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ADHD: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) reduce the backlog of ADHD assessments for children and (b) ensure continuity of care for people affected by service pauses in (i) NHS Hampshire and Isle
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 27 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 29 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 6 Nov 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
27 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) reduce the backlog of ADHD assessments for children and (b) ensure continuity of care for people affected by service pauses in (i) NHS Hampshire and Isle
29 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Nov 2025
Answer published
The Government has recognised that, nationally in England, demand for assessments for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has grown significantly in recent years and that people are experiencing severe delays accessing such assessments. The Go...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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