Right to Choose in NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board
A provider's published wait is a marketing figure. Where the integrated care board caps how many assessments it funds a year — the Indicative Activity Plan — the wait a family actually faces is the queue length divided by that annual quota. This page computes that effective wait per provider from FOI'd quota and queue figures. Anything not grounded in an FOI response carries the unverified label.
Effective waits
| Provider | Service | Queue | Annual quota | Effective wait | Grounding | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RTC providers (all, combined) | ADHD | 900 | 500–700 | 15–22 months | unverified | 2026-07-14 |
| RTC providers (all, combined) | Autism | 1,200 | 400–600 | 24–36 months | unverified | 2026-07-14 |
Verified rows come from the FOI responses listed in the trail below; unverified rows are placeholders awaiting those responses.
Assumptions, stated plainly. The range assumes your child joins the back of the queue today and the quota holds constant. The spread comes from the quota bounds. Every figure carries the date it refers to.
Providers at this door
| Provider | Service | Ages accepted | RTC status | Grounding |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psychiatry-UK | adhd | adults (18+) | unknown | unverified |
| ProblemShared | adhd and autism | children and adults | unknown | unverified |
| Clinical Partners | adhd and autism | children and adults | unknown | unverified |
| Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (trust pathway) | adhd and autism | children | not-rtc | unverified |
Provider details are provider-published until the FOI response confirms them. Status "not-rtc" marks the NHS trust door, shown for comparison; "unknown" means the FOI response is still pending.
Before you pick a door: the downstream costs
The private-diagnosis shared-care trap. A private assessment can save years, but prescribing is the catch: after a private diagnosis the NHS GP may refuse a shared-care agreement, leaving the family paying privately for medication indefinitely. Ask the GP practice for its shared-care policy in writing before paying for a private assessment.
Right to Choose is volatile. Nine ICB areas paused new ADHD and autism RTC bookings from November 2025 and several remain effectively closed. A pause can land between referral letter and booking — check the status date on every figure above before acting on it.
Three doors, one child
The worked example this checker is measured against: one child in NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board, three routes to the same assessment. Right to Choose saves a family roughly £1,500–£3,000 against private — when its real wait is known and its door is open.
NHS trust pathway — Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
The default GP or school referral route. No quota cap, and the longest queue.
unverifiedRight to Choose
The real wait is queue ÷ annual quota, not the provider's published figure. Choosing this door over private saves a family roughly £1,500–£3,000.
computed from quota + queue — unverified inputsPrivate assessment
The fastest door, and the one with the trap: after a private diagnosis the NHS GP may refuse shared-care prescribing, leaving the family paying privately for medication indefinitely.
unverifiedThe FOI trail
Every verified figure traces to a Freedom of Information response. The requests behind this page:
| Reference | To | Channel | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOI-QK1-2026-001 | NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board | whatdotheyknow | drafted | IAP FY25/26+26/27 per provider, activity management since 2025-04-01, referral volumes + waiting counts, under-18 RTC policy; finalised letter (#507 tranche 1) |
| FOI-QK1-2026-002 | Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust | whatdotheyknow | drafted | Trust-pathway queue length and longest current wait for ADHD/autism assessment |
Statutory FOI response time is 20 working days. Parsed
responses live in the repository under data/rtc/responses/ and
flip their rows to verified.
This page is free to use, with no account and no sign-up. It presents figures and their grounding; it does not offer advice. For advice about your own case, contact IPSEA or your local SENDIASS.