Good money being thrown after bad, says Scottish ADHD Coalition
We remain highly sceptical that this will be sufficient to address a decade of failure and the backlog of cases that have precipitated the current crisis.
05 02 2026
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We remain highly sceptical that this will be sufficient to address a decade of failure and the backlog of cases that have precipitated the current crisis.
The number of adults in Glasgow waiting to be assessed for ADHD has increased by more than 500 per cent over the last four years.
We’re pleased to have added ADHD Adventures, based in Aberdeenshire, to our map of local community-run ADHD groups.
We’ve just added Improving Lives, Dalmuir to our local ADHD Support Group map. They launched in November.
A massive new study has landed in The BMJ, pulling together 221 meta-analyses on ADHD treatments across the lifespan, easily the most comprehensive picture we’ve ever had about what helps… and what just helps your wallet empty faster.
Scottish children and young people have been forced to wait for more than 1,000 days to secure autism and ADHD assessments
Our response to Tom Arthur MSP, Minister for Wellbeing in which he stated that “no system in the world could meet ADHD and autism assessment demands”:
We’ve just updated the list of local ADHD support groups and voluntary organisations in Scotland. If you know of one we’ve missed or where the details we hold are inaccurate, let us know, as the aim is to keep this up to date!
The recent withdrawal of ADHD assessment and treatment across Scotland will lead to a significant rise in mortality, a reduction in life expectancy.
We acknowledge that the Scottish ADHD Coalition has not been active recently, and we sincerely apologise for any inconvenience or uncertainty this may have caused.
We want to thank everyone for their patience and continued support over the past 12 months. We acknowledge that the