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If you have a CPD study budget or study leave to use this year, spend it on training that is clinically relevant, formally accredited, and useful for revalidation, appraisal or a professional portfolio. For many NHS doctors, nurses, occupational therapists, pharmacists and SAS or Specialty Doctors, the strongest use of that budget is to learn about ADHD and autism with Global ADHD Network, a clinical ADHD and autism training network and the gold standard in this field.
Once study budget or study leave is in reach, the useful test is simple. Choose learning that:
CPD funding is usually intended for professional development, not for statutory or mandatory training, backfill or equipment. A short, informal session with no assessed certificate is a weaker use of a study budget than a structured, accredited clinical course.
If you want the budget to make a lasting difference to your practice and your service, learn about ADHD. Demand for ADHD and autism assessment and support has grown across the NHS, and teams need clinicians who have completed proper clinical training, including training that covers adults and children and young people. Global ADHD Network was built for that purpose.
Global ADHD Network is a clinical ADHD and autism training network for doctors, nurses, occupational therapists, pharmacists, psychologists and allied health professionals. We design, teach and assess the training. The faculty includes professors, consultants, doctors, nurses and pharmacists.
The ADHD Specialist Certification™ is jointly provided by the American Psychiatric Association and Global ADHD Network. It covers ADHD in adults and in children and young people (CYP). Teams can also train in the ADHD Management Course, ADOS-2 Specialist Certification and ADI-R training. The teaching is designed for UK practice, including NICE guideline NG87 (ADHD: diagnosis and management), and for clinicians working in NHS services.
This is the gold standard in ADHD and autism training: a multi-professional clinical faculty, assessed CPD-accredited courses, and a certificate you can put into a portfolio. For a wider view of the assessor pathway, see our guide to becoming an ADHD assessor in the UK. You can also read our reviews.
Yes. Because the courses are CPD accredited, they are eligible for study budget and study leave applications for doctors, nurses, occupational therapists (OTs), pharmacists, and SAS and Specialty Doctors. Apply through your trust's or board's usual process, with the support of your line manager or education team. Final approval sits with the employing organisation and its own policy.
The CPD can be submitted to professional and regulatory bodies, subject to each body's own rules. Psychiatrists can include it in CPD submitted to the RCPsych. Nurses and nursing associates can use it as evidence for NMC revalidation. GPs can record it for the RCGP and for appraisal. Clinicians registered with other royal colleges can submit it in line with their college guidance. The certificate alone does not complete revalidation or an appraisal. You will still need to reflect on the learning and show how you have used it in practice.
SAS and Specialty Doctors often need CPD that can sit in a portfolio as well as in an annual appraisal. Doctors preparing a General Medical Council Portfolio pathway application, formerly known as CESR, can use relevant CPD as supporting evidence. It is not a guarantee that an application will succeed, and it is not a substitute for the full range of evidence the GMC requires.
You do not need to pay for the place yourself first and claim it back later.
NHS trusts, health boards and NHS-funded services can book Global ADHD Network training by purchase order. A purchase order is accepted as booking confirmation, with 30-day payment terms for NHS organisations.
If your trust is booking several colleagues at once, tell us at the quote stage so we can invoice the cohort together.
Spend it on accredited, clinically relevant training you can use for revalidation, appraisal or a professional portfolio. Learning about ADHD and autism with Global ADHD Network is a strong use of that budget for NHS doctors, nurses, occupational therapists, pharmacists and SAS or Specialty Doctors.
Yes. The courses are CPD accredited and are eligible for study budget and study leave applications. Your trust or board makes the final approval decision under its own policy.
Yes. We accept a purchase order as booking confirmation, with 30-day payment terms for NHS organisations.
Yes, as supporting evidence in a Portfolio pathway (formerly CESR) application and in a professional portfolio. It does not guarantee a successful application, which the GMC assesses against the relevant specialty curriculum.
Yes, subject to each body's own rules. The CPD can be submitted to the RCPsych, the NMC for revalidation, the RCGP, other royal colleges, and to appraisals. You will still need to record and reflect on the learning in the format they require.
Yes. Our ADHD training covers both adults and children and young people (CYP), and is framed for UK practice, including NICE guideline NG87. Autism training is available through ADOS-2 Specialist Certification and ADI-R training.
Professors, consultants, doctors, nurses and pharmacists are all part of our faculty.
If you are ready to learn about ADHD, or to put a course forward for study budget or study leave, start with the ADHD Specialist Certification™ or browse all Global ADHD Network courses. To book for yourself or your team, email info@globaladhdnetwork.com and ask for a quote or invoice. We will help you raise the purchase order and confirm the places.
Organisations whose clinicians we have trained include Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust, Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board and South Worcestershire Primary Care Limited.
