FOI2026/1952

Please could you provide the following information regarding ADHD and Autism services commissioned by your organisation:

1. Commissioned Services

Does your organisation currently commission any of the following services?

• Adult ADHD services
• Adult Autism services
• CYP ADHD services
• CYP Autism services
• Combined/Dual ADHD and Autism services

2. Commissioning Responsibility

If your organisation does not commission any of the above services, please advise:

• Which organisation does commission them; and
• A contact email address for the responsible commissioning team

3. Current Providers

   For each service commissioned, please provide:

• Provider name;
• Contract start date;
• Contract end date;
• Extension period (if applicable);
• Method of contract award:

o   Direct Award A

o   Direct Award B

o   Direct Award C

o   Most Suitable Provider Process

o   Competitive Process

o   Framework Agreement

o   Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS)

o   Other (please specify); and

• Service specification (or a link to where this is publicly available)

4. Framework Details

Where a framework or DPS is used, please provide:

• Framework/DPS name;
• Framework provider/host organisation; and
• Expiry date (if known)

5. Activity and Spend

   For the most recently completed financial year, please provide the following information for each provider:

• Total spend; and
• Total activity delivered under the contract (if available)

6. Future Opportunities

   Does your organisation anticipate procuring or recommissioning any ADHD and/or Autism services within the next 24 months?

If yes, please provide any anticipated procurement timescales.

7. Supporting Information

   Please provide any procurement documentation, business cases, commissioning intentions, and/or transformation plans relating to these services.

1. Commissioned Services

NHS GM Integrated Care, currently commission the following services:

• Adult ADHD services – Yes
• Adult Autism services – Yes
• CYP ADHD services – Yes
• CYP Autism services – Yes
• Combined/Dual ADHD and Autism services – Yes

2. Commissioning Responsibility

N/A – NHS GM Integrated Care commission all the services questioned.

3. Current Providers

Please refer to the response in to Question 7 for a copy of the NHS GM Service Specification for ADHD/Autism.

4. Framework Details

A framework/DPS is not used for any of the above.

5. Activity and Spend

Please refer to the 25/26 Expenditure column, in tables provided as part of the response to Question 3.

Data for total activity delivered under each contract is not readily available.

6. Future Opportunities

NHS GM Integrated Care anticipates procuring or recommissioning ADHD and/or Autism services within the next 24 months.

• NHS ADHD/Autism Accreditation is currently open> this is an ongoing program that has no current timeframe for ending.

7. Supporting Information –A word document was sent to the requester with this response.  If you require a copy of the full response, together with the attachments, please contact NHS GM’s FOI team –