Berkeley Psychiatrists

Private and NHS psychiatric assessments in Harley Street

Berkeley Psychiatrists is a mental health clinic based in Harley Street, London, combining private assessments with NHS-funded services. Its team of clinicians conducts assessments for autism, ADHD, dementia and memory loss, anxiety, depression, PTSD and other emotional or behavioural difficulties. Care is offered at the Harley Street practice or via secure video consultation.

Assessments and conditions covered

The clinic's catalogue covers mental health assessments for adults, children and adolescents. Areas explicitly listed include adult ADHD, autism (ASD) in adults and children, ADHD in women, bipolar disorder, mood disorders, PTSD and borderline personality disorder (BPD), as well as dementia and memory assessment. The clinic also offers an ADHD questionnaire and a repeat prescription service.

NHS shared care agreements

The clinic states that it works with over 1,600 GP practices that have accepted its shared care plans for ADHD, enabling more than 4,500 of its patients to receive medication through the NHS. It notes that most GPs accept these plans, although some may refuse; in that case, the team can provide a list of practices that have accepted them in the patient's area. In addition to supporting self-funded patients, it offers ADHD assessments and titration services, as well as adult autism assessments, under the NHS Right to Choose programme.

Medicolegal reports and expert testimony

The clinic's services include the preparation of medicolegal reports and expert court testimony. The team includes professionals with experience as expert witnesses, among them a speech and language therapist specialising in lifelong autism assessment within multidisciplinary teams and a forensic psychiatrist.

A clinical team with NHS experience

According to the clinic's own presentation, many of its clinicians have held or continue to hold senior positions in the NHS and other institutions as medical directors, clinical directors, associate deans and professors. The team brings together consultant psychiatrists, child and adolescent psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, a speech and language therapist and pharmacists specialising in ADHD with independent prescribing rights.

Notable profiles include specialists in ADHD and ASD in women, liaison and perinatal psychiatry, female neurodiversity, sleep disorders, psychopharmacology and neuroimaging, dementia — including a former national clinical director for dementia — and neuromodulation with tDCS and rTMS. Several clinicians are approved as Approved Clinicians and under Section 12(2) of the UK Mental Health Act. The clinic also notes that one of its psychiatrists provides care in both English and Spanish.

Process for private patients

The clinic describes a specific process for private patients, starting with a request for an appointment and continuing with the relevant assessment. Requests can be made via the website, and the clinic also maintains an email communication channel for its patients.