Eating Disorders: Mental Health Services

(asked on 16th January 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to reduce outpatient waiting times for adults with eating disorders.


Answered by
Nadine Dorries Portrait
Nadine Dorries
This question was answered on 21st January 2020

We are committed to expanding and improving services for adults with mental health conditions, including eating disorders. As part of the NHS Long Term Plan’s investment of an extra £2.3 billion a year by 2023/24, eating disorder services are being ramped-up across England.

We announced last year that 12 pilot sites will receive £70 million in funding to improve the provision of mental health care in the community. The pilots will bring together staff with expertise in treating a range of severe mental health issues including eating disorders. Alongside work to explore the effectiveness of different approaches to integrated delivery with primary care, NHS England will also test four week waiting times for adults and older adults in the community, and including for eating disorder services in some selected pilot sites. This will build our understanding of how best to introduce ambitious but achievable improvements to access, quality of care and outcomes.

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