Under the 'Freedom of Information Act' could you please provide me with the following information within the next 20days:
For each NHS Region:
(Please provide answers tailored to each region, i.e. 5 regions, 5 sets of answers, many thanks)
- Do you have local provisions for all to receive NHS ADHD services? If no, and if relevant, under the NICE guidelines please detail on alternate services which the NHS will fund.
- Current waiting time for NHS adult ADHD diagnosis
- Current waiting time for NHS child ADHD diagnosis
- Number of adults on waiting list for ADHD diagnosis
- Number of adults on waiting list for ADHD diagnosis
- Based on the individual who is currently on the waiting list, what is the longest so far a patient has been waiting for a diagnosis.
- How are the waiting list ordered? (i.e. first come first served? or are patients added based on urgency of how symptoms affect them, once on waiting list is it position fixed or can they be bumped down or up?)
- If someone moves out of your region are they removed from the waiting list?
- If someone moves into the region do they have to begin at the bottom of the waiting list all over again?
- Budget value in GBP and percentage allocated to ADHD services
- Do you operate under 'Right to Choose' (i.e. patients can choose where to get ADHD diagnosis funded by NHS, and can be referred to certain private providers with NHS contracts for diagnoses if NHS waiting list are long)
- If relevant, cost to the NHS of using private practices for diagnosis
- Do you accept private diagnoses and shared care? (i.e. patient seeks private diagnosis due to long NHS waiting lists, will GP then accept this diagnosis and allow patient to receive NHS prescription rather than private?)
- How many staff are trained to diagnose and treat ADHD within your region.
- Are you making any improvements to these services/do you have any plans to improve these services.
-Does the region have targets relating to ADHD care and the aforementioned points? If so what are these? Are they being met?
- If a patient was presenting with severe depression and based on the ADHD pre assessment undertaken by a GP they showed high likeliehood of having ADHD. Would this affect any of the answers to the above points? I.e. would they have access to more support/earlier ADHD diagnosis?
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Thank you for your recent request dated 17th May 2023. Public Health Wales does not hold the information requested. As an organisation we have no jurisdiction over the activities of Health Boards and frequently do not have access to the data that they produce. They may hold the information requested. I have provided contact details for each Health Board below, you would need to contact them individually. Aneurin Bevan University Health Board http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/866/page/39187 Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/861/page/39134 Cardiff and Vale University Health Board http://www.cardiffandvaleuhb.wales.nhs.uk/freedom-of-information-new Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board https://cwmtafmorgannwg.wales/foi/ Swansea Bay University Health Board https://sbuhb.nhs.wales/about-us1/foia/ Hywel Dda University Health Board http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/862/page/52085 Powys Teaching Health Board |
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