Private ADHD assessment costs: the full care budget

As a dated example, Clinical Partners advertised an adult ADHD assessment at £895 when checked on 20 October 2026. Its assessment page describes screening and a clinical report. This is one provider’s published assessment fee, not a UK average or a quote for a year of care. Confirm the current package directly with Clinical Partners.

Ask who will assess you, how the appointment is structured and whether the price includes gathering background information, discussing the outcome and sending a report to you. Check whether a separate letter for work or education costs extra. Paying for an assessment does not guarantee a particular diagnosis or a prescription.

Request an itemised estimate for each stage that might follow. Use a blank amount where the clinic cannot yet give a figure; do not silently count an unknown cost as zero.

• Assessment: questionnaires, clinician appointment, report and feedback.
• Medication initiation and titration: any separate entry fee, appointments and monitoring while a specialist reviews treatment.
• Prescribing and dispensing: the clinic’s prescription administration fee and the pharmacy’s medicine charge, listed separately.
• Continuing reviews: routine specialist follow-up, monitoring and appointments needed to keep the care arrangement active.
• Additional support: any optional sessions or documents outside the agreed package.

Ask for both the expected first-year total and the continuing annual total. If a package ends after a set number of months, record what happens when that period finishes.

The NHS explains that a GP may take over ADHD prescribing only through an agreed shared-care arrangement with the specialist. The GMC’s prescribing guidance also places responsibility on the clinician accepting a prescription recommendation to decide whether they can do so appropriately.

Before relying on NHS prescribing in your budget, discuss the proposed arrangement with your NHS practice and the private specialist. A clinic offering to write a shared-care request is different from the GP agreeing to accept it. Ask who remains responsible, and what private costs continue, if the request is declined or the arrangement later changes.

In England, some independent providers also deliver NHS-funded ADHD services through eligible referral routes. A private booking and an NHS-funded referral are separate arrangements, even when the provider name is the same. Ask your GP about the current local pathway and whether patient choice applies. Do not assume England’s arrangements apply across all four UK nations.

Confirm whether the proposed service covers assessment only or also subsequent care. Read our guide to combining NHS and private care for the wider funding boundary.

Ask: “Please confirm the assessment inclusions, report timescale, optional fees, likely first-year continuing costs and the arrangements if NHS shared care is unavailable. Please also explain cancellation charges and who I contact after the assessment.” Keep the response with the booking terms so you can compare the same stages across providers.

Use the private care cost checklist to record the answers, explore the free healthcare information library, or return to Find care to review your starting options.