Baroness Parminter
Liberal Democrat
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.
Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health and Social Care
The following table provides data on the number of inpatient beds for eating disorders for children and young people and adults.
Type of inpatient bed | Midlands and East of England | London | England | ||
Children and adolescent mental health service eating disorder1 | 40 | 45 | 108 | 56 | 249 |
Adult eating disorder | 110 | 67 | 103 | 120 | 400 |
Source: NHS England
Note:
1Some children and young people with eating disorders are treated in general child and adolescent mental health services.
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