NHSWYICB - All-Age Neurodiversity Single Point of Access (Front Door) Service

• Deliver a standardised front door for all neurodevelopmental referrals
• Enable self-referral and referral from professionals
• Offer structured, holistic needs led conversations to understand presentation, priorities, and expectations.
• Provide place based offers including appropriate premises to effectively deliver accessible pathways for local needs.
• For Children, Young People and families to enable early help and work within a graduated approach to providing information, advice and routing through to appropriate support, aligned to SEND Reform
• Provide screening and triage (including risk and safeguarding) of referrals and routing to the most appropriate pathway first time
• Support informed choice regarding autism and ADHD and Autism assessment pathways, including NHS Right to Choose options.

• Improve the appropriateness, quality, and safety of referrals into neurodevelopmental assessment pathways.
• Reduce avoidable or inappropriate referrals and support safer demand management. Support People to “Wait Well”
• Provide neuro-inclusive advice, guidance, and care navigation while individuals await onward assessment.
• Psychoeducation and self-management support
• Navigation to wider support offers in the Leeds and West Yorkshire system
• Reduce distress, risk, and repeated contact with primary care.

• Work with a neuro-affirming, trauma-informed approach
• Provide individuals a supportive consultation to understand needs and facilitate a positive experience in navigating services.
• Identify overlapping or alternative needs (e.g. mental health, employment, education, psychosocial support).
• Signpost or redirect individuals to more appropriate support where formal assessment is not the most suitable next step. Post-Referral and Post-Diagnostic Support
• Support following diagnostic outcomes
• Navigation to ongoing care and community support
• ADHD medication shared care and review where appropriate

• Working across health, education, SEND, VCSE and social care
• Integration with and complementing existing services and support in Leeds and West Yorkshire
• Signposting to appropriate resources (including online), community and specialist services
• Supporting referrers to make informed decisions

• Generate learning and insight to support the future design of sustainable neurodevelopmental pathways.
• Work closely with the ICB to evaluate service impact, capacity, and waiting times.

• Ability to work closely with system partners including local primary care and secondary care services to deliver coherent pathways and good patient outcomes
• Reduce pressure on Primary Care by providing a single, consistent front door for adults exploring neurodevelopmental support, including Autism and ADHD.
• Minimise the need for repeated GP consultations and complex pre referral decision making.
• Improve referral quality and appropriateness, reducing avoidable demand on assessment services.
• Redirect individuals to more appropriate support where formal assessment is not necessary including escalation to secondary care services
• Support safer system flow and more efficient use of capacity across ADHD and Autism pathways

• By a single lead provider, or
• Through a partnership, alliance or provider collaborative model The model must:
• Enable consistent access across Leeds
• Be integrated into Primary Care and VCSE offers
• Support flexibility in delivery for children, young people and adults
• Operate under shared governance and reporting arrangements

• To provide early clinical fact finding and needs led conversations for people exploring an autism and/or ADHD assessment.
• To support informed decision making and care navigation across autism and ADHD assessment pathways, including NHS Right to Choose.
• To improve the quality and appropriateness of referrals into autism and ADHD assessment services.
• To reduce avoidable demand and capacity pressures on primary care and assessment providers through early intervention and redirection.
• To support effective information sharing and joint working between system partners to improve pathway coordination, flow, and outcomes across the neurodevelopmental pathways.
• To contribute learning and insight to inform future commissioning decisions.
• To deliver an accessible and neuro-inclusive service offer including suitable reasonable adjustments including a local in-person option where requested and appropriate. Additional information: If you would like to submit your interest for this service, please express your interest by registering on https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/login and complete the questions included in project C458602

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