Eating Disorders: Mental Health Services

(asked on 18th August 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's timeframe is for (a) evaluating the adult community eating disorder waiting time pilots and (b) deciding whether to introduce an access standard for adults with an eating disorder.


Answered by
Nadine Dorries Portrait
Nadine Dorries
This question was answered on 6th September 2021

The adult community mental health waiting time pilots, including those for eating disorders, have been evaluated. A summary report containing learning from this field testing was published on 22 July 2021 and can be found at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/mental-health-clinically-led-review-of-standards-models-of-care-and-measurement/

NHS England and NHS Improvement then launched a public consultation on the mental health standards that have been developed with the pilot and early implementer sites. The standards being consulted on include the proposal for adults presenting to community-based mental health services, including for adult eating disorder services, to start receiving help within four weeks from referral. This consultation closed on 1st of September 2021.

NHS England and NHS Improvement will analyse the consultation responses which will inform a recommendation to the Government on whether and how to implement any new standards in due course.

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