Yorkshire ADHD Service Rebukes Channel 4 Film as 735,000 in England Await Assessment
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Updated · Telegraph and Argus · Aug 11
Yorkshire ADHD Service Rebukes Channel 4 Film as 735,000 in England Await Assessment
1 articles · Updated · Telegraph and Argus · Aug 11
Summary
Sort Health, a West Yorkshire not-for-profit, said Channel 4's The Great ADHD Myth? wrongly shifts attention from care delays by questioning whether ADHD is a genuine neurodevelopmental condition.
735,000 people in England were waiting for an ADHD assessment in December 2025, according to the House of Commons Library, and more than 60% of adults on the list had already waited over a year.
Mathew Sidebottom, Sort Health's managing director, said the service was created to give patients another route while they wait for NHS care, not to replace the health service.
ADHD UK also criticized the programme, warning its title alone could deter people from seeking help, while Sort argued ADHD was recognized by clinicians long before smartphones and social media.
Why did a TV network halt a child's ADHD medication for a documentary while 735,000 patients languish on NHS waiting lists?
With clinics turning away thousands, will a documentary questioning ADHD's existence destroy patients' chances of receiving crucial workplace and school support?
Are modern lifestyles actually mimicking ADHD symptoms, or is the media simply exploiting a massive healthcare crisis for controversial ratings?