Child ADHD Medication for Bedford and surrounding patients, conducted in person at our Bedford clinic (clinic address is 4 Goldington Road, Bedford MK40 3NF , Pay and display car park next door) or online. NICE NG87-aligned, led personally by Tina Fox. £995, inclusive payment plans available. Typically 6–8 weeks from first call, next available soon.
Hello, I'm Tina. I'm the lead clinician at NeuroFX. At our CQC-registered clinic, we offer specialist autism and ADHD assessments for children aged six and over and adults.
So after booking an assessment with us online or in person, you'll then be invited to take part in the onboarding process, and that is for you to be able to tell your story. It will include physical and mental health history, and then after that, you'll be sent some additional screening tools, which can all be completed in digital format online. You can pause at any time, and you can do that in the comfort of your own home. This enables me to better understand your story and your individual needs before we meet.
Next is your ADHD assessment, which is either online or in the clinic, coming to talk to me face to face. The process does take about two to three hours. That'll give you a chance to hopefully feel relaxed in an environment where you can tell me about the impacts and difficulties and how these have affected you. This follows all NICE guidelines.
In some situations, I may be able to tell you the diagnosis on the same day that we meet. In other scenarios, I might have to perhaps gain some more evidence. You might need to talk to other people, employers, family, partners, school, university, for me to be able to get a really good idea of the evidence, perhaps that you can't see yourself, and might help towards that diagnosis. You'll be provided a diagnostic report, provided I have all of that evidence, within 14 days.
So wherever you are on your journey, all the information is available on our website. You could book a call to talk to our team. You can book online. You can also simply email us if you have any questions. We do have payment plans available to pay in three or four instalments. So we look forward to meeting you and working with you on your journey.
Tina Fox is Clinical Lead at NeuroFX. Every child ADHD medication and titration for Bedford patients is led by her personally. A short video introduction to who we are, why we do this, and what to expect.
Take a couple of minutes with it. The point of the video is to make the room feel less unfamiliar before you even book a conversation.
Medication and titration is one half of the NeuroFX ADHD pathway. The diagnostic assessment is the other. A few related services for Bedford patients below.
Family-led NICE NG87 pathway. Young DIVA-5 plus SNAP-IV (parent and teacher), SDQ, RCADS and sleep screen. Outcome letter within 48 hours.
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NICE CG128-aligned ADOS-2 plus ADI-R for under-19s. Family pathway with parent and teacher input. EHCP-ready written report.
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Six-month structured titration with monthly review. Stimulants and non-stimulants. GP shared-care handover at month six.
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Sleep difficulties are very common in children with ADHD. Tina is a qualified Advanced Paediatric Sleep Practitioner. Sleep hygiene programmes and, where clinically appropriate, melatonin.
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Child ADHD medication is a family-led, structured six-month process with monthly reviews. Parents are involved at every step; school is looped in where helpful. Stimulant and non-stimulant options.
Your child needs a NICE NG87-aligned ADHD diagnosis from NeuroFX or another CQC-registered provider before this medication pathway starts.
Prerequisite · evidence requiredA 60-minute structured session with you and your child. Baseline blood pressure, heart rate, height and weight; family conversation about options, school context, and your preferences.
60 minutes · in person at BedfordFirst prescription issued. Review appointments every 3 to 4 weeks with you and your child, covering dose, sleep, appetite and school feedback.
Reviews every 3 to 4 weeks · video by defaultReviews continue every 3 to 4 weeks until your child is stable on an effective dose without troublesome side effects, covering school feedback (with permission), sleep, appetite and growth trajectory.
VideoOptional involvement of school SENCO (with parental consent), to share recommendations and the shared-care plan.
Month 5 review · videoWhere your child's GP accepts shared care, NHS prescribing transitions over. Where shared care is refused, we continue privately on a per-session basis. No abrupt endings.
Handover letter · GP discretion
Specialist Neurodevelopmental Practitioner & Independent Prescriber (NISP)
Every NeuroFX medication and titration package is conducted personally by Tina. 15 years of specialist mental health nursing experience and extensive neurodiversity specialist care, having conducted hundreds of ADHD and autism assessments. Tina is also an independent prescriber and an advanced specialist paediatric sleep practitioner. Assessments and prescribing follow NICE NG87 plus British Association for Psychopharmacology (BAP) guidance. She works with both stimulants (lisdexamfetamine, methylphenidate IR and modified-release) and non-stimulants (atomoxetine, guanfacine), chosen based on your clinical picture, not protocol.
For Bedford patients in particular, having one clinician end-to-end means no diagnostic hand-offs and no inconsistency between assessment and prescriber. Same person, all the way through.
For most Bedford adults, the short journey to our Bedford clinic is worth it for the in-person experience. Online over secure video is fully available for adults who'd rather not travel; the diagnostic protocol is identical.
Bedford Consulting Rooms on Goldington Road is a calm, residential-style space, not a hospital. Pay and display car park immediately next door (1 minute walk). Central rail station 8 minutes walk.
If travel isn't realistic, adult assessments can be conducted entirely online via a secure GDPR-compliant video platform. The diagnostic protocol and the fee are identical. Not available for under-18s.
You are served clinically by NHS Central East ICB. A private NeuroFX onboarding is typically 6 to 8 weeks (next available soon).
Bedford is its own busy neurodiversity story, not just an NHS waiting list. In April and May 2025 the borough council and the Bedford Borough Parent Carer Forum filled the town centre with the Neurodiversity Umbrella Project, closing with a Festival of Inclusion at Russell Park, and in February 2025 a new SEND school, Rivertree Free School in Kempston, opened for children aged 2 to 19. The local picture also has genuine bright spots: an Ofsted and CQC inspection of Bedford Borough's SEND services (carried out in November 2024) reported that waiting times in many health services had decreased, which aids the prompt identification of need.
Even so, waits remain long; NHS England data reported by Bedford Today in August 2025 put the average wait for an autism assessment across the Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes area at 15 months (with under-18s waiting on average 11 months), while the area's adult autism service, run by East London NHS Foundation Trust, currently estimates roughly 14 months to a pre-assessment appointment and 3.5 to 4 years to a diagnostic clinic. From 1 April 2026, the area's NHS commissioning moved to the new NHS Central East Integrated Care Board, a merger of the former Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, and Hertfordshire boards, although where people are seen has not changed.
For children, autism and ADHD concerns are usually raised through a school's SENCO rather than the GP, so families often look for clarity while they wait. A private assessment with NeuroFX sits alongside that NHS care rather than replacing it, and where ongoing medication and shared care matter, prescribing remains at the GP's sole discretion, so it is worth speaking to the GP before booking.
Adult ADHD services commissioned via this ICB. Right to Choose is available to some patients in this area.
Figures reflect the trust's own published service page at time of last review. Re-check before relying on it for any decision.
Two things every Bedford patient asks about. We've separated them clearly here so you can decide your route with full information, rather than discovering the catch after you have booked.
Right to Choose is an NHS England policy letting eligible patients choose any NHS-contracted provider for ADHD assessment, including some private providers funded by the NHS. It is not a NeuroFX service.
It exists, has helped people, and has been overwhelmed in turn: published waits at many RTC providers are now measured in years. The ADHD UK tracker is the single best place to compare current RTC provider waits.
Entering into a shared-care agreement after private titration is entirely at the individual GP's sole discretion, and is also affected by NHS Central East ICB policy. We cannot guarantee any GP will take on prescribing responsibility following a private assessment or titration.
If shared care after titration is a priority for you, speak to your Bedford GP before booking to understand their position. We will provide a structured handover designed to make that conversation as easy as possible.
Bedford sits on the River Great Ouse at the heart of England, a market town with deep roots and a genuinely mixed, multicultural character that sets it apart from its more uniform neighbours. The Embankment -- a long, tree-lined riverside walk -- is one of the great underappreciated green spaces of the East Midlands, and on any given weekend it is full of families, runners and anyone who needs an hour of open air.
The town has grown considerably in recent years with the Wixams development and ongoing regeneration, and there is a sense of a place finding its own confident identity. Bedford is close to everything -- London is under an hour, Cambridge forty minutes -- but it does not feel like a commuter dormitory; it feels like somewhere people actually choose to be.
This page is for Bedford, Kempston, Wixams, Clapham, Brickhill, Biddenham, Oakley, Bromham, Stevington and surrounding villages.Schools, universities, employers and parent-carer networks in the Bedford area all have routes you can use, some free, all helpful while you wait or after a diagnosis.
For children and young people in this area, the LEA is Bedford Borough Council. Your child's SENCO is the right first call about how a private assessment is used in an EHCP application or annual review.
Our reports are designed to support DSA applications and Equality Act 2010 reasonable-adjustment requests at universities, colleges and employers in the area.
National organisations that are well-researched, neurodiversity-affirming, and free at the point of access. We recommend them whether you're a NeuroFX patient or not.
Specific service variants for Bedford patients. Same clinic, same clinician, different pathway.
Anything not here? See our full FAQ page or just call us.
How school support for ADHD works in England: SEN support versus an EHCP, what the SENCo does, and how to push for what your child needs.
What an adult or paediatric autism assessment involves: the structure, the ADOS-2 and ADI-R, what the clinician asks about, and what happens after.
Adult ADHD assessment uses rating scales, checklists and a detailed history: what these tools do, what they cannot do, and how diagnosis really works.
Nearby towns with their own NeuroFX assessment page, same Bedford clinic, same fee, same NICE-aligned pathway.
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