Suzanne drives eight hours to get ADHD medicine from a specialist. Australian GPs say they need more prescribing powers

Doctors say a standardised national approach to prescribing ADHD medicine would alleviate growing pressure on the system responsible for treating the more than a million Australians with the disorder. Photograph: Thomas Imo/Alamy

Every three months, Suzanne Grobke makes an eight-hour round-trip to access the ADHD medicine her 12-year-old daughter depends on.

“My daughter was diagnosed with ADHD when she was three and we see a paediatrician in Sydney because it was up to a two-year wait to see someone regionally,” she said.