Eating Disorders: Children

(asked on 16th October 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children started eating disorder treatment in each (a) clinical commissioning group area and (b) trust in each of the last 36 months.


Answered by
Jackie Doyle-Price Portrait
Jackie Doyle-Price
This question was answered on 19th October 2017

NHS England publishes an experimental data collection for Children and Young People with an Eating Disorder. The dataset contains information on the number of children and young people who have accessed, or are waiting for the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence recommended treatment following a routine or urgent referral for a suspected eating disorder.

Findings by provider and clinical commissioning group are available for Q1 2017-18 at:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/cyped-waiting-times/

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