Wera Hobhouse
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Justice), Liberal Democrat Shadow Leader of the House of Commons, Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Women and Equalities)
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many adults aged 18 and over at time of referral were referred to specialist secondary mental health services with a primary reason of referral of eating disorders between April and August in (a) 2019 and (b) 2020; and what proportion of those referrals were made to an eating disorders service.
Nadine Dorries
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The information requested is in the following tables:
Month | Referrals of people aged 18 and over with primary reason for referral as eating disorders | Referred to eating disorder service | proportion (%) |
April 2019 | 1,399 | 1,112 | 79.5% |
May 2019 | 1,524 | 1,201 | 78.8% |
June 2019 | 1,486 | 1,178 | 79.3% |
July 2019 | 1,704 | 1,306 | 76.6% |
August 2019 | 1,556 | 1,228 | 78.9% |
Month | Referrals of people aged 18 and over with primary reason for referral as eating disorders | Referred to eating disorder service | proportion (%) |
April 2020 | 1,118 | 842 | 75.3% |
May 2020 | 1,456 | 1,164 | 79.9% |
June 2020 | 1,931 | 1,575 | 81.6% |
July 2020 | 2,158 | 1,707 | 79.1% |
August 2020 | Not yet available |
Source: Mental Health Services Data Set (MHSDS), NHS Digital
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