Autism Assesments

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  "date": "2021-10-19T17:22:43+01:00",
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        "description": "Provision of Autism Spectrum Disorder face to face clinics including diagnosis for children and young people (age 2 -11 years) in West and North Kent delivered over a 6 month period (01.10.21 to 31.03.22) with a minimum of 75 assessments being undertaken per month (total activity = 450)\nThe supplier will need to provide a suitably qualified and experienced team of clinical staff (the Autism Team) comprising of the following as appropriate:\nEither:\n•\ta consultant community paediatrician;\n•\tor a consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist\nPlus\n•\tA clinical psychologist; and/or\n•\tA speech and language therapist; and/or\n•\tAn occupational therapist\nThe Autism Team will be (as appropriate)\n•\tregistered with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC), which is renewed every two   years.\n•\tmembers of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists the registration for which is renewed annually.\n•\tclinically supervised by the supplier, ensuring that all work falls within their Governance Framework.\nThe Team will undertake autism specific case history (using a standardised case history format) and a clinical observation assessment for autism reaching a conclusion regarding diagnosis and sharing this with the family at the time of assessment.\nThe autism diagnostic assessments will be undertaken utilising appropriate clinical assessment tools, e.g. Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) and clinical judgement to support the differential diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD).\nThe supplier’s clinical staff will supply and use their own Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) Kits for each clinical assessment undertaken as well as the relevant ADOS Module forms that are required as part of the assessment (the cost of these forms will be covered by the Supplier.\nAll ASD assessments will be carried out by two or three clinicians one of whom will always be either a consultant community paediatrician or consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist. The others will be, either, a clinical psychologist, a speech and language therapist or an occupational therapist\nAll assessments will follow the format detailed below:\n•\tADOS and developmental history carried out simultaneously\n•\tTeam confer and reach conclusion\n•\tConclusion offered to parents immediately with opportunity for feedback and questions\nFull diagnostic reports with signposting to local services will be sent out six to eight weeks after the assessment.\nWritten reports completed by the Autism Team following each assessment will be distributed directly to the child’s family and relevant professionals. Copies will be sent electronically via secure email (nhs.net or similarly encrypted email) or uploaded to the KCHFT Community Paediatric Service electronic patient record system  within six to eight weeks of the assessment being undertaken\nThe Supplier will ensure that the content of the reports are clinically appropriate to the assessment carried out and details the assessment findings and recommendations made by their staff during the assessment\nA full audit of the service will be provided at the end of the contract to include statistics on diagnosis rates, satisfaction scores and feedback from parents.\nAn identified staff member from the Supplier to be available five days per week as project manager for KCHFT staff to liaise with as required.\nLocation\nWest Kent (Maidstone) and North Kent (Gravesham) – will need to work in both areas\nKCHFT will ensure the provision of a room at the site, that is suitably equipped and furnished for the Autism Team to use, and large enough to accommodate between 3 and 6 persons as appropriate, to ensure a quiet base for joint assessment, liaison and therapy planning\nPurchase value\n£675,000 maximum budget\nDelivery period\n1 October 2021 – 31 March 2022"
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