Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 460-2023
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
Please note we have an all age Eating Disorders Service – Data below is based on patients under 19 years of age At what point – from the list below – does the Community Eating Disorder Service/s for Children and Young People and any other relevant mental health services provided by your Trust currently stop the “waiting times clock” for children and young people with an eating disorder?
• Initial phone call to the patient and/or parents/guardians
• Parent/guardian psychoeducation group
• Onward referral to a non-NHS organisation
• Assessment appointment in person or by video call.
• Second individual appointment for the patient with or without family present. i.e. First full treatment appointment
• At another time, please specify.
• We follow the National guidance to determine at which point the clock stops, which can be found via the following link NHS England » Children and young people’s eating disorders programme
Does the Community Eating Disorder Service/s for Children and Young People and any other relevant mental health services provided by your Trust provide the assessment and first treatment session for children and young people with an eating disorder on the same date?
• Treatment is started on the same date as assessment if deemed to be clinically appropriate for the young person and there is capacity to provide that treatment on the same date.
Please list the clinical interventions that the Trust currently uses as justifications to stop the ‘waiting times clock’ for children and young people with an eating disorder.
• We follow the National guidance to determine at which point the clock stops, which can be found via the following link NHS England » Children and young people’s eating disorders programme
Please disclose the median and mean gaps in calendar days. between the appointment used to stop the ‘waiting times clock’ and the subsequent individual or single family not group. treatment appointment for children and young people with an eating disorder.
• Note: This is based on those that started treatment in the period and therefore does not indicate how long the current waiting times are for those that have not yet had a subsequent treatment
avg days. mediandays.
2019/20 16 10
2020/21 11 7
2021/22 7 6
2022/23 to end January 23. 22 8
FOI Request
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information FOI. Act 2000 to request information regarding the Trusts’ measurement of its performance against the ‘Access and Waiting Time Standard for Children and Young People with an Eating Disorder’. Please provide a reference number for this request in your acknowledgement.
1. At what point – from the list below - does the Community Eating Disorder Service/s for Children and Young People and any other relevant mental health services provided by your Trust currently stop the ‘waiting times clock’ for children and young people with an eating disorder? If the Trust provides more than one relevant service, please list answers separately for each.
Initial phone call to the patient and/or parents/guardians
Parent/guardian psychoeducation group
Onward referral to a non-NHS organisation
Assessment appointment in person or by video call.
Second individual appointment for the patient with or without family present. i.e. First full treatment appointment
At another time, please specify.
2. Does the Community Eating Disorder Service/s for Children and Young People and any other relevant mental health services provided by your Trust provide the assessment and first treatment session for children and young people with an eating disorder on the same date? If the Trust provides more than one relevant service, please list answers separately for each.
3. Please list the clinical interventions that the Trust currently uses as justifications to stop the ‘waiting times clock’ for children and young people with an eating disorder. If the Trust provides more than one relevant service, please list answers separately for each.
4. Please disclose the median and mean gaps in calendar days. between the appointment used to stop the ‘waiting times clock’ and the subsequent individual or single family not group. treatment appointment for children and young people with an eating disorder. Please do this for each of the tax. years listed below, based on the year in which the clock was stopped. If the Trust provides more than one relevant service, please list answers separately for each.
2019/20 tax year.
2020/21 tax year.
2021/22 tax year.
2022/23 tax year – to date [please specify months covered].