Eating Disorder Services, Children and Adults

Reference: 24-25297

Date response sent: 19/10/2024

Details of enquiry

1. For your adult eating disorder service in 2024 what were the BMI of inpatients and community patients with an eating disorder at the time they were discharged?
2. For your adult eating disorder service in 2024 how many inpatients and community patients with an eating disorder were discharged with a BMI of under 15?
3. For your Children’s eating disorder service what was the weight for height percentage of inpatients and community patients with an eating disorder at the time they were discharged?
4. For your Children’s eating disorder service in 2024 how many inpatients and community patients with an eating disorder were discharged at a weight for height of less than 75 ?
5. At point of discharge if patients had a BMI of under 15, or equivalent to weight for height of less than 75, where were your patients discharged to? (for both adults and children)
6. In your adult and children’s eating disorder service what treatment is offered to inpatient and community patients who had a BMI of under 15, or equivalent to weight for height of less than 75?

Response sent

We do not provide any acute services nor inpatient patient care. This is relevant to your reading and understanding of our responses below.

1. Adult eating disorders services:

We do not diagnose adult eating disorders, and do not have a dedicated service dealing with this, though we might work with adults with eating problems as part of their overall mental health presentation. Our intake for adult patients is not led by a primary psychiatric diagnosis, as we work with a psychodynamic model of formulation.

1. Adolescent/ child eating disorder services

• The Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead, North West London is the identified local pathway for all Children and Young People (CYP) presenting with eating disorders. We cannot report on the number of CYP seen within our services put on the ‘not recovered pathway’.