Data on adult ADHD service backlogs in the UK

This page contains the full data tables for the BBC investigation on backlogs in adult ADHD services across the UK.

You can find the full data in the table below for the 44 trusts that provided figures on their latest waiting list, and the number of adult ADHD assessments carried out in 2023.

Adult ADHD services at some NHS trusts and health boards

ProviderWaiting listAssessments in 2023
Sheffield Health & Social Care6,7373
Gloucestershire Health & Care1,60718
NHS Orkney6026
NHS Shetland13747
NHS Ayrshire & Arran19948
Somerset41452
Leeds & York Partnership4,30078
Midlands Partnership74788
Coventry & Warwickshire Partners1,675120
Humber683143
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough5,471176
Leicestershire Partnership5,989181
Greater Manchester6,796182
Cornwall Partnership2,216205
Camden & Islington3,082210
Berkshire Healthcare1,238215
Hywel Dda Health Board3,107228
Herefordshire & Worcestershire H3,138284
Tees Esk & Wear Valleys5,315314
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde4,268353
South West London & St Georges2,290384
Norfolk & Suffolk8,782418
Rotherham Doncaster & South Humb3,830431
Blackpool Hospitals416443
Devon Partnership4,024466
Barnet Enfield & Haringey2,294469
South West Yorkshire Partnership4,927479
Oxleas2,116484
Essex Partnership6,459517
Black Country Healthcare2,559555
South London & Maudsley6,467595
Merseycare2,492597
Central & North West London11,199615
Pennine Care2,087625
Cumbria Northumberland Tyne & We11,075643
Avon & Wiltshire Partnership8,204717
North East London548790
Birmingham & Solihull3,940793
Cheshire & Wirral Partnership1,897927
Sussex Partnership9,8431,044
Kent Community Health7,8601,272
Nottinghamshire Healthcare3,8001,404
East London6,4731,476
Surrey & Borders Partnership6,6431,896
Note: 44 out of 66 organisations provided data for both waiting times and assessments
Source: BBC Freedom of Information requests
Adult ADHD services at some NHS trusts and health boards. . Note: 44 out of 66 organisations provided data for both waiting times and assessments.

Further information on the methodology used to gather the data can be found at the end of the story.