Adult ADHD diagnoses fuel 40% surge in NHS patients in a single year with 4.2million prescriptions

DRUG prescriptions for ADHD surged by 40 per cent in adults in a single year, NHS figures show. The number of drugs prescribed to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has increased by a quarter in the last year, with 4.2 million prescriptions issued in 2025-26. Some 3.38 million prescriptions were issued in the previous...