Shared Care for GPs
When your patient is stable on ADHD medication, we may ask you to take over prescribing under a Shared Care Agreement. We stay responsible for specialist reviews and support, overseen by our consultant psychiatrists. The decision to accept is always yours.
Care ADHD is now Noodle.
Same clinical team, same Shared Care process.
Trusted by NHS GPs across England, with thousands of SCAs in place
Shared Care, in practice
We’ll send your practice a Shared Care request once your patient has been on the same medication and dose for eight weeks. If you agree, you’ll issue ongoing prescriptions in line with the agreement.
We’ll continue reviewing their medication every year for adults and every six months for under-18s, with clinical advice overseen by our team of consultant psychiatrists available between reviews. If you decline, we’ll continue to prescribe and monitor your patient.
How it works
- Step 1
We titrate your patient to a stable dose
- Step 2
We send your practice a Shared Care request
- Step 3
You review the agreement and decide
- Step 4
Once accepted, you prescribe and we review
We stay responsible for
Titration until your patient’s dose is stable
Regular specialist medication reviews
A clear treatment plan for every patient
Clinical advice between reviews
What this means for your patient
Your patient moves onto the NHS prescription rate (or doesn't pay anything if they're exempt), rather than paying privately for medication.
Our clinical approach
Led by clinical experts
We're led by consultant psychiatrists, paediatricians and senior nurses – experts in neurodevelopmental care.
Robust governance
Our Quality Management System is ISO9001 compliant and supported by the Radar quality assurance platform.
Care you can trust
CQC regulated, and built around NHS and NICE guidelines. Robust clinical standards underpin everything we do.
Rigorous recruitment
Every clinician completes DBS and Right to Work checks, registration and supervision before they see patients.
Stories of those supported
'I got my diagnosis this year, at 37. I was actually very lucky because it was a very quick process. For years I tried to fit into everyone else's timetable and just kept crashing. I don't have to do that anymore. I know why my brain works differently now.'
'The assessment was so much more relaxed than I expected it to be. I'd built it up in my head as this really mentally taxing process, but there was never a point where I felt rushed or cut off. My assessor was so patient – and I talk a lot.'
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Your questions, answered
When can Shared Care be proposed?
Once your patient has been on the same ADHD medication and dose for 8 weeks, we can ask you to take over prescribing under Shared Care.
Is my practice obliged to accept Shared Care?
Shared Care Agreements vary depending on local NHS policies and commissioning arrangements. If you’re not sure what applies to your GP practice, speak to your ICB to find out how local prescribing arrangements affect your chances of getting one.
What happens if my practice doesn't take on Shared Care?
Contact us to discuss a Shared Care Agreement or learn about how we work with GPs.
Do you still accept referrals if our practice doesn't offer Shared Care?
Yes. We accept referrals regardless of whether a practice accepts Shared Care Agreements.
Ready to take over prescribing?
Get in touch to discuss a Shared Care Agreement or find out more about how we work with GPs.
