Freedom of Information Request – Ref: 165-2024
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
You asked:
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?
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?
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?
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 ?
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)
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?
Our response:
Unfortunately, we are unable to provide the information requested. Where BMI can be extracted from the clinical system, there are no patients with a BMI recorded on their discharge date. This may be because BMI is recorded at their last appointment, which may not be the same as their discharge date. More patients may have had their BMI measured but it was not recorded in a way that can be easily extracted from the clinical system.
We have looked at the recording of BMI between treatment and discharge. Very few patients who have gone on to be discharged have a BMI recorded in a way that we can extract it from the system. We do not believe this data will be representative and we would not be able to share the figures due to the small numbers involved.
Next steps:
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Louise Moss
Head of Legal Services / Associate Director of Corporate Governance
c/o Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Edward Jenner Court
1010 Pioneer Avenue
Gloucester Business Park
Brockworth, GL3 4AW
E-mail: louise.moss@ghc.nhs.uk
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