Diagnosis and health
Diagnosis and health
Autism Diagnosis
As of April 2024, NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board (HIOW ICB) re-commissioned new (fully NICE compliant) providers to deliver ADHD and autism assessments across Hampshire, Portsmouth, Southampton and the Isle of Wight.
Details of these changes can be found here.
Children and young people:
Where no mental health need is identified, health or education professionals refer directly to the dedicated autism assessment service below. If there is comorbid mental health need that meets CAMHS thresholds, health or education professionals refer to CAMHS.
- Hampshire
Autism Assessments for Children
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services - Southampton
Child and Adolescent Autism Service
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
Adults:
- Hampshire and Portsmouth (The Owl Centre)
- Southampton (Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust)
General health
NAS 'My Health Passport'
Designed to help autistic people to communicate their needs to doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals.
Local hospital support for autistic patients
- Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foiundation Trust (Winchester, Basingstoke and Andover)
How to make your GP practice autism friendly
Mental health
Hampshire Mental Health Charter for people on the autism spectrum
NHS Mental health and wellbeing information
Mind
Young Minds
Mental Health at work
Helplines and listening support services:
- Mind Infoline: 0300 1233393 for information and signposting (9am to 6pm, Monday to Friday)
- SANEline: 0300 304 7000 for anyone experiencing a mental health problem or supporting someone else (4.30pm to10.30pm, every day)
- Samaritans: 116 123 or email jo@samaritans.org (24 hours a day)
- Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) – for men 0800 58 58 58, (5pm to midnight every day).