Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 94900

Neurodiversity: Patient Choice Schemes

Tabled: 26 November 2025

Answered: 3 December 2025

Question

Lisa Smart

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that patients receiving (a) ADHD and (b) autism treatment through the Right to Choose pathway receive safe and uninterrupted care when GPs are unable to accept sha

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed

Shared care within the National Health Service refers to an arrangement whereby a specialist doctor formally transfers responsibility for all or some aspects of their patient’s care, such as prescription of medication, over to the patient’s general practi...

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