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    Changes to prescribing rules are being hailed as a great first step for improving access to ADHD care

    Changes to prescribing rules are being hailed as a great first step for improving access to ADHD care


    GPs and nurse practitioners can now start a patient on ADHD treatment, without specialist intervention.

    ADHD New Zealand spokesperson Darrin Bull says it's a change which they've advocated for a long time.

    He says there are other challenges but it's still a great start.

    Bull says it will take time to embed itself in the health system and there are still cost barriers.

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