Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure equitable access to ADHD (a) support, (b) assessments and (c) diagnosis for children and adults across England.

Clinical commissioning groups and National Health Service trusts should have due regard to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s guideline: ‘Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: diagnosis and management’. This guideline aims to improve the diagnosis of ADHD, the quality of care and support that people receive. The NHS Long Term Plan commits to working with local authority children’s social care, education services and expert charities to support neurodivergent children, including children with ADHD and their families throughout the diagnostic process. Five year funding allocations are conditional on improving these services in line with the Long Term Plan targets.