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Freedom of Information request 401-2022

Response published: 1 April 2024

FOI Request

Re: Freedom of Information request I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information from the community mental health services. of your trust. Please may you provide me with the following information: A. Adult eating disorders services: 1. Does your Trust provide a service to adults with anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa? YES/ NO if No please proceed to section B. 2. How many adults with anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa were on the Trust caseload at 31st March 2022? 3. How many adults with anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa were referred to the service over the 1 year period 1st April 21- 31st March 22.? 4. How many registered dietitians in WTE/ FTE. were working exclusively with this caseload to adults with anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa at 31st March 2022? 5. What percentage of adults with anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa received into the service were seen by a dietitian over the 1 year period 1 st April 21- 31st March 22.? B. Adolescent/ child eating disorder services 6. Does your Trust provide a service to adolescents/ children with anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa? YES/ NO If No, no further responses are required. 7. How many adolescents/ children with anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa were on the Trust caseload at 31st March 2022? 8. How many adolescents/ children with anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa were referred to the service over the 1 year period 1 st April 21- 31st March 22.? 9. How many registered dietitians in WTE/ FTE. were working exclusively with this caseload to adolescents/ children with anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa at 31st March 2022? 11th December 2022 10. What percentage of adolescents/ children with anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa received into the service were seen by a dietitian over the 1 year period 1 st April 21- 31st March 22.?

FOI Response

Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 401
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
1. Does your Trust provide a service to adults with anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa? YES/ NO if No please proceed to section B. Yes
2. How many adults with anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa were on the Trust caseload at 31st March 2022? 7. How many adolescents/ children with anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa were on the Trust caseload at 31st March 2022?
Number on caseload at 31/03/22 with an open diagnosis note as service have stated diagnosis is at assessment, we have only included those that have been assessed.
Age range
under 18 18+
Anorexia 2
Anorexia nervosa 69 65
Anorexia nervosa+ Atypical anorexia nervosa 1 2
Anorexia nervosa+ Atypical anorexia nervosa+ Eating disorder, unspecified 1
Anorexia nervosa+ Bulimia nervosa 3
Anorexia nervosa+ Eating disorder, unspecified 2 7
Atypical anorexia nervosa 37 33
Atypical anorexia nervosa+ Atypical bulimia nervosa+ Eating disorder, unspecified 1
Atypical anorexia nervosa+ Eating disorder, unspecified 1
Atypical bulimia nervosa 1 11
Bulimia nervosa 6 26
Bulimia nervosa+ Eating disorder, unspecified 4
Eating disorder, unspecified 36 33
Eating disorder, unspecified+ Anorexia 1
Other eating disorders 33 36
Other eating disorders+ Eating disorder, unspecified 1
NULL 167 91
3. How many adults with anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa were referred to the service over the 1-year period 1st April 21- 31st March 22.?
8. How many adolescents/ children with anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa were referred to the service over the 1-year period 1st April 21- 31st March 22.? Number of referrals received during 21/22 and any diagnosis that was open at time of referral or recorded during that period note as service have stated diagnosis is at assessment, we have only included those that have been assessed.
Age range
under 18 18+
Anorexia nervosa 35 27
Anorexia nervosa+ Anorexia nervosa 2 1
Anorexia nervosa+ Bulimia nervosa+ Anorexia nervosa+ Bulimia nervosa 2
Anorexia nervosa+ Eating disorder, unspecified 1
Anorexia nervosa+ Eating disorder, unspecified+ Anorexia nervosa 2
Atypical anorexia nervosa 22 13
Atypical anorexia nervosa+ Anorexia nervosa 1
Atypical anorexia nervosa+ Eating disorder, unspecified 1
Atypical bulimia nervosa 1 3
Bulimia nervosa 2 16
Bulimia nervosa+ Anorexia nervosa 1
Bulimia nervosa+ Atypical bulimia nervosa 1
Bulimia nervosa+ Eating disorder, unspecified+ Bulimia nervosa+ Eating disorder, unspecified 2
Eating disorder, unspecified 23 22
Eating disorder, unspecified+ Anorexia nervosa 1
Eating disorder, unspecified+ Anorexia nervosa+ Anorexia nervosa+ Anorexia nervosa 1
Eating disorder, unspecified+ Anorexia nervosa+ Atypical anorexia nervosa 1
Eating disorder, unspecified+ Bulimia nervosa 1
Eating disorder, unspecified+ Eating disorder, unspecified 4
Eating disorder, unspecified+ Eating disorder, unspecified+ Atypical anorexia nervosa 1
Eating disorder, unspecified+ Eating disorder, unspecified+ Other eating disorders 1
Eating disorder, unspecified+ Other eating disorders 2
Other eating disorders 15 22
Overeating associated with other psychological disturbances+ Atypical anorexia nervosa 1 Vomiting associated with other psychological disturbances 2
NULL 259 106
Anorexia 2
Eating disorder, unspecified+ Anorexia+ Eating disorder, unspecified 1
4. How many registered dietitians in WTE/ FTE. were working exclusively with this caseload to adults with anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa at 31st March 2022? At the time we had a 0.6 Dietitian post in an intensive Day Treatment service for 16+ with AN/BN diagnosis. This dietetic role would involve individual work when admitting patients to the programme and on-going group work. However, on 31/03/22 this post was vacant.
5. What percentage of adults with anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa received into the service were seen by a dietitian over the 1-year period 1st April 21- 31st March 22.?
We do not collect that data in a system as to be easily extracted and would exceed the allowable time to collate manually.
6. Does your Trust provide a service to adolescents/ children with anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa? YES/ NO If No, no further responses are required. Yes
9. How many registered dietitians in WTE/ FTE. were working exclusively with this caseload to adolescents/ children with anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa at 31st March 2022? At the time we had a 0.6 Dietitian post in an intensive Day Treatment service for 16+ with AN/BN diagnosis. This dietetic role would involve individual work when admitting patients to the programme and on-going group work. However, on 31/03/22 this post was vacant.
10. What percentage of adolescents/ children with anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa received into the service were seen by a dietitian over the 1-year period 1st April 21- 31st March 22.?
We do not collect that data in a system as to be easily extracted and would exceed the allowable time to collate manually.