Healthcare professionals call for nationwide rules that would allow GPs to diagnose and treat ADHD to help avoid high costs and delays for patients and families.

Ahead of a meeting of state and federal health ministers in Perth on Friday, medical bodies representing GPs and ADHD professionals have called for consistency in prescribing rules to take pressure off the health system and make access to care faster and more affordable.

This would also free up more time for specialists such as pediatricians and psychiatrists to provide other kinds of care.

The bodies have written a letter to ministers asking for changes so specialist GPs, in addition to psychiatrists and pediatricians, can start, change and continue ADHD medications for adults and children by the end of June 2026.

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