Many of my constituents will be aware of the long waiting lists for ADHD assessments in Essex at the moment, be they for adult diagnoses for for helpf for children who are struggling at school.
The Mid and South Essex Integrated Case Board has been in touch with and update on ADHD services following recent developments to help reduce waiting times across mid and south Essex. The ICB has commissioned five new adult ADHD service providers to help tackle waiting times for diagnosis and treatment. These new providers, who all passed rigorous accreditation and quality checks, are now part of our locally approved network of providers, helping ensure patient care is safe, coordinated, and aligned with local NHS pathways.
Three new providers for children and young people’s Autism and ADHD services have also been accredited and will begin accepting referrals for new patients this month. Work is underway with the current providers to support young people that have been waiting the longest, which includes those preparing to transition to adult services, to move to these new providers. A further four providers have been commissioned to start accepting referrals later this spring. These seven new providers will work alongside current children and young people’s Autism and ADHD service providers, offering young people and their families more choice in their care provider and helping reduce waiting times for assessments and medication.
Find out more about the new providers here.
The ICB has explained that while patients have the right to choose their specialist provider, patients are encouraged to select providers that are accredited and commissioned within our local care system which helps keep care safe and joined up. All the newly commissioned providers have agreed to work with GPs and GP Federations to agreed shared care protocols, which will support more patients to access their ongoing medication prescribing and monitoring closer to home.
Pictured: Alex Burghart MP and Mid and South Essex ICB CEO Tom Abell
