In 2024, Healthwatch Wandsworth gathered public feedback which identified the mental health experiences of autistic (ASD/C) children and young people (CYP) and/or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), as a relevant health and social care priority.
In the summer of 2024, we heard of the NHS South West London Integrated Care Board’s plan to redesign the Emerging Needs Pathway (the autism diagnostic pathway for 0-8 year olds in Wandsworth). As a result, we decided to focus our project on the experiences of parents/carers with 0-8 year old children on the current Emerging Needs Pathway in Wandsworth so that their experiences could shape the new redesigned pathway, which will be known as the Social Communication Difficulties Pathway and run by St George’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, and ensure that it works for local people.
As part of our project, we spoke to a range of individuals and organisations.
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