Remote ADHD assessment option

A remote ADHD assessment service promoted through Held Health is aimed at children and teenagers in the United Kingdom, offering virtual evaluations and follow-up support for families seeking specialist care. (held.health) Held Health says its ADHD service is available for young people age 8 up to 17 years and 364 days, and that assessments are carried out remotely by a multidisciplinary team. The company’s site says post-diagnosis support can include parent education, school liaison, individual sessions and medication treatment recommendations. (held.health) The service also operates through England’s National Health Service “Right to Choose” pathway for eligible patients referred by a general practitioner. Held Health says those referrals require registration details, screening questions, identity documents and questionnaires from families and schools before an assessment date is offered. (held.health) ADHD assessments for children usually rely on more than a single video call. National Health Service providers commonly gather parent and teacher questionnaires, developmental history and school information, and some services add school observations or computer-based attention tests before confirming a diagnosis. (sheffieldchildrens.nhs.uk) That process helps explain what “remote assessment” usually means in practice: clinicians can interview families by video, but they still need evidence from more than one setting because ADHD symptoms must affect daily life across places such as home and school. National Health Service care pathways in England state that symptoms must generally have been present before age 12 and must be supported by referral information from parents and education settings. (bnssg.icb.nhs.uk) The pitch for virtual assessment comes as National Health Service England says demand for ADHD services has risen faster than capacity. In guidance published in 2025, NHS England said referral volumes were “far outstripping capacity” and creating risks for patients and local systems. (england.nhs.uk) Held Health says it is registered with the Care Quality Commission, the regulator for health and social care services in England. The Care Quality Commission’s provider page lists Held Health Limited as a registered organization, though it says there are no inspection reports or overall ratings posted for the provider. (cqc.org.uk) For families, the practical distinction is access: a private appointment can be booked directly, while the National Health Service route depends on a general practitioner referral and England’s patient-choice rules. NHS England says legal rights to provider choice in mental health, learning disability and autism services were introduced in 2014 and are set out in its patient choice guidance. (england.nhs.uk) The result is not a new diagnostic model so much as a different delivery channel for an existing one: clinicians collect history, rating scales and school evidence, then conduct specialist review online instead of bringing every family into a clinic. Held Health presents that format as one route for families trying to secure an ADHD evaluation without waiting for an in-person local appointment. (held.health)