{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_vvfmzh6obkiab4l626hq","title":"Charity threatens legal action over two-year NHS wait for ADHD and autism assessments","title_en":null,"outlets":2,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/charity-threatens-legal-action-over-two-year-nhs-wait-for-adhd-and-vvfmzh6obk","count":2,"items":[{"id":"n_p3wkjvushu4wcreczl6a","seq":1141867,"kind":"article","title":"NHS faces legal challenge over two-year wait for ADHD and autism assessments","url":"http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/health/nhs-faces-legal-challenge-two-year-wait-adhd-autism-assessments-1451459.html","published":"2026-10-01T13:00:00Z","seen":"2026-10-01T13:02:39Z","lang":"en","country":"GB","source":{"id":"femalefirst.co.uk","name":"femalefirst.co.uk","domain":"femalefirst.co.uk"},"via":"gdelt-gkg-english","topics":["economy","politics","health","education"],"entities":[{"id":"Q918396","name":"National Health Service","type":"org"}],"story":"st_vvfmzh6obkiab4l626hq","category":"health","category_p":0.5400000214576721,"sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.8199999928474426,"political":0.4300000071525574},{"id":"n_vvfmzh6obkiab4l626hq","seq":1067795,"kind":"article","title":"Charity threatens legal action over two-year NHS wait for ADHD and autism assessments","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/oct/01/adhd-uk-two-year-wait-nhs-autism-west-yorkshire-icb-legal-action","summary":"Exclusive: ADHD UK may seek judicial review of West Yorkshire NHS integrated care board’s ‘unlawful’ policy ADHD UK has threatened legal action against an NHS organisation over its decision to impose a minimum two-year wait for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism assessments. In a legal letter to West Yorkshire NHS integrated care board (ICB), seen by the Guardian, the charity alleges that the decision to force patients to wait at least two years for such…","published":"2026-10-01T06:00:31Z","seen":"2026-10-01T06:32:14Z","lang":"en","country":"GB","source":{"id":"kite-theguardian-com-2b0e7b","name":"theguardian.com","domain":"theguardian.com","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q11148","name":"The Guardian","type":"newspaper","country":"GB","designations":["daily newspaper","newspaper"]}},"via":"kite-theguardian-com-2b0e7b","topics":["nhs","attention deficit hyperactivity disorder","autism","health","west yorkshire","yorkshire","england","uk news"],"authors":["Anna Bawden Health and social affairs correspondent"],"image":"https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/660a7875c7c3de879d57f4b939b7af451bd804db/807_0_4101_3280/master/4101.jpg?auto=format&fit=max&quality=85&s=344780a09a5d4d23d9caf5f61da1fa9d&width=140","mentions":3,"story":"st_vvfmzh6obkiab4l626hq","category":"health","category_p":0.5299999713897705,"sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.6399999856948853,"political":0.20000000298023224}]}