2026-10-01 · World news | The Guardian
🔮 In a legal letter to West Yorkshire NHS integrated care board (ICB), seen by the Guardian, the charity alleges that the decision to force patients to wait at least two years for such assessments was unlawful and says it will seek a judicial review if the board fails to reverse the policy.
West Yorkshire ICB introduced the two-year minimum wait this year, affecting thousands of people with possible ADHD or autism in Leeds, Bradford, Kirklees, Calderdale and Wakefield.
West Yorkshire is not the only ICB to ration access to assessment for neurodiversity. assertive