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Private ADHD clinics accused of draining NHS capacity
Original: Its a great business model; set up an ADHD assessment & diagnostic service, because demand is growing faster than the NH
Commenters are criticizing the rise of private ADHD assessment and diagnostic services in the UK. With demand for diagnosis growing faster than the NHS can cope, private providers are hiring staff away from the health service, which critics say further reduces public capacity, lengthens waits, and pushes more patients toward paid assessments — a self-reinforcing cycle they call a profitable but damaging business model.
Why now: Growing ADHD diagnosis waits and the outsourcing of assessments to private providers are fueling debate about privatization within the NHS.
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- Its a great business model; set up an ADHD assessment & diagnostic service, because demand is growing faster than the NHS can deliver diagnosis; then poach staff *from* the NHS, thereby reducing capacity in public health, further stoking demand, and pushing further recourse to… · ChrisMayLA6@mastodon.me.uk · 23
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