Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 037-2025
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
You asked:
1. Does your organisation commission Adult ADHD Assessments?
Our response:
No, please revert to the Integrated Care Board (ICB)
You asked:
2. The organisation or organisations in receipt of commission from you alongside the contract value for the last public sector financial year (1st April 2024 – 31st March 2025) and the current public sector financial year (1st April 2025 – 31st March 2026).
Our response:
Not applicable
You asked:
3. Does your organisation commission Child ADHD Assessments?
Our response:
No, please revert to the Integrated Care Board (ICB)
You asked:
4. The organisation or organisations in receipt of commission from you alongside the contract value for the last public sector financial year (1st April 2024 – 31st March 2025) and the current public sector financial year (1st April 2025 – 31st March 2026).
Our response:
Not applicable
You asked:
5. Does your organisation undertake Adult ADHD Assessments?
Our response:
Yes
You asked:
6. The organisation or organisations that have contracted you to provide the ADHD Assessment service alongside the financial contract value for the last public sector financial year (1st April 2024 – 31st March 2025) and the current public sector financial year (1st April 2025 – 31st March 2026).
Our response:
The service is commissioned by Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board (ICB).
We are unable to provide financial contract value as we are funded via a block contract, we however can provide the cost of providing the service as per National Cost Collection submissions (NCC). The data is only available for 2023/2024 and 2024/2025.
2023/2024 = £209,000
2024/2025 = £609,000
You asked:
7. Does your organisation undertake Child ADHD Assessments? If yes, please list.
Our response:
Yes
You asked:
8. The organisation or organisations that have contracted you to provide the ADHD Assessment service alongside the financial contract value for the last public sector financial year (1st April 2024 – 31st March 2025) and the current public sector financial year (1st April 2025 – 31st March 2026).
Our response:
The service is commissioned by Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board (ICB).
We are unable to provide financial contract value as we are funded via a block contract, we however can provide the cost of providing the service as per National Cost Collection submissions (NCC), the data is only available for 2023/2024 and 2024/2025.
2023/0224 = £305,000
2024/2025 = £607,000
You asked:
9. Please could you provide the information for the last public sector year (the period covering 1st April 2024 – 31st March 2025). The number of Adult ADHD Assessments undertaken in that period.
Our response:
62
You asked:
10. The number of Adults waiting for an ADHD Assessment at the end of that period.
Our response:
We are unable to extract the number of adults who would have been waiting at the end of this period as we cannot split those who would have been waiting for an ADHD assessment or waiting for a different reason. We can identify those currently waiting for an assessment from the clinical system but not in the past.
You asked:
11. The number of Adults waiting for an ADHD Assessment at the date of receipt of this FOI request.
Our response:
The number of Adults waiting for an ADHD Assessment on 29th May 2025: 1981
You asked:
12. If it does not take us over the FOI cost threshold, then please can we ask similar questions for the prior public sector year. For the period covering 1st April 2023 to 31st March 2024. The number of Adult ADHD Assessments undertaken in that period.
Our response:
22
You asked:
13. The number of Adults waiting for an ADHD Assessment at the end of that period.
Our response:
We are unable to extract the number of adults who would have been waiting at the end of this period as we can’t split those who would have been waiting for an ADHD assessment or waiting for a different reason. We can identify those currently waiting for an assessment from the clinical system but not in the past.
You asked:
14. If it does not take us over the FOI cost threshold, then please can we ask the same questions for the public sector, the year before the above. For the period covering 1st April 2022 to 31st March 2023. The number of Adult ADHD Assessments undertaken in that period
Our response:
19
You asked:
15. The number of Adults waiting for an ADHD Assessment at the end of that period.
Our response:
We are unable to extract the number of adults who would have been waiting at the end of this period as we can’t split those who would have been waiting for an ADHD assessment or waiting for a different reason. We can identify those currently waiting for an assessment from the clinical system but not in the past.
You asked:
16. If it does not take us over the FOI cost threshold, then please can we ask the same questions for the public sector, the year before the above. For the period covering 1st April 2021 to 31st March 2022. The number of Adult ADHD Assessments undertaken in that period
Our response:
26
You asked:
17. The number of Adults waiting for an ADHD Assessment at the end of that period.
Our response:
We are unable to extract the number of adults who would have been waiting at the end of this period as we can’t split those who would have been waiting for an ADHD assessment or waiting for a different reason. We can identify those currently waiting for an assessment from the clinical system but not in the past.
You asked:
18. Please could you provide the information for the last public sector year (the period covering 1st April 2024 – 31st March 2025). The number of Child ADHD Assessments undertaken in that period
19. The number of Children waiting for an ADHD Assessment at the end of that period.
20. The number of Children waiting for an ADHD Assessment as of the date of receipt of this FOI request.
21. If it does not take us over the FOI cost threshold, then please can we ask similar questions for the prior public sector year. For the period covering 1st April 2023 to 31st March 2024. The number of Child ADHD Assessments undertaken in that period
22. The number of Children waiting for an ADHD Assessment in that period.
23. If it does not take us over the FOI cost threshold, then please can we ask the same questions for the public sector, the year before the above. For the period covering 1st April 2022 to 31st March 2023. The number of Child ADHD Assessments undertaken in that period
24. The number of Children waiting for an ADHD Assessment in that period.
25. If it does not take us over the FOI cost threshold, then please can we ask the same questions for the public sector, the year before the above. For the period covering 1st April 2021 to 31st March 2022. The number of Child ADHD Assessments undertaken in that period
26. The number of Children waiting for an ADHD Assessment in that period.
Our response to questions 18 to 26:
Please note that this response relates only to the 0–18 age group and specifically to the CAMHS Autism and ADHD Assessment Service (CAAAS), where we have access to consistent and reportable data.
Due to an ongoing service transition in Gloucestershire, the ADHD pathway for children and young people is currently being merged. This includes the movement of patients from paediatric community services into CAMHS, and the use of multiple clinical systems across services has resulted in significant data limitations.
Additionally, within Core CAMHS, ADHD diagnoses may be made by an allocated consultant as part of broader care, but these cases are not consistently coded in a way that allows reliable reporting.
At present, we are unable to provide figures for completed ADHD assessments across the service or any waiting list data beyond the CAAAS system.
We are, however, able to provide the following information:
Number of children currently waiting for an ADHD assessment in CAAAS (as of 21st May 2025): 449
(These are CYP who were identified at CAAAS screening as requiring ADHD assessment, however there may be other young people for whom the ADHD assessment is offered when its identified as part of other assessments within the service which include referrals from other CAMHS Teams).
We do not hold a validated or extractable figure for the number of children waiting as of 31 March 2025, so we are unable to provide that data.
We are currently reviewing our data and clinical systems to improve the accuracy and availability of such information in future.
Under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, we confirm that the remaining information requested is not held in a reportable format.
You asked:
27. If it does not take us over the FOI cost threshold, then please can we ask this additional set of questions. Did you pay out under Right to Choose for Adult ADHD Assessments in the prior public sector year?
Our response:
No, please revert to the Integrated Care Board (ICB)
You asked:
28. If yes, how many Adult ADHD Assessments were paid out under Right to Choose in the last public sector year (20024-25)
Our response:
Not applicable
You asked:
29. What was the total value of Adult ADHD Assessments under Right to Choose in the last public sector year (20024-25)
Our response:
Not applicable
You asked:
30. Please list the organisations you paid out for Adult ADHD Assessments under Right to Choose, alongside the total financial amount paid, and the quantity of Adult ADHD Assessments undertaken for the last public sector year (April 1st 2024- 31st March 2025)
Our response:
Not applicable
You asked:
31. Did you pay out under Right to Choose for Child ADHD Assessments in the prior public sector year? If yes:
Our response:
No, please revert to the Integrated Care Board (ICB)
You asked:
32. How many Child ADHD Assessments were paid out under Right to Choose in the last public sector year (20024-25)
Our response:
Not applicable
You asked:
33. What was the total value of Child ADHD Assessments under Right to Choose in the last public sector year (20024-25)
Our response:
Not applicable
You asked:
34. Please list the organisations you paid out for Child ADHD Assessments under Right to Choose, alongside the total financial amount paid, and the quantity of Child ADHD Assessments undertaken for the last public sector year (April 1st 2024- 31st March 2025).
Our response:
Not applicable
Next steps:
Should you have any queries in relation to our response, please do not hesitate to contact us. If you are unhappy with the response you have received in relation to your request and wish to ask us to review our response, you should write to:
Louise Moss
Head of Legal Services / Associate Director of Corporate Governance
c/o Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Edward Jenner Court
1010 Pioneer Avenue
Gloucester Business Park
Brockworth, GL3 4AW
E-mail: louise.moss@ghc.nhs.uk
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