Eating Disorders: Hospital Beds
(asked on 19th October 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many inpatient beds are available to the NHS for eating disorder patients in (1) England, (2) the North of England, (3) the Midlands and East of England, (4) London, and (5) the South of England; and, for each of those categories, how many are available for (a) children and young people, and (b) adults.
The following table provides data on the number of inpatient beds for eating disorders for adults and for children and young people.
| Total bed base | Adult eating disorder beds | Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services eating disorder beds1 |
England | 648 (national total) | 400 | 248 |
North of England (North East, North West and Yorkshire and Humber) | 157 | 129 | 28 |
Midlands and East of England | 203 | 97 | 106 |
London | 162 | 99 | 63 |
South of England (including Wessex) | 126 | 75 | 51 |
Source: NHS England
Note:
1Some children and young people with eating disorders are treated in general child and adolescent mental health services.