NHS England have published the below announcement on meeting the needs of autistic adults in mental health services. You can find the latest guidance by clicking here.
This guidance sets out 10 key principles and provides ICBs and system partners with advice on how to improve the quality, accessibility and acceptability of care and support for autistic adults to meet their mental health needs, both in the community and in inpatient settings. It provides practical examples of how the principles may be applied, to help inform thinking and facilitate discussion. The guidance encourages system partners to engage in strategic thinking about the inter-relationship between different services, to inform commissioning decisions.
This guidance compliments the recently published national guidance to support integrated care boards to commission acute mental health inpatient services for adults with a learning disability and autistic adults and is aimed at all mental health services.
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