Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 152-2025
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
You asked:
1. What is the name of your Trust?
Our response:
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
You asked:
2. Where are you based? England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland?
Our response:
England
You asked:
3. Do you run an adult ADHD service?
Our response:
Yes
You asked:
4. How many adults are currently waiting for an ADHD assessment across your Trust?
Our response:
2,198
You asked:
5. How many referrals for adult ADHD assessments did you receive across your trust in 2024?
Our response:
1,431
You asked:
6. How many adult ADHD assessments did you carry out across your trust in 2024?
Our response:
55
You asked:
7. Do you support patients while they are on the waiting list?
Our response:
Not currently. The service is currently running a research group consulting with experts to look at what people need when they are on the waiting list. This will then help to inform a strategy of how to develop waiting list support.
You asked:
8. Please outline what support you offer patients while they are on the waiting list?
Our response:
Not applicable
You asked:
9. Has any part of your Trust closed waiting lists for new adult ADHD assessment referrals at any point in the last 12 months?
Our response:
No
You asked:
10. Please give details of which services were affected and for how long?
Our response:
Not applicable
You asked:
11. Do any adult ADHD services across your trust have an exclusion criteria for assessment referrals?
Our response:
Yes, persons not registered with a Gloucestershire GP surgery and anyone actively experiencing an episode of acute psychosis.
You asked:
12. Please select all relevant reasons from this list:
We do not accept patients over a certain age
We only accept patients with complex cases, e.g. other mental health conditions
We do not accept patients who are being seen by an adult mental health team or have complex mental health conditions
We do not accept patients if we believe their symptoms are not causing significant functional impairment
The service is only commissioned to see a certain amount of patients, so new referrals are rejected after that target is reached
Our response:
Persons not registered with a Gloucestershire GP surgery
Anyone actively experiencing an episode of acute psychosis
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
If you are not content with the outcome of any review, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for further advice/guidance. Generally, the ICO will not consider your case unless you have exhausted your enquiries with the Trust which should include considering the use of the Trust’s formal complaints procedure. The ICO can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.