Freedom of Information request 430-2023

Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 430 2023
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
Please could you provide the information to the following questions:
1. The number of patients referred to the service for eating disorders from 2018-2022 split monthly, if possible.
2. The number of patients referred to the service for eating disorders from 2018-2022 split by age 3. The number of patients referred to the service for eating disorders from 2018-2022 split by sex
4. The number of patients referred to the service for eating disorders from 2018-2022 split by whether they received inpatient or outpatient care
5. The number of patients referred to the service for eating disorders from 2018-2022 that received inpatient treatment
6. The number of patients referred to the service for eating disorders from 2018-2022 that had to wait longer than 12 weeks for any type of care.
Please note that we will not be able to respond to questions 4 and 5 because over that length of time most/all patients accessing inpatient care Medical and SEDU. will have also have community/outpatient care before and after.
It would be highly unusual for a patient who has needed inpatient care medical or SEDU. to not also have had community care before and/or after. If this did occur it would likely be due to the patient declining care and having capacity to do so.
The response below is for children aged under 18 at the time of referral. All children are assessed and treated within our “All age Eating Disorder Service” and not in the Children and Young People’s service.
Question 1
Below is a count of all referrals received into the eating disorder service between 01/01/2018 and 31/12/2022 broken down by month and year where the patient was under 18 at the time of the referral.
Month 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Total
Jan 1 32 26 41 43 143
Feb 0 30 26 26 40 122
Mar 2 19 20 42 50 133
Apr 1 14 9 38 31 93
May 10 23 18 44 46 141
Jun 161 19 24 44 33 281
Jul 16 28 31 51 44 170
Aug 14 19 27 25 25 110
Sep 17 21 36 51 34 159
Oct 25 28 50 44 27 174
Nov 26 18 52 49 33 178
Dec 21 28 44 46 29 168
Total 294 279 363 501 435 1872
Question 2
Below is a count of all referrals received into the eating disorder service between 01/01/2018 and 31/12/2022 split by age at referral where the patient was under 18 at the time of the referral.
Age/Group 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
0-11 34 47 48 70 73
12 13 24 17 21 34
13 32 27 27 56 57
14 45 38 54 95 68
15 57 56 86 90 81
16 55 44 74 80 59
17 58 43 57 89 63
Total 294 279 363 501 435
Question 3
Below is a count of all referrals received into the eating disorder service between 01/01/2018 and 31/12/2022 split by gender where the patient was under 18 at the time of the referral.
Month 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Total
Female 250 219 303 417 344 1533
Male 44 60 60 83 87 334
Not Specified 0 0 0 1 4 5
Total 294 279 363 501 435 1872
Question 6
Below is a count of the number of patients that had to wait longer that 12 weeks to receive their first appointment with eating disorder teams. Please note that in order to answer this FOI the waiting time has been calculated by subtracting the date of referral from the date of first appointment. Where the patient waited more than 84 days for then they are included in the totals below. In addition, the date used below, is the is the year in which the patient was assessed and not the date that the patient was referred. Consequently, the dataset will contain different referrals from that in questions 1 to 3. The totals below relate to those patients that were under 18 years of age at the time they were referred.
Waited Over 12 Weeks for first appointment 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Total
No 216 209 291 230 313 1259
Yes 11 10 0 58 53 132