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Eating Disorders: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) address threshold-based exclusion in adult eating disorder services,(b) reduce funding disparities between child and adult eating disorder services, and (

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
25 Mar 2026
Target answer date
13 Apr 2026
Answer
16 Apr 2026 · 22 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 25 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) address threshold-based exclusion in adult eating disorder services,(b) reduce funding disparities between child and adult eating disorder services, and (

  2. 13 Apr 2026

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  3. 16 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    Eating disorders are serious mental illnesses that have enduring physical and psychological impacts. This is compounded by known difficulties accessing timely, consistent, and appropriate care across the system. The Government has set out its long-term ap...

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