Eating Disorders: Young People

(asked on 12th July 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to increase (a) funding for research into and (b) accessibility of treatment for adolescent eating disorders or potential eating disorders.


Answered by
Gillian Keegan Portrait
Gillian Keegan
Secretary of State for Education
This question was answered on 18th July 2022

The Department commissions research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). In 2020/21, the NIHR’s expenditure on mental health research was £109 million. While it is not usual practice for the NIHR to ring-fence funding for particular topics or conditions, it welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including eating disorders.

Since 2016, we have increased investment in children and young people's community eating disorder services, with an additional £53 million per year from 2021/22 to enhance the capacity of the 70 new or improved community eating disorder teams in England.

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