Update from NELFT
13 December 2022
Following a recent consultation with GPs, schools and parent and carer forums, some urgent improvements are being made to NELFT’s referral process for Neurodevelopmental and Learning Disabilities Service.
The NELFT website is currently under redesign to make sure that it reflects those improvements.
The screening forms have been causing some delay in referrals being made due to the format they are in. We have temporarily removed these to make them more family and digitally friendly. We have also added a ‘download a copy of your referral’ function for record keeping and referrers will now receive an email receipt to reassure referrers that the forms have been received by NELFT.
There is a notice on the existing referral page explaining that while some of these improvements are being implemented, all mental health concerns and requests for autism (ASC) and Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) assessments should be made through the Single Point Of Access (SPA).
This should be done using the request for support form on the SPA referral page