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It is a consultation lasting up to 50 minutes where our Prescribing Pharmacist will discuss the option of ADHD medication. If medication is deemed suitable, they will order a prescription to be sent via an online pharmacy, directly to your home or provide a paper script sent to your home. A 30 minute follow up appointment will need to be booked and paid for in three weeks time. A prescription is only given for 30 days so you must attend each follow up to discuss side effects and whether the dose and preparation type is suitable for you.

 

Prior to your Medication Assessment, we have asked a number of health questions. This is to we can ascertain any contraindications for ADHD medication. We may write to your GP requesting an ECG, Cardiac Review or further information depending on what you answered in your Health Screen. You will be copied into this email and will need to personally follow up with your GP Practice and screening we suggest. We will also offer a private company for these additional screening checks to take place.

Please see our detailed page on how we store and use your personal data GDRP Policy Document. 

Our Medication Prescribers are fully trained and experienced in providing ADHD medication, seeing young people from age 11 (at Senior School) through to adulthood. They are fully insured and DBS checked. They have access to supervision should this be required. For more details on our Prescribers please see our ADHD Medication Pathway. 

The ADHD pathway within Malvern Hills Private Practice (MHPP) is being split off into Midlands ADHD Clinic Ltd. By signing this form you are agreeing for your data to be transferred to Midlands ADHD Clinic Ltd to provide continuity of care.

On rare occasions, the Medication Assessment (or Follow-ups) may reveal your case to be complex. We attempt to screen for this using our Health Screening Form. However, if this occurs, we may signpost you to a Psychiatrist. This will be outside of our practice and will incur additional fees set by the Psychiatrist in private practice.

Your clinical notes and therapy attendance are held within the team. Your Prescriber has a duty of care that means that if they have concerns about your safety or that of a vulnerable adult or child, they will disclose limited information of this concern to your next of kin and other services (i.e. GP/ safeguarding team). The concern may also be discussed with other therapists within the team.

 

Your Prescriber may also disclose information if they are legally obliged, or if a serious crime has taken place, especially if others are still at risk (i.e. the perpetrator still has contact with vulnerable adults or children).

 

Your Prescriber will aim to discuss all safety concerns with you first, before disclosing information to others, although this is not always possible.

 

If someone else is paying for your sessions, or has provided card details to our system (i.e. a family member, friend or a company) and they enquire about your attendance, we may provide limited information pertaining to which sessions have been attended/ missed. If you have a referring psychologist who completed the assessment, they may be copied into your summary. Please let our prescriber know if you do not wish this to occur.  The GP will be copied into your Medication Summary.

 

It is agreed that neither party will record any of the sessions with any type of recording device unless written prior agreement of both parties has been given. For further details, please see our Privacy Policy.

Please give your pharmacist at least 24 hours’ notice if you need to cancel or change an appointment by emailing late@malvernhillsprivatepractice.co.uk from your registered email address, stating your full name and time/ date of appointment. If an appointment is cancelled between 24 and 3 hours a half fee is charged. If it is cancelled in less than three hours, a full fee is charged.

Your prescriber reserves the right to decline to give medication if they do not deem it suitable. If, during the Medication Assessment, the diagnoses of ADHD becomes in question (due to new information) we  may request a repeat assessment prior to any medication being provided or we may signpost you to a Psychiatrist for further assessment.

 

On rare occasions, the Medication Assessment (or Follow-ups) may reveal your case to be particularly complex. We attempt to screen for this prior to seeing our prescriber. However, if this occurs, we may signpost you to a Psychiatrist. This will be outside of our practice and will incur additional fees set by the Psychiatrist in private practice.

Once your dose has been optimised, we will write to your GP to request shared care. This is where the NHS take over monthly prescriptions for your medication. However shared care is at the discretion of your GP, and not all GPs are comfortable agreeing to shared care.

 

We suggest you speak with your GP about the option of shared care, prior to your Medication Assessment so you are fully informed of your options.

 

If your GP declines shared care, our Prescriber could continue to provide medication at the cost of £30 for writing a prescription per month. Please note there will also be the fee from CloudRX or the pharmacy, for the medication itself.

 

You will need to be reviewed by your prescriber ever six months. These sessions will need to be booked and paid for in advance.