Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the (a) adequacy of the provision of attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder reviews by the NHS and (b) potential merits of commissioning a review of how these assessments are (i) performed and (ii) resourced.

We are supporting NHS England in establishing a taskforce to look at attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) service provision, and its impact on patient experience. The taskforce will bring 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 and to help provide a joined-up approach in response to concerns around rising demand.

Alongside the work of the taskforce, NHS England will continue to develop a national ADHD data improvement plan, carry out more detailed work to understand the provider and commissioning landscape, and capture examples from local health systems which are trialling innovative ways of delivering ADHD services to ensure best practice is captured and shared across the system.