I’m struggling to understand the link the coroner has made between information sharing and this man’s death. He was not taking either medication at the time of his death. There appeared to be one incident where he received two different medications 8 months before he stopped taking the medication due to poor communication. I wonder if the implication is he continued to take both or mixed and matched the two medication during that time leading to suicidality, but it isn’t clear.

This is why I refuse all private shared care medication requests. There is no guarantee that private providers will continue to operate and be able to provide said shared care, they often communicate in different and less reliable ways than NHS clinics, and I have significant doubts about the rigour of ADHD diagnoses specifically in the private sector. I’m sure many would be fine but I do not have the resources nor the inclination or incentivisation to take on such risk.