Please note we can only take referrals from your GP
A member of our team will be in contact within 8 weeks to confirm that we have received your referral, and it is being processed.
We aim to see anyone referred to the service within 12-16 weeks. Sometimes this will be slightly longer. You will be advised of actual timescales when our team contacts you for your first appointment.
Some of our clinicians work evenings and weekends, if this is important for you, please tell the team at the time of booking your first appointment. This may affect the length of time that you must wait for your appointment.
You will be asked to complete 3 to 4 self-assessment forms asking about ADHD symptoms, depression and anxiety symptoms and about how your ADHD symptoms impair your functioning.
The forms include two informant forms that need to be completed by people that knew you, as a child and as an adult. If you do not know anyone that knew you as a child then our team will provide you with a different form for you to complete.
Please find weblinks for patient leaflets of common ADHD medications that are prescribed.
Usually, we don’t need any specific blood tests before your first appointment. However, if you have hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism, it may be useful to have a recent thyroid function blood test, which is less than 12months old, to hand for your first appointment.
If our consultant psychiatrist diagnoses you as having ADHD, and you wish to start medication, you will need to have follow-up reviews to ensure that you are on the right dose of medication in the long term. This will be undertaken by our experienced independent medical prescribers.