Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 418-2024
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
Note Patients included are aged 18 or over at referral
1.How many new referrals started treatment for an eating disorder?
Calendar year of first treatment
date Number of referrals with a first treatment appointment recorded
2020 326
2021 153
2022 148
2023 276
2024 up to 28/02/2024 68
2.How many patients were discharged from your service following treatment for an eating disorder?
Calendar year of discharge date Number of discharges with a first treatment appointment recorded
2020 321
2021 148
2022 148
2023 163
2024 up to 28/02/2024 43
3. How many of those patients discharged. had achieved a BMI of 18.5 or higher when they were discharged?
Calendar year of discharge date Number of discharged patients with a first treatment appointment
recorded and a BMI of 18.5 or higher recorded during referral
2020 16
2021 25
2022 10
2023 6
2024 up to 28/02/2024 <5
A BMI reading may have been taken for more patients but these aren't recorded in a way that can be easily
extracted from the system.
Numbers less than 5 have been masked to prevent deductive disclosure.
4. How many of those patients discharged. had a BMI of below 15 when they were discharged?
Calendar year of discharge date Number of discharged patients with a first treatment appointment
recorded and a BMI of less than 15 recorded during referral
2020 <5
2021 8
2022 0
2023 5
2024 up to 28/02/2024 0
A BMI reading may have been taken for more patients but these aren't recorded in a way that can be easily
extracted from the system.
Numbers less than 5 have been masked to prevent deductive disclosure.
5. What was the lowest BMI recorded of a patient when they were discharged out of patients from point 4.?
Calendar year of discharge date
Lowest BMI recorded of a patient with a first treatment
appointment recorded and a BMI of less than 15 recorded during
referral patients from question 4.
2020 13.8
2021 12.3
2022
2023 12.9
2024 up to 28/02/2024
A BMI reading may have been taken for more patients but these aren't recorded in a way that can be easily
extracted from the system.
due to there being no patients discharged with a recorded BMI of below 15 and a first treatment appointment
recorded.
6.How many of those patients from point 4. were readmitted within 3 years of being discharged?
Calendar year of discharge date Number of patients who were readmitted to an eating disorder
team within 3 years of being discharged patients from question 4.
2020 <5
2021 0
2022 0
2023 0
2024 up to 28/02/2024 0
A BMI reading may have been taken for more patients but these aren't recorded in a way that can be easily
extracted from the system.
Numbers less than 5 have been masked to prevent deductive disclosure
FOI Request
ITV News would like to make a freedom of information request about your adult eating disorder services.
Please provide the following information by the following calendar years:
2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 up to the present date 28/2/24.
During each calendar year, in adult services:
1.How many new referrals started treatment for an eating disorder?
2.How many patients were discharged from your service following treatment for an eating disorder?
3. How many of those patients discharged. had achieved a BMI of 18.5 or higher when they were discharged?
4. How many of those patients discharged. had a BMI of below 15 when they were discharged?
5. What was the lowest BMI recorded of a patient when they were discharged out of patients from point 4.?
6.How many of those patients from point 4. were readmitted within 3 years of being discharged?