Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many adults aged 18 and over at time of referral were referred to specialist secondary mental health services with a primary reason of referral of eating disorders between April and August in (a) 2019 and (b) 2020; and what proportion of those referrals were made to an eating disorders service.
The information requested is in the following tables:
Month | Referrals of people aged 18 and over with primary reason for referral as eating disorders | Referred to eating disorder service | proportion (%) |
April 2019 | 1,399 | 1,112 | 79.5% |
May 2019 | 1,524 | 1,201 | 78.8% |
June 2019 | 1,486 | 1,178 | 79.3% |
July 2019 | 1,704 | 1,306 | 76.6% |
August 2019 | 1,556 | 1,228 | 78.9% |
Month | Referrals of people aged 18 and over with primary reason for referral as eating disorders | Referred to eating disorder service | proportion (%) |
April 2020 | 1,118 | 842 | 75.3% |
May 2020 | 1,456 | 1,164 | 79.9% |
June 2020 | 1,931 | 1,575 | 81.6% |
July 2020 | 2,158 | 1,707 | 79.1% |
August 2020 | Not yet available |
Source: Mental Health Services Data Set (MHSDS), NHS Digital