Testimonials

From diagnosing my ADHD in a robust and detailed assessment to supporting me with titration of medicine, I always felt that the key to Dr. Kumar’s treatment was enabling me to make informed choices and take control of my treatment so it worked for me. This isn’t to say that his strong expertise wasn’t there to steer me – rather that he supported my acting as an active participant in each step of my treatment pathway with the independence to make guided choices. This was hugely important for me and this process has been one of assuming a greater degree of control over my life and health.

Dr. Kumar was honest, empathetic and non-judgmental. I felt I could be open and say more or less anything to him, which is something I usually find challenging with doctors. He had great insight into my experience and feelings, and was able to articulate where I felt unable to express myself fully. I couldn’t have asked for a better physician for this, and I felt confident I was in the best possible hands.

I would absolutely recommend Dr. Kumar to anybody seeking diagnosis or treatment for ADHD. He is clearly very experienced at engaging and communicating with neurodivergent individuals. I felt valued and respected as an equal partner in dialogue and planning regards treatment choices, which is a remarkable achievement for a condition where so often one can feel isolated, misunderstood and an outsider to society’s common perspectives and experiences. To this extent I felt Dr. Kumar gave me confidence and calm, reassurance and encouragement. Dr. Kumar built me up when my expectation going in to a space of clinical intervention and psychiatric evaluation was one of feeling diminished, vulnerable and a person who might come across mentally unwell. I’d expected to be placed under the looking glass of a serious doctor in a serious white coat, to dictate to me how I should deal with my serious problems. This wasn’t my experience at all. On top of having confidence in his advice, clear experience and knowledge, his relaxed and approachable manner was refreshing. Being able to talk freely about my experience of ADHD and make decisions with help of a compassionate, empathetic expert helped with feelings of being out of touch with others due to this condition, and of lacking capacity to take meaningful control of my life.

Dr. Kumar has a genuine and clear interest in the wellbeing of his patients – whether that’s in relation to treatment impacting on work performance, daily life or otherwise. He is a kind and emotionally astute individual. He’s also very funny at times.

While I am here I should give a special mention to the admin team – particularly Dr. Kumar’s fantastic receptionist Leanne Ford – prompt to respond, highly conscientious, and helpful with queries and requests.

Do see Dr. Ankur Kumar if you think you have ADHD, you won’t find the experience difficult in the slightest. My only regret is not doing so earlier! I look forward to continued follow ups into the future and continued progress under his supervision and guidance.

All they are concerned about is making money at the expense of patients. If you receive a diagnosis, you will be spending almost £200+ a month if you decide to try medication. This is for the centre writing the prescription and then the payment to the pharmacy (cost varies depending on pharmacy). From my personal experience private medical insurance will pay for the diagnosis process and the monthly consultations, but not the prescription nor the medication and the NHS are very unlikely to prescribe unless diagnosed on NHS.

I tried to raise numerous complaints about their lack of support, their processes, not being provided medication on time. They were not interested. They use a call centre to take calls and never respond to voice messages or emails.
I shared with my clinician that my mental health had deteriorated and she was not concerned about this and kept increasing my medication. I decided I needed to stop the medication to determine if this was impacting on my mental health. I was on 60mg of elvanse (max prescription for adults is 70mg) I informed the centre/practice and I received no advice or support and told to get back in contact if I wanted to go back on medication. The side effects of stopping the medication were awful and I should have been advised and supported through this. I also question the expertise of the clinician, she seemed to be uninterested and reading from a script most of the time during my appointments. Every time I had to write all my personal information in the chat of the virtual meeting so she could copy and paste to create my prescription.

Please avoid and use other recommend private diagnosticians. I wish I had undertaken better research.

Dr Kumar is a credit to the field and is genuinely concerned with the well being of his patients.

His professional expertise identified a potential heart condition through his testing that turned out to be very serious. Dr Kumar refused to continue my medication until proper investigation had taken place, a decision that potentially saved my life.

After this he worked incredibly hard at securing me a safe medication from America, one that has been working well and is no risk to my heart.

A caring professional and I couldn’t recommend more. I still have check ins with Dr Kumar every 3-6 months and its always a pleasure.