ADHD: Mental Health Services
(asked on 22nd October 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to improve services for those with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
The Hon. Member has asked several questions about the diagnosis and treatment of several well-known conditions. For each of these, I refer him below to the most recent comprehensive answer provided in the House on the condition in question, or to the publicly available guidance on the National Health Service website:
on motor neurone disease, I refer him to the answer provided on 7 September in response to Question 22114;
on Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, I refer him to the answer provided on 27 May in response to Question 2655;
on epilepsy, I refer him to the answer provided on 3 June in response to Question 2410;
on cystic fibrosis, I refer him to the answer provided on 23 June 2025 in response to Question 59881;
on psoriasis, the data which the Hon. Member has requested is not centrally held, but I refer him to the NHS guidance, available at the following link: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/psoriasis/;
on coeliac disease, I refer him to the answer provided on 20 April in response to Question 127290;
on lupus, I refer him to the NHS guidance available at the following link: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/lupus/;
on Huntington's disease, I refer him to the answer provided on 3 November 2025 in response to Question 78112;
on autism spectrum disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, I refer him to the answer provided on 16 October in response to Question 33657;
on Parkinson’s disease, I refer him to the answer provided on 17 July in response to Question 18388;
on multiple sclerosis, I refer him to the answer he received on 22 September in response to Question 28315;
on ovarian cancer, I refer him to the answer provided on 28 April in response to Question 129512;
on pancreatic cancer, I refer him to the answer provided on 15 July in response to Question 16704;
on sickle cell disease and thalassemia, I refer him to the answer provided on 24 April 2025 in response to Question 45488; and
on stroke, I refer him to the answer provided on 10 September 2025 in response to Question 71502.