Question follow-through · 19598
ADHD: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve national consistency in shared care arrangements for patients prescribed medication for ADHD; and whether he plans to introduce national (a) standards
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 16 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 7 Sept 2026 · 53 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve national consistency in shared care arrangements for patients prescribed medication for ADHD; and whether he plans to introduce national (a) standards
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Sept 2026
Answer published
The General Medical Council has published guidance which supports integrated care boards and National Health Service organisations in developing and using shared care agreements, and which helps general practitioners decide whether to accept shared care r...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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