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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Sarah Marsh Consumer affairs correspondent

ADHD waiting lists ‘clogged by patients returning from private care to NHS’

A doctor talking to a patient at a desk.
Private clinics sometimes lack staff who are qualified to prescribe medication. Photograph: BongkarnThanyakij/Getty Images

Waiting lists for people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in England are being clogged by patients returning to NHS care after difficulties with private assessments, a trust has warned.

The major NHS trust said people referred by GPs to private clinics using health service funding were increasingly asking to be transferred back after care stalled.

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