Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Health Services
(asked on 2nd June 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of ADHD support services in (a) Weaver Vale (b) North West England and (c) England.
Answered by
Maria Caulfield
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
No specific assessment has been made. However, we are aware that referrals for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) assessment have increased for both children and adult’s diagnostic services in Cheshire West, the Weaver Vale locality provider. This position is reflected locally across Cheshire, regionally across the North West, and nationally.
In Cheshire West, work is currently underway to improve the ADHD pathway for support for both children and adults within existing resources and with regard to waiting lists to ensure an effective prioritisation process is in place and people’s support needs can be identified earlier.
In Cheshire West, there is currently an average 32 weeks waiting time from referral to start of assessment for ADHD for children and young people, with further waits post-assessment.