ADHD diagnosis,
coming to Rosedale.
We're preparing to offer GP-led ADHD assessment and diagnosis as our doctors complete NSW Health endorsed prescriber training. Register your interest now, and we'll contact you the moment it's available.
Join the waitlist →What's changing
NSW is reforming ADHD care in two stages.
Stage 1: Continuation
Trained GPs can continue prescriptions for patients already diagnosed and stable on treatment. Rosedale offers this today.
See our continuation care →Stage 2: Diagnosis
A select group of GPs complete additional training to formally assess, diagnose, and start ADHD treatment. This is the stage that will let us diagnose at Rosedale.
Be first in line
Register your interest.
ADHD assessment demand is high and waitlists everywhere are long. Register now and you'll be among the first we contact when our diagnosis service opens, no obligation, no cost to join.
Join the waitlist →We'll only use your details to contact you about ADHD diagnosis services at Rosedale.
Restarting ADHD medication
If you’ve previously been diagnosed with ADHD and were stable on treatment, restarting care shouldn’t mean starting from scratch. Book an appointment with Dr Saini to review your history, discuss your previous treatment, and help you get back on track.
- Since September 2025, trained GPs can already continue ADHD prescriptions, with no specialist visit needed.
- From 2026, a select group of endorsed GPs are training to formally diagnose ADHD and start medication.
- Not every GP qualifies. Look for one with ADHD specific training or a genuine special interest.
- Adult ADHD is still significantly underdiagnosed, especially in women.
- The best move right now: book with an ADHD experienced GP and start the conversation.
What a good ADHD assessment in Sydney actually involves.
Not a questionnaire. A structured, nuanced clinical process.
If you are searching for an ADHD diagnosis in Sydney, or an ADHD assessment in Sydney, it helps to understand what a thorough process looks like. Adult ADHD assessment in Sydney can be hard to access, so knowing what good looks like matters. A proper ADHD assessment is not just a checklist. It involves:
- A detailed clinical interview covering your history across multiple settings: school, work, relationships and daily functioning.
- Establishing when symptoms started. ADHD is neurodevelopmental, so it begins in childhood even if it went unrecognised.
- Ruling out overlapping conditions: anxiety, depression, autism and sleep disorders.
- Working out what is primary and what is secondary.
This is why ADHD assessment requires specific training. It is not difficult, but it is nuanced, and getting it right matters both to avoid missed diagnoses and to avoid over diagnosing.
A note on adult ADHD.
The greatest unmet need is in adults, and especially in women.
Most public conversation focuses on children, but adult ADHD is where the greatest unmet need exists. Around six per cent of adults have ADHD, and the majority remain undiagnosed. Many have spent years being treated for anxiety or depression that was, in whole or in part, driven by unrecognised ADHD.
If you have struggled with focus, organisation, time management, emotional regulation, or a persistent sense of underperforming relative to your ability, and have never been properly evaluated, now is a very good time to raise it.
What you can do right now.
The specialist waitlist is long. There are things you can do today.
The waitlist to see a psychiatrist or paediatrician for ADHD in NSW can stretch to 12 to 18 months, sometimes longer, and private assessments run into the hundreds to thousands of dollars. These reforms are designed to take pressure off that system, but it will take time.
Already diagnosed and stable on treatment? You do not need to wait for any of this. See our ADHD continuation prescribing page, or check whether you qualify on our ADHD pathways page.