adopted. Representations on clinical approaches concerning autism are normally forwarded by the Department to NHS organisations or other relevant authorities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Public Health England oversees an annual autism self-assessment exercise amongst local authority areas and their partners. In 2013/14, it reported that 4,677 people had received a diagnosis of an autistic spectrum condition in the year to the end of March 2014, based on data submitted from 102 of a possible 152 local authority areas. In the same exercise, the average waiting time between referral and assessment as reported by 110 local authority areas was 29.6 weeks. This was the first time these questions had been asked in this form. The results of the 2014/15 exercise will be published in the autumn.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 5990 5991 5993 5994 question first answered 13/07/2015 14:57:20 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

388239

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Autism: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of patients with autism spectrum disorder who have received NHS treatment in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	5990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>We do not hold this information centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Revised statutory guidance on autism for local authorities and the National Health Service was issued on 26 March this year and continued to include the importance of having access locally to a diagnostic pathway and improving the quality of services for adults with autism.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) provides national guidance and advice to improve health and social care. NICE has published three clinical guidelines on autism and a quality standard. It has also produced an implementation pack on developing multi-agency local autism teams and support for commissioning autism services, which outlines key actions that commissioners should take. Although arrangements for referrals for autism diagnosis are a matter for local determination, NHS England has a role in assuring the process is adopted. Representations on clinical approaches concerning autism are normally forwarded by the Department to NHS organisations or other relevant authorities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Public Health England oversees an annual autism self-assessment exercise amongst local authority areas and their partners. In 2013/14, it reported that 4,677 people had received a diagnosis of an autistic spectrum condition in the year to the end of March 2014, based on data submitted from 102 of a possible 152 local authority areas. In the same exercise, the average waiting time between referral and assessment as reported by 110 local authority areas was 29.6 weeks. This was the first time these questions had been asked in this form. The results of the 2014/15 exercise will be published in the autumn.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 5991 5992 5993 5994 question first answered 13/07/2015 14:57:20 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

388259

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Autism: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the efficacy of the process for booking specialist autism spectrum disorder care appointments; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	5993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>We do not hold this information centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Revised statutory guidance on autism for local authorities and the National Health Service was issued on 26 March this year and continued to include the importance of having access locally to a diagnostic pathway and improving the quality of services for adults with autism.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) provides national guidance and advice to improve health and social care. NICE has published three clinical guidelines on autism and a quality standard. It has also produced an implementation pack on developing multi-agency local autism teams and support for commissioning autism services, which outlines key actions that commissioners should take. Although arrangements for referrals for autism diagnosis are a matter for local determination, NHS England has a role in assuring the process is adopted. Representations on clinical approaches concerning autism are normally forwarded by the Department to NHS organisations or other relevant authorities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Public Health England oversees an annual autism self-assessment exercise amongst local authority areas and their partners. In 2013/14, it reported that 4,677 people had received a diagnosis of an autistic spectrum condition in the year to the end of March 2014, based on data submitted from 102 of a possible 152 local authority areas. In the same exercise, the average waiting time between referral and assessment as reported by 110 local authority areas was 29.6 weeks. This was the first time these questions had been asked in this form. The results of the 2014/15 exercise will be published in the autumn.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 5990 5991 5992 5994 question first answered 13/07/2015 14:57:20 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

388260

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Autism: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the average waiting time for autism spectrum disorder treatment in the NHS in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	5994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>We do not hold this information centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Revised statutory guidance on autism for local authorities and the National Health Service was issued on 26 March this year and continued to include the importance of having access locally to a diagnostic pathway and improving the quality of services for adults with autism.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) provides national guidance and advice to improve health and social care. NICE has published three clinical guidelines on autism and a quality standard. It has also produced an implementation pack on developing multi-agency local autism teams and support for commissioning autism services, which outlines key actions that commissioners should take. Although arrangements for referrals for autism diagnosis are a matter for local determination, NHS England has a role in assuring the process is adopted. Representations on clinical approaches concerning autism are normally forwarded by the Department to NHS organisations or other relevant authorities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Public Health England oversees an annual autism self-assessment exercise amongst local authority areas and their partners. In 2013/14, it reported that 4,677 people had received a diagnosis of an autistic spectrum condition in the year to the end of March 2014, based on data submitted from 102 of a possible 152 local authority areas. In the same exercise, the average waiting time between referral and assessment as reported by 110 local authority areas was 29.6 weeks. This was the first time these questions had been asked in this form. The results of the 2014/15 exercise will be published in the autumn.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 5990 5991 5992 5993 question first answered 13/07/2015 14:57:20 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham