Eating Disorders: Hospital Beds
(asked on 26th February 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Baroness Merron on 25 February (HL4946), Lord Markham on 20 July 2023 (HL9293), Lord Bethell on 3 November 2020 (HL9309) and Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford on 25 July 2019 (HL17359), why they are not able to provide the requested information on inpatient beds for eating disorder patients from NHS England when it has been provided in previous years.
The following table shows the number of inpatient beds for eating disorder patients:
Specialised MH Inpatient Services | Children and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) Eating Disorder | Adult Eating Disorder |
Northwest | 19 | 63 |
Northeast & Cumbria | 9 | 66 |
Midlands | 85 | 63 |
East of England | 37 | 34 |
London | 50 | 99 |
Southeast | 28 | 31 |
Southwest | N/A | 44 |
ENGLAND TOTAL | 228 | 400 |
Source: NHS England
Notes: The data provided represents the total number of commissioned beds for CAMHS Eating Disorder and Adult Eating Disorder services. The figures are broken down by region and include any beds commissioned outside of England.