ADHD Assessment, Right to Choose & What Actually Helps
Wherever you are with ADHD, start with the right next step. We help you find an ADHD assessment (NHS Right to Choose or private), compare the products, supplements and tools that genuinely help, and understand ADHD in plain English. Independent and honest, all in one calm place.
Free to use and independent. Information, not a diagnosis. We point you to the right regulated assessment and support.
ADHD Helper is a UK ADHD authority for adults. We explain how to find an ADHD assessment through the NHS, NHS Right to Choose or a private provider, compare the tools and supplements people use to manage ADHD, and explain ADHD itself in plain English. We are information, not medical advice, and a diagnosis is for a registered clinician.
Get assessed
Find an ADHD assessment through NHS Right to Choose or a private provider. We explain your options so you can decide.
Find an assessment → Path 02Understand ADHD
What adult ADHD actually looks like, at work, in sleep, in women, when newly diagnosed. Plain-English explainers, no jargon.
Learn about ADHD → Path 03Things that help
Tools and supplements people use to manage ADHD day to day, reviewed honestly with the evidence noted, not hyped.
See what helps →Not sure which one? Most people start by understanding NHS vs private assessment, then choose a route.
Finding an ADHD assessment
You have a legal right to choose where you are assessed on the NHS. We set out NHS Right to Choose and private routes side by side, so the path that fits you is clear.
Free ADHD tools, no email needed
Honest self-checks and cost calculators. Use them first, then decide your next step.
Adult ADHD self-check
The ASRS screener used across the UK. See whether an assessment is worth pursuing. Free, no email.
Take the self-check →Assessment cost estimator
Estimate what a private ADHD assessment costs, and how it compares to NHS routes. Free.
Estimate the cost →Right to Choose checker
Check if you can use NHS Right to Choose for your ADHD assessment. Free and instant.
Check eligibility →Understand ADHD
Plain-English explainers on what adult ADHD looks like in everyday life.
Things that help
Honest, independent picks. We may earn a commission, which never changes what we recommend.
Magnesium for ADHD
What the evidence says, and how to choose a form that suits you.
Read the guide →Omega-3 for ADHD
The research on omega-3 and focus, and what to look for on a label.
Read the guide →Weighted blankets
How weighted blankets may help sleep and restlessness, picked sensibly.
Read the guide →Best fidget tools
The fidget tools and focus aids that actually help, tested and ranked honestly.
See the picks →Compare and decide
Side-by-side comparisons of routes, support and medication groups.
Right to Choose vs private vs NHS
The three routes to an assessment, on cost, wait and referral.
Compare routes →ADHD medication types
A NICE-aligned overview of the main medicine groups, not advice.
Compare types →Coaching vs therapy vs medication
What each form of support does and how they can combine.
Compare support →Common questions
How do I get an ADHD assessment in the UK?
There are three main routes: a standard NHS referral, NHS Right to Choose (which lets you pick an approved provider in England, often with a shorter wait), and a private assessment that you pay for. We explain each on the assessment hub, including how to compare NHS and private routes.
What is NHS Right to Choose for ADHD?
In England, you have a legal right to choose which approved provider carries out your NHS assessment, which can sometimes mean a shorter wait at no cost to you. We explain it plainly on the Right to Choose page.
Can an online test diagnose ADHD?
No. An online quiz cannot diagnose ADHD; only a registered clinician can, through a full assessment. We explain why on are online ADHD tests accurate. Everything on this site is information, not medical advice or a diagnosis.
Edited by Adam Parker, who has ADHD himself. Every explainer is researched against the NHS, NICE and the Royal College of Psychiatrists, written in plain English, and grounded in lived experience of the assessment routes this site covers. Meet the editor →
ADHD Helper is an independent information service. This is information, not medical advice, and never a diagnosis. Only a registered clinician can diagnose or treat ADHD. See how we are funded.
Editor, ADHD Helper
Adam leads ADHD Helper's editorial coverage of adult ADHD, and he writes it from lived experience: Adam has ADHD himself, diagnosed as an adult, and has been through the assessment routes and the daily workarounds this site covers. He is the founder and managing director of Muswell Rose and researches the plain-English explainers on getting an ADHD assessment through NHS Right to Choose or privately, and on the products and tools people use to manage ADHD, drawing on guidance from the NHS, NICE and the Royal College of Psychiatrists. He is clear that the site is information, not medical advice, and that diagnosis is for a registered clinician.
Last reviewed: 8 June 2026