Question follow-through · 113689

Eating Disorders: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to help reduce geographic variation in waiting times for children and young people to start community eating disorder treatment.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 20 Feb 2026
Target answer date: 24 Feb 2026
Answer: 3 Mar 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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20 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to help reduce geographic variation in waiting times for children and young people to start community eating disorder treatment.
24 Feb 2026
Target answer date
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3 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Government recognises that there is unacceptable geographic variation in waiting times for children and young people accessing community eating disorder treatment.We are reforming eating disorder services to ensure that children and young people can a...

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