Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of eating disorder services for children and young people in Yorkshire and the Humber.

Local Transformation Plans have been developed to deliver the Future in Mind Leeds Programme which includes plans for the commissioning of eating disorder services for children and young people.

By the end of 2017/18 the programme aims to ensure that the Community Eating Disorder Service meets national standards and access targets. By 2018/19 the programme aims to ensure that there is a clear and smooth transition pathway between the service offered to children and young people, and the similar services offered to adults.

NHS England reports progress against the national access and waiting time standard for children and young people’s community eating disorder services on a quarterly basis. This includes national, regional and local data, including for Yorkshire and the Humber. This is available at:

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

For Yorkshire and the Humber, the implementation of the Eating Disorder guidance by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, is also monitored through the Yorkshire and Humber Director of Commissioning Operations Assurance process for the Future in Mind programme. The national Mental Health Policy Team in NHS England also has close oversight of the implementation and delivery of services.

A range of support is available to local areas to maintain performance and build to the 2020 ambition of 95% of children and young people referred starting treatment within one week for urgent or four weeks for routine cases, by 2020. This includes support from the York and Humber Eating Disorders Clinical Network and Quality Improvement team.