Revealed: The 'out of control' cost of autism and ADHD to the NHS - spend up 10-fold in a decade, shock report finds

Daily Mail Health · 28 August 2026 at 14:25

Revealed: The 'out of control' cost of autism and ADHD to the NHS - spend up 10-fold in a decade, shock report finds

Health trusts are now spending ten times more money on diagnosing ADHD than they were a year ago, with NHS leaders labelling the costs 'unsustainable'.

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