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Asked by Peter

AQW 9579/22-27 Written question to the Minister of Health

To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of private diagnoses for adult ADHD (i) approved by a Health and Social Care Trust prescribing clinician for medication; and (ii) rejected by a Health and Social Care Trust prescribing clinician for medication, in the last 5 years, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.

Asked by Peter McReynolds MLA on 8 April 2024

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Tabled
8 April 2024
Answer due by
23 April 2024
Answered
22 April 202414 days after tabling
Department
Department of Health
Priority question
No

Answer

There are currently no regionally commissioned services for the assessment and treatment of adult ADHD and no requirement for Health and Social Care Trusts to record if a person has ADHD. The information is therefore not available.

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