Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 18 October 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism
Autism Policy and Health: Health Service Executive
Professor Malcolm MacLachlan:
Yes. I predict that will increase exponentially. The new guidance is yet to get traction because of the WRC process. That is also a tiered approach, but it is not as restrictive as the PTA model. We believe it will be much more acceptable to clinicians. The tiered approach means that if we can assess someone relatively quickly, we do not waste clinical time.