Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

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

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 Coventry. This is available at:

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

A range of support is available to local areas to maintain performance towards the ambition of 95% of children and young people referred starting treatment within one week for urgent or four weeks for routine cases by 2020.

NHS England Specialised Commissioning has 55 Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services eating disorder beds in the West Midlands. There are no specialist eating disorder beds in Coventry.

NHS England Specialised Commissioning is not aware of any concerns with the quality or access to eating disorder services in the West Midlands. One Eating Disorder service (Newbridge) has been rated “Outstanding” by the Care Quality Commission and is considered to be one of the best in the country.