Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to paragraph 3.33 in the NHS Long Term Plan, what progress his Department has made on the implementation of support packages for children with ADHD.

NHS England wrote to healthcare leaders on 30 July 2020 setting out the actions required for phase 3 of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes re-stating targets for clinical commissioning groups to increase investment in services for people with a learning disability and autism in line with the Mental Health Investment Standard. It also asks systems to maintain the growth in the number of children and young people accessing care, ensure all services are restored and advertised, and proactively review all patients in community health services and asking general practitioners to ensure these patients are identified on their registers.

We recognise that there remains more to do to improve diagnosis and support for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.