NHS Right to Choose · England
ADHD clinics that accept NHS Right to Choose
Right to Choose lets your GP refer you to a private ADHD clinic, with the NHS paying for the assessment, at no cost to you. How long it takes depends on your local NHS area, so check with the clinic.
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How NHS Right to Choose works for ADHD
NHS Right to Choose
How it works
Three steps from a GP appointment to an NHS-funded assessment, if the clinic you choose takes your referral.
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Compare 34 Right to Choose clinics
Sort & filter in the full directoryA line under a clinic is what that clinic’s own Right to Choose page says about its wait, with the date the page shows and the day we read it. They are the clinics’ words, not ours, and we have not checked them. We hide a line we have not re-read for 45 days.
Its page (not dated) says the current waiting time for assessment is approximately 2-3 weeks after a referral is accepted and processed; it lists a minimum wait for some ICBs and updates weekly. Read on 9 Oct 2026.
Its page (dated August 2026) says the current wait from referral acceptance to assessment appointment is 2–4 weeks for all service types, and it reviews wait times monthly. Read on 9 Oct 2026.
Its page (dated 2 Oct 2026) says for adults, once a referral reaches it there is no wait for assessment; its table lists each ICB as open, with an ICB wait of 14 to 104 weeks, a cap, or a waiting list. Read on 9 Oct 2026.
Its page (dated September 2026) says its current Right to Choose ADHD waiting list is 12 to 14 weeks, and an assessment may be delayed beyond that where an ICB’s funding limit for the year has been reached. Read on 9 Oct 2026.
Its page (dated 24 Sep 2026) says for adults outside the ICB exceptions it lists, “there is currently no wait for NHS Right to Choose assessments”, and “It may be a week or more depending on complexity at triage”. Read on 9 Oct 2026.
Its page (dated 1 Oct 2026) says its estimated wait for new referrals is 4-8 weeks for an ADHD assessment, measured from the day it receives your completed forms, and that waits are subject to change. Read on 9 Oct 2026.
Its page (dated 29 Sep 2026) says its current estimated waits are 2 weeks for adult ADHD assessments and 8 weeks for children’s, if the pre-assessment questionnaires are complete and no ICB instruction applies. Read on 9 Oct 2026.
Its page (dated 9 Oct 2026) says remote children’s ADHD assessments are 2 weeks in the 23 areas it marks “NO RESTRICTIONS”; in 10 areas it says funding limits mean delivery is “paused until 1st April 2027”. Read on 9 Oct 2026.
Its page (dated 11 Sep 2026) says the waiting times it shows are estimates for Right to Choose referrals, listed for each NHS area with any ICB requirements; its next update is scheduled for 18/10/2026. Read on 9 Oct 2026.
Its page (dated 9 Sep 2026) says its estimated adult ADHD assessment wait from the GP’s referral is “Within 24 weeks, and in as little as 14 weeks”; where an ICB limits assessments, “In excess of 52 weeks”. Read on 9 Oct 2026.
Its page (not dated) says the current wait time for the NHS Right to Choose child assessment is 12-16 months, and that this is subject to change. Read on 9 Oct 2026.
Its page (not dated) says for adults the wait from receiving a Right to Choose referral to the initial consultation is approximately 18-20 weeks, and over 2 years or more in the ICB areas it lists. Read on 9 Oct 2026.
Its page (not dated) says for children its estimated wait for new referrals is 12-18 months, and 16-18 months from outside Norfolk and Suffolk, where it first needs to agree funding with the local ICB. Read on 9 Oct 2026.
Its page (not dated) says waits sit at approximately 24 months at its Holmfirth clinic and 6 to 9 months at Hathersage, Knaresborough and Beverley, and are set by the GP practice’s ICB, not the clinic. Read on 9 Oct 2026.
Its page (not dated) says it lists a current waiting time for each service in each NHS area it covers, and that a wait can be longer where the local ICB limits funding. Read on 9 Oct 2026.
Its page (not dated) says for children and young people its current wait is 20 to 28 weeks once you are ready for an assessment, and for some locations it may be extended further by the local ICB’s approach. Read on 9 Oct 2026.
Its page (not dated) says it is “currently not accepting any Right to Choose referrals from any Integrated Care Board”. Read on 9 Oct 2026.
Badges show what the NHS funds at that clinic under Right to Choose. The price is the clinic’s own private fee. Online means the clinic is marked as offering the whole assessment by video call, for at least one age group. Clinics without a mark may still offer it, so ask the clinic.
*The clinic’s wait for a private assessment. Some local NHS areas now limit the number of Right to Choose assessments they fund and have set minimum waits, so an NHS-funded wait can be much longer than the private wait shown for a clinic. Before your GP refers you, ask the clinic whether it is taking Right to Choose referrals from your area and what its wait is. Details may change.
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