ADHD prescriptions 2020 - 2025

​​​Request ​757686434

Please can you provide the following information under Jersey’s Freedom of Information laws: 

Please confirm how many adults have received ADHD medication paid for by the States of Jersey (via the hospital pharmacy) over a five year period 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 

Please confirm how many adults have been diagnosed with ADHD via the States of Jersey Health Service over the last five years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 

Please confirm the current waiting list for an adult ADHD initial assessment via the States of Jersey and how this compares to the years 2020,2021,2022,2023,2024,2025.

Response

As noted in previous Freedom of Information responses published to www.gov.je, details of patient diagnoses / indication for treatment are not recorded against the prescription within Health and Care Jersey’s (HCJ’s) Pharmacy dispensing system.

Some medicines used in the treatment of ADHD may also be used for other indications. Annual figures for prescriptions dispensed by HCJ’s Pharmacy for specified medications that may be used in the treatment of ADHD are provided in the attached table.

Dispensing data for the following medications have been considered for this response:

• Atomoxetine
• Dexamfetamine
• Lisdexamfetamine
• Methylphenidate
• ​Bupropion
• Guanfacine

Figures denote the number of adult patients dispensed prescriptions for the specified medications by HCJ each year, from 2020 to 2025. Data are for all forms / brands / suppliers of each of the medicines. Figures exclude items prescribed and dispensed privately.

[LINK Medications dispensed 2020 to 2025]​

Waiting list data for HCJ’s Adult ADHD Service is included in the Quality and Performance Report, published to www.gov.je​ and within HCJ’s Advisory Board papers. Data are available from January 2021 onwards.

Health and Care Jersey Quality and Performance Reports

Health and Care Jersey Services Board​

As this information is available elsewhere, Article 23 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied.

Historic waiting list data for 2020 is not available to report from a central record. Article 3 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 applies.

As noted in a Freedom of Information response published to www.gov.je​ in November 2025, there is no central record of the number of individuals diagnosed with ADHD by HCJ, and no functionality to report this from electronic record systems. Therefore, Article 3 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 applies.

Articles applied

Article 3 - Meaning of “information held by a public authority”

For the purposes of this Law, information is held by a public authority if –

(a) it is held by the authority, otherwise than on behalf of another person; or

(b) it is held by another person on behalf of the authority.

Article 23 - Information accessible to applicant by other means

(1) Information is absolutely exempt information if it is reasonably available to the applicant, otherwise than under this Law, whether or not free of charge.

(2) A scheduled public authority that refuses an application for information on this ground must make reasonable efforts to inform the applicant where the applicant may obtain the information.​​