- 英格兰的NHS机构对ADHD和自闭症评估设定了至少两年的等待期NHS委员会对注意力缺陷多动障碍（ADHD）和自闭症评估设定了至少两年的等待时间，这表明医疗服务体系在应对人们对这些病症的理解和社交态度发生巨大变化的后果时举步维艰。
Assessment bottlenecks have knock-on effects, with delays in medical help and access to specialist support • NHS bodies in England impose two-year minimum wait for ADHD and autism assessments That NHS boards have imposed minimum two-year waiting times for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism assessments shows a health service struggling to deal with the consequences of huge changes in understanding of and social attitudes to these conditions.
过去六年来，临床评估转诊量的急剧上升意味着英格兰有近100万人列在ADHD等待名单上，平均等待时间已经超过一年（64周）。约有29.5万人等待自闭症评估。
Sharp rises in referrals for clinical assessments over the past six years mean nearly 1 million people in England are on ADHD waiting lists, with the average wait already over a year (64 weeks). About 295,000 await an autism assessment.