Autism assessment waiting lists by area: England, June 2026

294,792 people in England had an open autism assessment referral in June 2026, and 4% of those waiting over 13 weeks had a first appointment within 13 weeks (NHS England).

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Every NHS area

AreaWaitingSeen within 13 weeksReferred that month
England294,7924%17,509
North East and North Cumbria27,9559%1,255
Greater Manchester24,9152%1,040
West Yorkshire18,5352%1,115
Surrey and Sussex18,3751%1,030
Coventry and Warwickshire16,5102%1,040
Cheshire and Merseyside14,1601%910
Devon12,2751%425
Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire11,4005%800
Thames Valley11,3401%640
Humber and North Yorkshire11,0052%850
Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent10,5902%670
Hampshire and Isle of Wight8,64022%620
Black Country8,3808%410
South Yorkshire7,9552%415
Somerset7,3253%300
Northamptonshire7,1601%205
West and North London6,84514%690
Norfolk and Suffolk6,3052%360
South West London6,3053%520
Kent and Medway5,9700%280
Derby and Derbyshire5,7901%330
Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly5,6150%330
Birmingham and Solihull5,3851%305
Gloucestershire4,3000%175
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire4,0501%180
North East London3,8253%330
Lancashire and South Cumbria3,6052%310
Lincolnshire3,0751%185
Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire2,9851%170
Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland2,8857%245
South East London2,6902%270
Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire2,1701%205
Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin1,82011%225
Dorset1,61049%165
Essex1,4602%350
Herefordshire and Worcestershire7603%140
  • 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.

Latest quarterly: NHS England, . Data checked .