Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the availability of appointments for adults to receive a full diagnostic assessment for ADHD in Chesterfield; and if she will take steps to reduce waiting times for this service.

Information provided by the Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) indicates that waiting times for adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) assessments in Derby and Derbyshire are currently approximately 208 weeks.

We expect ICBs to make appropriate provisions available to meet the health and care needs of their local population, including ADHD assessment services, in line with relevant clinical guidelines.

In respect of diagnostic assessments for ADHD, the Chesterfield, Derby and Derbyshire ICB is taking actions to reduce waiting times and ensure access to pre and post assessment support, including working as part of an NHS England regional ADHD task and finish group to progress region-wide initiatives.

The ICB will be developing a local adult ADHD pathway, continuing to explore improvements to adult pre and post diagnostic support, developing a waiting list triage model, and providing targeted engagement for people who are on the assessment waiting list.