Freedom of information requests

Provision of ASD Services

Questions

1. Please name the organisation(s) that deliver(s) CYP (children and young people) ASD assessment / diagnoses in your Trust area

a. When did the contract(s) begin and when is the contract(s) due to end
b. What is the annual spend for this service for 2022, and for the last 5 years?
c. How is the service contracted – is it Block, Activity-based, or AQP contracting?
d. If the service is commissioned with other CCGs, ICSs or Trusts, which are these?
e. At what prevalence (% of the child population) have the contracts been commissioned against?

2. Does the same organisation as for Question 1 also deliver CYP ASD prescriptions and post-diagnosis ASD support in your Trust area? If not, please provide the same information for this organisation.

3. Please outline the CYP ASD pathway in your area, including key referral sources

4. How many children and young people are currently waiting for a CYP ASD assessment in your area? What is the longest and median wait time from a referral?

a. Within the last year, how many children and young people were assessed within 12 weeks of referral?
b. Within the last year, how many children and young people were discharged without assessment?
c. Please answer Questions 4, 4a, 4b for as many historic years as possible, up to 5 years

5. For the last 5 years, please give the number of CYP patients per year in the Trust who were:

a. Referred for ASD assessment
b. Given an ASD assessment
c. Given an ASD assessment from a ‘Right to Choose’ provider, outside the service contracted
d. Diagnosed with ASD

6. For the last 5 years, what was the average number of ASD-qualified staff delivering services in the area? How does this split by role:

a. Qualified psychiatrists –
b. Paediatricians -
c. Speech and Language therapists –
d. Clinical Psychologists –
e. For a-d, please also give numbers of trainees –

7. Please provide equivalent answers for Questions 1-6, but for Adult ASD services in the Trust. If the Trust does not distinguish between CYP and Adult ASD services, please answer Questions 1-6 for all patients collectively

 

Response

1. UHB Paediatric Therapy Services

a. 17th February 2022
    16th February 2023
b. 191,400.00
c. Activity-based
d. Birmingham Solihull (BSol) ICS
e. The contract has offered 122 assessments. There are on average approx. 570 children on the waiting list.

2. No

3. This services has an open referral system, top two referral sources are education and relatives.

4. There are currently 578 children waiting for assessment. The longest wait as of Jan 2023 is 80 weeks. Children are not prioritised in this service and are seen in date order.

a. 0
b. Data not collected

5.

a. Accepted referrals – 394 average over last 5 years
b. Average of 320 per year over last 5 years
c. 0
d. Average of 269 per year over last 5 years

6. Information is available from 2020 to current (WTE listed)

a. 0.05
b. This information would be held in paediatrics – with DR Deepak Parasuraman
c. 4.45
d. clinical and educational psychology – 3.55
e. not available

7. This service does not provide adult asd assessment.