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Right to Choose (ADHD/ASD Patient Choice)

Checked: 02-06-2025 by Jenny Henry Next Review: 02-06-2027

Overview

The qualifying criteria for Right to Choose (RTC) is that a provider holds an NHS Standard Contract with an ICB in England or NHS England for the service requested. For patients wishing to choose a “Right to Choose” provider it is important the patient understands that the provider may not integrate with local BNSSG pathways and/or other services as the provider does not hold a contract directly with BNSSG ICB (Clinical Partners are commissioned to provide ADHD/Autism services for CYP/adults in BNSSG. Referrals can be made via https://www.clinical-partners.co.uk/nhs-services/right-to-choose or GP/SENCO referral form to rtc@clinical-partners.co.uk.)

It is advisable for the GP and patient to agree the most suitable provider as the referral must be “clinically appropriate” for the patient under choice framework.

RTC Providers - Summary

Please note:

Some RTC providers offer an assessment only service and post diagnostic support is not always available.

Where a provider has indicated availability of post diagnostic support, referrers/patients should contact them directly to check what this includes before making a decision on this basis. Some post diagnostic support offers for ADHD and Autism may be limited to signposting to other organisations; so patient expectation around this should be managed at the outset. The spreadsheet in the next section gives full details of provision and should be your main point of reference.

The Right to Choose providers known to BNSSG ICB, to date, that have a contract with another ICB in England and therefore can offer CYP/Adult ADHD and/or Autism assessment and treatment services under Right to Choose (patient choice) are:

Adult Autism Providers	CYP Autism Providers
Autism 360	Paloma Health (Your Patient Choice Ltd)
Axia ASD	Autism 360
Clinical Partners (BNSSG Contract)	Clinical Partners (BNSSG Contract)
Dr J & Colleagues	Evolve Psychology
Evolve Psychology	Healios
Healios	Held Health
KT Healthcare	Help for Psychology Services
Oakdale Therapies	KT Healthcare
ProblemShared	Oakdale Therapies
Psychiatry UK	Problem Shared
RTN Mental Health Solutions T/A RTN Diagnostics	Psicon
Skylight Psychiatry	RTN Mental Health Solutions T/A RTN Diagnostics
	The Owl Centre

Adult ADHD Providers	CYP ADHD Providers
ADHD 360	ADHD 360
Atrom Mindcare Ltd	Clinical Partners (BNSSG Contract)
Clinical Partners	Evolve Psychology
Dr J & Colleagues	Healios
Harrow Health CIC	Held Health
Healios	Help for Psychology Services
HealthHarmonie Minds	Oakdale Therapies
Holistic ADHD Solutions Ltd	Psicon
Oakdale Therapies	The Owl Centre
ProblemShared
Psicon
Psychiatry UK
RTN Medical
Skylight Psychiatry
The Centre for ADHD Research & Excellence (CARE ADHD)
The Owl Centre

Updated 02/10/25

RTC - current services offered, including referral information and exclusions

The attached spreadsheet (updated on 29th September 2025) summarises the current services offered by RTC providers, including referral information and exclusions. See the relevant tab at the bottom of the page for ADHD/ASD Adults/Children.

Key changes since July 25

The Owl Therapy Centre added to CYP ADHD & Autism tabs
ADHD 360 CYP info updated to confirm that they can retain CYP for long term prescribing and review.
Mind Professionals removed from adult ASD tab.
Atrom Mindcare added to adult ADHD tab.
Healios added to all tabs.
Update to Health Harmonie Minds info on adult ADHD tab to include link to providers right to choose page.

The list of Right to Choose providers above is not exhaustive. If a patient requests referral to a provider that is not listed then please email bnssg.customerservice@nhs.net who can check that the appropriate Right to Choose contract is in place. Please do not send patient identifiable data with your query; if further information is required, a member of the team will contact you.

RTC Referral Forms

Due to frequent changes in provider criteria and accessibility, and the growth of the provider market, it is difficult to ensure referral forms remain current. Therefore, forms for RTC ADHD and Autism providers will not be uploaded to EMIS. To prevent outdated or incorrect referrals, any existing forms will be removed and Practices should access them directly via provider websites.

Efforts are made to ensure the accuracy and agreement of these guidelines, including any content uploaded, referred to or linked to from the system. However, BNSSG ICB cannot guarantee this. This guidance does not override the individual responsibility of healthcare professionals to make decisions appropriate to the circumstances of the individual patient, in consultation with the patient and/or guardian or carer, in accordance with the mental capacity act, and informed by the summary of product characteristics of any drugs they are considering. Practitioners are required to perform their duties in accordance with the law and their regulators and nothing in this guidance should be interpreted in a way that would be inconsistent with compliance with those duties.

Information provided through Remedy is continually updated so please be aware any printed copies may quickly become out of date.