Table 3.

Professional disciplines who are members of the autism spectrum diagnostic assessment team; and whether over the last 5 years the amount of these professionals’ time in the team increased, decreased or stayed the same

	Core team				Not in core team but available if needed				Paediatrics (n=72)						CAMHS (n=46)						MV
	Paediatrics (n=72)		CAMHS (n=46)		Paediatrics (n=72)		CAMHS (n=46)		Increased		Decreased		Stayed the same		Increased		Decreased		Stayed the same
Paediatrician	70	97.2%	11	23.9%	2	2.8%	20	43.5%	26	36.1%	11	15.3%	32	44.4%	6	13.0%	21	45.7%	6	13.0%	17
Psychiatrist	7	9.7%	31	67.4%	28	38.9%	13	28.3%	5	6.9%	10	13.9%	10	13.9%	10	21.7%	20	43.5%	10	21.7%	43
Psychologist	32	44.4%	40	87.0%	18	25.0%	5	10.9%	22	30.6%	15	20.8%	13	18.1%	11	23.9%	14	30.4%	11	23.9%	23
Speech and language therapist	62	86.1%	21	45.7%	8	11.1%	15	32.6%	28	38.9%	15	20.8%	25	34.7%	9	19.6%	11	23.9%	9	19.6%	12
Occupational therapist	21	29.2%	16	34.8%	26	36.1%	16	34.8%	11	15.3%	4	5.6%	7	9.7%	5	10.9%	16	34.8%	5	10.9%	39
Assistant clinical psychologist	8	11.1%	28	60.9%	23	31.9%	10	21.7%	13	18.1%	7	9.7%	22	30.6%	4	8.7%	15	32.6%	4	8.7%	51
Nursery nurse	9	12.5%	1	2.2%	10	13.9%	14	30.4%	18	25.0%	2	2.8%	6	8.3%	4	8.7%	10	21.7%	4	8.7%	93
Educational professionals	19	26.4%	8	17.4%	24	33.3%	17	37.0%	11	15.3%	10	13.9%	13	18.1%	2	4.3%	16	34.8%	2	4.3%	54
Specialist nurse	20	27.8%	31	67.4%	12	16.7%	6	13.0%	8	11.1%	2	2.8%	11	15.3%	2	4.3%	17	37.0%	2	4.3%	53

CAMHS, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service; MV, missing value.