One year on: ADHD prescribing rights expanded but GPs still waiting on promised big changes
The federal Department of Health and Aged Care is yet to respond to a major parliamentary report on ADHD.
With assessments costing thousands of dollars, years-long wait times, exploding demand and little public sector help, ADHD care seemed at breaking point.
Exactly one year ago, a parliamentary committee made 15 recommendations, including that GPs should be empowered to both diagnose and prescribe for patients with ADHD.
It also called on states and territories to iron out their inconsistencies on how stimulants could be prescribed and who could prescribe them.
“The Australian Government should show leadership and expedite the development of uniform prescribing regulations to improve access to ADHD medications,” it said.
