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Right to Choose - (DRAFT)

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Overview

The qualifying criteria for Right to Choose (RTC) is that a provider holds an NHS Standard Contract with an ICB in England or NHS England for the service requested. For patients wishing to choose a “Right to Choose” provider it is important the patient understands that the provider may not integrate with local BNSSG pathways and/or other services as the provider does not hold a contract directly with BNSSG ICB. It is advisable for the GP and patient to agree the most suitable provider as the referral must be “clinically appropriate” for the patient under choice framework.

RTC Providers

Please note:

Some RTC providers offer an assessment only service and post diagnostic support is not always available.

Where a provider has indicated availability of post diagnostic support, referrers/patients should contact them directly to check what this includes before making a decision on this basis. Some post diagnostic support offers for ADHD and Autism may be limited to signposting to other organisations; so patient expectation around this should be managed at the outset.

The Right to Choose providers known to BNSSG ICB, to date, that have a contract with another ICB in England and therefore can offer Adult Autism services under Right to Choose (patient choice) are:

Adult Autism Providers	CYP Autism Providers
Autism360	Autism 360
Axia ASD	Evolve Psychology
Dr J & Colleagues	Oakdale Therapies
KT Healthcare	Paloma Health (Your Patient Choice Ltd)
Mind Professionals	Provide Wellbeing Ltd
Oakdale Therapies	Psicon
Problem Shared	RTN Mental Health Solutions T/A RTN Diagnostics
Psychiatry UK
RTN Mental Health Solutions T/A RTN Diagnostics
Skylight Psychiatry

Adult ADHD Providers	CYP ADHD Providers
ADHD 360	ADHD 360
Dr J & Colleagues	Evolve Psychology
Harrow Health CIC	Help for Psychology services
Holistic ADHD Solutions Ltd	KT Healthcare
Oakdale Therapies	Oakdale Therapies
ProblemShared	Problem Shared
Psychiatry UK	Psicon
RTN Medical
Skylight Psychiatry
The Centre for ADHD Research & Excellence (CARE ADHD)

The attached spreadsheet (updated on xxxx) summarises the current services offered by RTC providers, including referral information and exclusions. See the relevant tab at the bottom of the page for ADHD/ASD Adults/Children.

The list of Right to Choose providers above is not exhaustive. If a patient requests referral to a provider that is not listed then please email the mental health contracts team on bnssg.mh.contract@nhs.net who can check that the appropriate Right to Choose contract is in place.

Efforts are made to ensure the accuracy and agreement of these guidelines, including any content uploaded, referred to or linked to from the system. However, BNSSG ICB cannot guarantee this. This guidance does not override the individual responsibility of healthcare professionals to make decisions appropriate to the circumstances of the individual patient, in consultation with the patient and/or guardian or carer, in accordance with the mental capacity act, and informed by the summary of product characteristics of any drugs they are considering. Practitioners are required to perform their duties in accordance with the law and their regulators and nothing in this guidance should be interpreted in a way that would be inconsistent with compliance with those duties.

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