ADHD assessment waiting lists by area: England, June 2026

About 780,430 people in England had an open referral that may be for an ADHD assessment in June 2026, 58% of them open for more than a year (NHS England).

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Every NHS area

AreaOpen referralsOpen over a yearReferred that month
England780,43058%37,105
North East and North Cumbria63,93564%2,630
Surrey and Sussex63,64066%2,065
West and North London55,86054%2,265
Greater Manchester44,38059%2,165
Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire37,94051%2,350
West Yorkshire37,13064%1,400
Cheshire and Merseyside36,81547%1,910
Hampshire and Isle of Wight35,05073%540
Thames Valley34,20562%1,380
Norfolk and Suffolk27,32563%755
South West London25,53553%1,630
Kent and Medway23,16050%1,380
Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland21,09068%580
South Yorkshire19,40056%940
Humber and North Yorkshire18,05547%1,560
Black Country17,70568%820
Devon16,71572%490
South East London16,23550%880
Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent15,71560%835
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire15,35057%845
North East London14,94043%970
Derby and Derbyshire12,83543%940
Lincolnshire12,72567%355
Lancashire and South Cumbria12,11034%790
Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin11,44054%505
Coventry and Warwickshire10,99075%600
Birmingham and Solihull10,33547%870
Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire9,97053%725
Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire9,23037%510
Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly8,82556%550
Essex8,62024%1,125
Dorset7,20548%375
Herefordshire and Worcestershire6,68549%495
Gloucestershire5,86050%370
Northamptonshire4,26526%290
Somerset3,28559%155
  • ADHD figures from February 2025 are not comparable with earlier months, because independent providers started submitting then.
  • Board totals add up age groups that NHS England rounds to the nearest 5, so they are approximate.

Latest quarterly: NHS England, . Data checked .