Child ADHD Medication for Peterborough and surrounding patients, conducted in person at our Bedford clinic (55 min via A1 (recommended)) 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 Peterborough 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 Peterborough 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 Peterborough 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 Peterborough adults, the 55 minute 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).
Peterborough sits at the heart of a busy research and clinical region. Anglia Ruskin University, whose purpose-built ARU Peterborough campus opened in the city centre in 2022, has produced work directly relevant to local people, including a study led by Dr Sharon Morein that drew its participants from the Cambridge and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust adult ADHD clinic and found that almost one in five adults with ADHD showed significant hoarding behaviour.
The scale of local need is large: the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Joint Strategic Needs Assessment estimates around 7,550 people with ADHD and 2,350 autistic people living in Peterborough, and the number of autistic children known to Peterborough schools rose 103 per cent between 2015/16 and 2022/23, reaching 1,064. NHS demand has outpaced capacity across the region; CPFT board papers reported in local press described 9,757 people on the combined ADHD and autism waiting list with a mean wait of 92 weeks, a figure that spans Cambridge, Huntingdon and Peterborough rather than Peterborough alone. The NHS is responding, with a CPFT CAMHS transformation programme and plans for a single front door for referrals reported to councillors in 2026, and Peterborough has already removed the requirement for a parenting programme before a child's neurodevelopmental referral.
From 1 April 2026, the area's NHS commissioning moved to the new NHS Central East Integrated Care Board, a merger of the former Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes, and Hertfordshire boards, although where people are seen has not changed. A private assessment with NeuroFX is not a replacement for that NHS care; it sits alongside it, and where shared care for medication matters to you, that remains the GP's sole discretion, so it is worth speaking to your 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 Peterborough 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 Peterborough GP before booking to understand their position. We will provide a structured handover designed to make that conversation as easy as possible.
Peterborough has been a cathedral city and trading centre since the seventh century, and the cathedral itself -- with its remarkable Norman west front -- is genuinely one of the finest in England, yet manages to feel like a well-kept secret. The city sits at the meeting point of the fens and the limestone uplands, giving it a distinctive flat openness that takes some getting used to and then becomes something you miss.
Peterborough has grown significantly as a commuter hub since the arrival of fast trains to London, and its population is one of the most diverse in the East of England. The Flag Fen Bronze Age site just east of the city is extraordinary and almost entirely unknown outside the archaeology world.
This page is for Peterborough, Stamford, Market Deeping, Whittlesey, March, Wisbech, Spalding, Huntingdon, Ramsey and surrounding villages.Schools, universities, employers and parent-carer networks in the Peterborough 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 Peterborough City 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 Peterborough 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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