Published on Thursday, March 20 2025
Please view our statement on ADHD shared prescribing below.
After thorough consideration and taking into account how this is managed by other NHS Lothian GP surgeries , it has been decided that the practice will no longer be in a position to support new requests for private shared care ADHD medication prescribing. We have already moved to restrict the circumstances in which we can offer this due to concerns about safety and validity of such assessments in the private sector.
We will of course continue to refer on to the NHS service any patient where there may be concern of ADHD and support future requests for NHS ADHD shared care prescribing. We will also continue to support patients that we currently prescribe for (both NHS and private).
This policy will apply to all requests from 1st August 2025 onwards.