Delayed autism diagnosis in young people
Department of Health and Social Care received 2 coroners' reports about this hazard between 1 Oct 2019 and 3 Apr 2023.
They came from 2 different coroners in 2 coroner areas. A similar concern was raised again 1 time after the first warning.
No published response from Department of Health and Social Care was found for the earlier reports.
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“The inquest was told that it is important for autism to be diagnosed as early as possible so that appropriate support can be put in place.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ No published response from Department of Health and Social Care was found for this report.
- 3 years 6 months laterIdentical hazardConfidence 0.90 · higha different coroner
“With finite resources, it is acknowledged that it may not be possible for all young people to be assessed in as timely a manner as required,”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ The most recent report. A response may not be due or published yet.
- All reports to Department of Health and Social Care
Each row is one judged link between an earlier and a later report. Open a row to read both quotes, found word for word in the originals.
2019 → 2023Blackpool & Fylde3 years 6 months after Oliver Sharp · different coronerIdentical hazardConfidence 0.90 · high
Identical hazardConfidence 0.90 · highBoth reports highlight that long waiting times for autism assessment delay diagnosis and support, creating risk for young people.
Oliver Sharp · 1 Oct 2019
“The inquest was told that it is important for autism to be diagnosed as early as possible so that appropriate support can be put in place.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Blackpool & Fylde · 3 Apr 2023
“With finite resources, it is acknowledged that it may not be possible for all young people to be assessed in as timely a manner as required,”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗
No published response from Department of Health and Social Care was found for this report.
No published response from Department of Health and Social Care was found for this report. It is the most recent report, so a response may not be due or published yet.
- Each report's concerns were extracted by Nemotron 3 Nano on Nebius Token Factory, each with a quote copied from the report.
- Concerns from reports to Department of Health and Social Care at least six months apart were compared by meaning (Qwen3 embeddings) and wording (TF-IDF).
- The closest pairs were judged by Nemotron 3 Super with reasoning on. Only identical or closely related, with confidence of at least 0.70, are shown.
- Every quote was checked by code as an exact substring of the original text. Names of staff and family are redacted, and the deceased are named by report title only.
| Link | Meaning | Wording | Judge | Coroner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 → 2023 | 0.81 | 0.30 | Identical · 0.90 | different |
Judge model: nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b. How Nemotron did the work · Full methodology.
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