"We're trying to, as a government, understand what's driving this increase. "Is it simply awareness and a positive awareness that means that people who would have just gone unsupported and undiagnosed are just now realising that they may well have ADHD? "And then secondly, meeting the demand because we're really falling short on this in the NHS, so we are looking at this nationally."
PA Media London hospitals are dealing with an "unprecedented wave" of super flu, and "facing a worse-case scenario", NHS England has said. An average of 380 patients per day were in hospital beds with flu last week - the highest ever recorded for this time of year and 46.7% higher than the previous week. More than 1.8 million people in the capital have received their flu jab since 1 September, with more than 65,000 taking up the offer in the past week.
