Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the waiting times for ADHD assessment in (a) Stockport and (b) England.

Clinical commissioning groups and National Health Service trusts in Stockport and England should have due regard to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s guideline ‘Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: diagnosis and management’. While this guideline does not recommend a maximum waiting time to receive an assessment for ADHD, it aims to improve diagnosis in adults and children and the quality of care and support provided.

NHS England and NHS Improvement are working with local authorities’ children’s social care service, education services and expert charities to develop packages to support neurodivergent children, including children with ADHD and their families, through the diagnostic process.