In May 2020, Combined Healthcare was proud to launch a new online facility as part of its ongoing commitment to openness, transparency and innovation.
Using our unique ‘Ask the Board’ facility anyone can use a webform – available by clicking here – to make a comment or suggestion or ask a question in advance of each Open Trust Board meeting. A response is provided as part of the Chair’s Report to the Board meeting, which are publicly available as videos shortly after the meeting.
The archive of previously asked questions and our responses is provided below, together with a link to the relevant filmed response.
How to search the archive
You can search all responses or filter by the name of the person asking the question or a date range of Board meetings.
You can also do a full word search of any comments, questions or suggestions.
To clear a search and begin again, use the “Reset” button.
How to see the details of an individual response
To read the details of our response, click on the questioner’s name.
To view our Chair’s video response, click on the link below the question.
If you have any questions about “Ask the Board Online”, contact the Communications Team at communications@combined.nhs.uk
Emma Boote
Parent/carer
13/05/2021
Adults and children can have both Autism and ADHD, yet when it comes to a diagnosis you can only choose one to be assessed for. If you are diagnosed with one, you then get told well you can’t have an assessment for the other and it wouldn’t make a difference if you have a diagnosis, it does make it different, a diagnosis gets you a self understanding, finding support groups, medication if needed, help from school, college, university and employees, a beefed sense of the world we live in.
Please can you stop asking parents and patients to choose which one they need the most help with. As we sometimes do not know we function differently than others.
Please can this be changed ?