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Ask your GP, and read the NHS guidance on your choices.","source_url":"https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/hospitals/your-choices-in-the-nhs/","checked":null,"guidance_url":"https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/hospitals/your-choices-in-the-nhs/","wording":"Right to choose is a legal right in England to pick a provider that holds an NHS contract for the assessment, when a GP refers. Each NHS area applies its own conditions, which change; check the latest with your GP and the NHS guidance."},"providers":[{"code":"RT1","name":"Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust","icb_code":"S1Y5D","waiting":4005,"waiting_13_plus":3660,"share_seen_within_13_weeks":0.04,"new_referrals":145,"median_wait_days":663,"months_with_figures":12,"meets_threshold":true,"bare_place_name":false,"page":"https://checkwaitingtimes.co.uk/autism/providers/cambridgeshire-and-peterborough-nhs-foundation-trust"},{"code":"RWR","name":"Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust","icb_code":"S1Y5D","waiting":2315,"waiting_13_plus":2160,"share_seen_within_13_weeks":0.07,"new_referrals":80,"median_wait_days":286,"months_with_figures":12,"meets_threshold":true,"bare_place_name":false,"page":"https://checkwaitingtimes.co.uk/autism/providers/hertfordshire-partnership-university-nhs-foundation-trust"},{"code":"NO401","name":"Herts Mind Network (Hemel Hempstead)","icb_code":"S1Y5D","waiting":5,"waiting_13_plus":null,"share_seen_within_13_weeks":null,"new_referrals":null,"median_wait_days":null,"months_with_figures":2,"meets_threshold":false,"bare_place_name":false,"page":null},{"code":"DE8","name":"Elysium Healthcare","icb_code":"S1Y5D","waiting":null,"waiting_13_plus":null,"share_seen_within_13_weeks":null,"new_referrals":null,"median_wait_days":null,"months_with_figures":3,"meets_threshold":false,"bare_place_name":false,"page":null},{"code":"DPV","name":"Chums CIC","icb_code":"S1Y5D","waiting":null,"waiting_13_plus":null,"share_seen_within_13_weeks":null,"new_referrals":null,"median_wait_days":null,"months_with_figures":1,"meets_threshold":false,"bare_place_name":false,"page":null},{"code":"RY4","name":"Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust","icb_code":"S1Y5D","waiting":null,"waiting_13_plus":null,"share_seen_within_13_weeks":null,"new_referrals":null,"median_wait_days":null,"months_with_figures":9,"meets_threshold":false,"bare_place_name":false,"page":null},{"code":"RYV","name":"Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust","icb_code":"S1Y5D","waiting":null,"waiting_13_plus":null,"share_seen_within_13_weeks":null,"new_referrals":null,"median_wait_days":null,"months_with_figures":9,"meets_threshold":false,"bare_place_name":false,"page":null}],"notes":["These figures undercount children: many children are assessed by community paediatric services that do not report to this dataset, and some providers miss a month's submission.","Central East was formed in April 2026; earlier months were published for the previous NHS areas."],"crisis":{"text":"If you or someone you care for needs urgent help, call NHS 111. In an emergency call 999.","nhs_111_url":"https://111.nhs.uk/"}}