Referrals and professional information
Referrals
The West Sussex Neurodevelopmental Service provides specialist clinical assessment for adults over the age of 18 with a suspected diagnosis of Autism.
GPs and other healthcare professionals can refer into our service by completing the West Sussex referral form and emailing to WSNDS
Please let us know if you require a form to be sent to you.
If the patient brings any written evidence of their concerns, consider enclosing this in your referral. If there are any previous educational psychology reports in your records, these are also very useful to include with the referral.
Please also send us a health record summary.
*We do not assess for ADHD or Tics & Tourette's in West Sussex.
For ADHD please refer to your local ATS team and for Tics and Tourette's please email ESNDS
The East Sussex and B&H Neurodevelopmental Service provides specialist clinical assessment for adults over the age of 18 with a suspected diagnosis of Autism, ADHD and Tics & Tourette's.
GPs and other healthcare professionals can refer into our service by completing the East Sussex referral form and emailing to their local Assessment and Treatment Service.
Please email ESNDS
If the patient brings any written evidence of their concerns, consider enclosing this in your referral. If there are any previous educational psychology reports in your records, these are also very useful to include with the referral.
Please also send us a health record summary.
- What characteristics and behaviours does the individual report which match autism or ADHD symptoms? You can use this Adult ADHD Self Report Scale or this Ritvo Autism and Asperger Diagnostic Scale to help.
- Are these issues lifelong, or has there been a recent onset or change in behaviour?
- Are the characteristics pervasive across all areas of the individual's life?
- How would the process and outcome of this assessment be of benefit to their mental and emotional wellbeing?