For professionals
A concise starting point for clinicians and referrers navigating ADHD assessment, prescribing and patient choice.
This section is informational and does not replace local commissioning guidance, clinical judgement or professional responsibilities.
Useful starting points
Assessment standards
Core elements of a comprehensive ADHD assessment.
Open guide →Professional roles
Qualification, diagnostic competence and prescribing scope.
Open guide →Patient choice
Provider information and links to NHS patient-choice guidance.
Open guide →Shared care
How specialist and primary-care roles may be organised.
Open guide →Primary sources first
For clinical decisions, use NICE guidance, product information, NHS/SPS medicines advice, local pathways and relevant professional/regulatory guidance. ADHD Explained is designed to help navigation, not replace those sources.
NICE NG87 – ADHD: diagnosis and management ↗ · NHS England – patient choice guidance ↗ · NHS SPS – modified-release methylphenidate ↗