Henry Shelford and ADHD UK provided comment for the article.
Henry Shelford, who runs ADHD UK, says many employers have lost patience with workers who have faced interruptions to their medicine supply since the autumn.
“We were told this would pretty much be over by now. We’re still seeing huge, huge problems, and I’m very worried about it.”
The charity estimates that 1.9 million adults in the UK have ADHD, and a recent survey it conducted attracted responses from more than 2,000 people. Six per cent reported that they had lost their jobs because of the medication shortage.
According to Mr Shelford, that suggests that hundreds may be out of work because they cannot get their normal prescription.
“It’s been brutal,” he says. “I spoke to someone who lost their entire career. Their boss came to them and said ‘we talked about this, you said this was sorted, but it hasn’t been, you’re out’.”
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