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Provide A Route For Diagnosis Of Neurodivergences Within 2 Months

Submitted on Wednesday 28th December 2022

Rejected on Wednesday 4th January 2023

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)

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Provide A Route For Diagnosis Of Neurodivergences Within 2 Months

Petition Details

The Government should guarantee that diagnosis of a neurodivergence is done within 2 months of a GP referal. This is to ensure that people can avoid misdiganosis through self-assessment, be sure what condition they have to manage, and can simply begin to access treatment in a reasonable timeframe.

Additional Information

Communities for individual neurodivergences are full of advice for people to get a formal diagnosis for various reasons; for their own understanding, to aid how they navigate work and education, and as a means of accessing support and legal protection are just some.

Unfortunatley, much of this is qualified by the fact getting diagnosis can take years, even though the process can be very simple. Legislative action would address this problem.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

We can only accept petitions about things the Government or Parliament are directly responsible for.

The diagnosis of neurodivergence is a matter for relevant specialists, not the UK Government or Parliament.

We could accept a petition calling on the Government to fund improved diagnostic pathways for neurodivergence, but as the Government is not directly responsible for diagnosis it would not be possible for the Government to guarantee that diagnosis happens within two months of a GP referral.

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