ADHD: Medical Treatments

Prescribers should follow the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s guidelines, Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: diagnosis and management, when prescribing medication for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). These guidelines are available at the following link:

https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng87

Additional information on shared care can be found in the General Medical Council’s best practice guidance, which is available at the following link:

https://www.gmc-uk.org/professional-standards/the-professional-standards/good-practice-in-prescribing-and-managing-medicines-and-devices/shared-care.

We are supporting a taskforce that NHS England has established to look at ADHD service provision and support across sectors, and their impact on patient experience. The taskforce is bringing together expertise from across a broad range of sectors, including the National Health Service, education, and justice, to better understand the challenges affecting people with ADHD, including timely access to services and support.

The NHS England ADHD programme is also working to capture examples from integrated care boards, which are trialling innovative ways of delivering ADHD services, to ensure best practice is captured and shared across the system.