From September 2026, you may start to hear schools talk about Neurodivergent Needs Analysis (NNA).  Schools and education settings will be receiving training on how to complete an NNA.

Join us on 16th September to hear directly from Sirona Care and Health about the changes to Autism and ADHD support locally.

Sirona Care & Health will shortly begin writing to families across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire about changes to local Autism and ADHD pathways. 

We know that waiting for assessments can be a really worrying and uncertain time for many families. We wanted to share a short update about Right to Choose in our local area.

We wanted to share a further update following our recent communications about some providers pausing to autism and ADHD assessments through the NHS Right to Choose (RTC) pathway.

What is happening? 

The local NHS team for Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (called the ICB) has asked some Right to Choose providers, including Clinical Partners and Paloma Health, to pause booking new assessments for children and young people. 

Our CEO Rachel Trueman attended the Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee (HOSC) in South Gloucestershire

We have seen the launch of the six month Neurodiversity Transformation Project (NTP) profiling pilot. The pilot will train 42 schools and 8 nurseries across BNSSG (11 schools and two Early Years settings from South Glos)

Updates from the parent carer engagement events in July 2024 to share the latest developments.

Updates from the parent carer engagement events in July 2024 to share the latest developments to the Neurodiversity Transformation Project.

The Neurodiversity Transformation Project was born out of changes across Health since last March 2023. The transformation project was created to co-ordinate this review and is led by the ICB and co-chaired by the three Parent Carer Forums (PCF) across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG).

Using the information from last November's Discovery conference a data pack was shared with stakeholders to help support the discussions with a view to collectively create ideas to help solve the problems.