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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":"RMY","name":"Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust","icb_code":"T6Y0W","waiting":2180,"waiting_13_plus":2085,"share_seen_within_13_weeks":0.02,"new_referrals":45,"median_wait_days":800,"months_with_figures":12,"meets_threshold":true,"bare_place_name":false,"page":"https://checkwaitingtimes.co.uk/autism/providers/norfolk-and-suffolk-nhs-foundation-trust"},{"code":"N0I9T","name":"ABL Health (Norfolk)","icb_code":"T6Y0W","waiting":1375,"waiting_13_plus":1350,"share_seen_within_13_weeks":0.01,"new_referrals":15,"median_wait_days":1015,"months_with_figures":11,"meets_threshold":true,"bare_place_name":false,"page":"https://checkwaitingtimes.co.uk/autism/providers/abl-health-norfolk"},{"code":"P0N7Q","name":"Map","icb_code":"T6Y0W","waiting":20,"waiting_13_plus":20,"share_seen_within_13_weeks":0.53,"new_referrals":null,"median_wait_days":null,"months_with_figures":12,"meets_threshold":false,"bare_place_name":false,"page":null},{"code":"K0N5K","name":"Norfolk and Waveney Mind","icb_code":"T6Y0W","waiting":null,"waiting_13_plus":null,"share_seen_within_13_weeks":null,"new_referrals":null,"median_wait_days":null,"months_with_figures":6,"meets_threshold":false,"bare_place_name":false,"page":null},{"code":"RGR","name":"West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust","icb_code":"T6Y0W","waiting":null,"waiting_13_plus":null,"share_seen_within_13_weeks":null,"new_referrals":null,"median_wait_days":null,"months_with_figures":0,"meets_threshold":false,"bare_place_name":false,"page":null},{"code":"RY3","name":"East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust","icb_code":"T6Y0W","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.","Norfolk and Suffolk 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/"}}