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. 2024 May 31;74(743):e408–e416. doi: 10.3399/BJGP.2023.0626

Box 1.

Summary of topic guides

Health professionals and providers
1. Access to primary care for ADHD
Experiences of how young people with ADHD access primary care, including practicalities, barriers, and facilitators
2. Support for primary care providers working with young people and adults with ADHD
Thoughts on how local providers and wider healthcare system can support primary care professionals to provide health care for ADHD, including challenges and changes that can be made to the system
3. Providing care for people with ADHD through primary care
Experiences of providing care in the following domains:
  Prescribing and medication — shared care protocols and differences in private/NHS diagnosis for prescribing
  Non-pharmacological ADHD health care — mental health support, social prescribing, and transition to adult mental health services
4. Wider mental and physical health support through primary care
Experiences providing for the wider health needs of young people and adults with ADHD, including health risks associated with ADHD and the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme
5. Information resources and digital solutions
Knowledge and use of digital health interventions for young people with ADHD, and digital resources that aid practice and delivery of primary care

Young people and supporters
1. Access to primary care for ADHD
Experiences of how young people with ADHD access primary care, including practicalities, barriers, and facilitators
2. Support for young people and adults with ADHD through primary care
Experiences of receiving care in the following domains:
  Referral for ADHD diagnosis — via NHS or private routes (including Right to Choose)
  Prescribing and medication — how prescriptions are set up/received, communicating between adult mental health services and GPs, and medication reviews
  Non-pharmacological ADHD health care — mental health support and transition to adult mental health services
3. Wider mental and physical health support through primary care
Experiences receiving care for wider health needs/comorbidities, including awareness of health risks associated with ADHD
4. Information resources and digital solutions
Knowledge and use of digital health interventions for self-management of ADHD symptoms or information about accessing health care. Preferences with regards to future delivery of digital health intervention

ADHD = attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.