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ADHD diagnosis and treatment - Policy for Patients
ADHD Treatment: What You Need to Know
Introduction
If you have ADHD or suspect you might, this summary outlines how our Practice will work with you and other healthcare specialists to provide the best care possible. We are committed to offering the best possible care for our patients with ADHD. If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
Initial Steps
1. Consultation: To begin, we will ask you to contact us via the e-consult platform from where we will be able to discuss symptoms, signpost to different resources via a telephone call or face to face conversation. If you struggle to access this platform please contact the surgery by calling or popping in to speak to our Care Navigation team who will be happy to help.
2. Referral: If needed, you will be referred to a specialist for further evaluation and treatment. Currently the wait time for ADHD referrals on the NHS is very long (up to 5 years). You have the option of choosing a private provider,
which you will have to pay for, but please note that we cannot vouch for the quality of care provided by private specialists.
Private Providers and some NHS “Right to Choose” providers
We will not carry out tests that private providers want you to have, any tests that private providers need to be done must be completed by them. The Right to Choose providers are also commissioned to do things like physical checks and blood tests and therefore this is also something that they should provide. If they are an online/remote provider you will need to discuss this fully with them on how to proceed.