Ms Elaine Jenkins:

I wish to make a point about CAMHS. A child can be diagnosed with ADHD without physically being seen by CAMHS. They do not attend the school and they do not go to the home. Many of our children would not readily go to these settings. Trying to bring them into these settings and behave the way they normally do would be like putting a cat into a bath. I know of diagnoses where they have relied on forms filled out by teachers and school staff, but they have not seen the children. Those diagnoses then lead to medication.