Service market

ADHD assessment contracts

UK public sector · 117 contracts awarded in the 12 months to 6 October 2026

Covering 600+ buyer portals · 5 years of records · Updated 6 October 2026 · How we count

Contracts awarded
117
Last 12 months
Median contract
£367k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£61.2m
74 of 115 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
46
Suppliers
119

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What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most ADHD assessment contracts took 23% of them (27 of 117).
  • The median contract, £367k, is 3.5 times the median across healthcare contracts (£106k).
  • East of England had the most contracts: 29, or 25% of the total.

Who buys ADHD assessment

By contracts awarded, the 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1NHS Essex Integrated Care Board11 contracts
  2. 2NHS Devon Integrated Care Board11 contracts
  3. 3NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board9 contracts
  4. 4NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership7 contracts
  5. 5NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board7 contracts
  6. 6NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board6 contracts
  7. 7NHS Dorset Integrated Care Board4 contracts
  8. 8NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board4 contracts
  9. 9Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust3 contracts
  10. 10Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust3 contracts

Top ADHD assessment contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Healios Limited8 contracts
  2. 2The Owl Centre Limited7 contracts
  3. 3Pertemps6 contracts
  4. 4The Centre for ADHD Research and Excellence (CARE)5 contracts
  5. 5Xyla4 contracts
  6. 6Qbtech4 contracts
  7. 7The Autism Service4 contracts
  8. 8The Warren Neurodiversity Service, subsidiary of Legendary Services Limited4 contracts
  9. 9Clinical Partners3 contracts
  10. 10The Aspen Clinic Ltd3 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

25Q4 2025*46Q1 202629Q2 202617Q3 20260Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 106 · Wales 10 · Scotland 1

East of England29South East23South West18North East10Wales10London8North West7Yorkshire and The Humber6West Midlands3UK-wide or not stated3

What is included

Diagnostic assessment for autism and ADHD in children and adults, including online assessment, ADOS assessments, medication titration and post-diagnostic support, often bought to clear waiting lists.

  • Adult ADHD diagnosis and treatment
  • Children's autism and ADHD assessment
  • Online ADHD assessment and management
  • ADOS assessments and insourced assessment capacity
  • Autism post-diagnostic support
  • Neurodiversity screening and diagnostic assessment
  • Neurodiversity support pathways
  • Objective ADHD assessment systems such as QbTest

What is not included

  • Ongoing learning disability and autism specialist treatment (hlt.mh.learning-disability-autism-specialist-health)
  • Community enablement and support for autistic adults (soc.supp.autism-support)
  • Workplace needs and neurodiversity assessments for staff (rec.occh.workplace-needs-neurodiversity-assessments)
  • Dyslexia and SpLD assessments (edu.assess.dyslexia-and-spld-assessments)

Often bought by the same buyers