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Freedom of Information request Eating Disorder Service

Response published: 8 April 2026
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FOI Request

I would like to request from SEDS and The Sussex Family Eating Disorder Service, for each of the calendar years 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 (to date, if full-year data is not yet available): 1. The total number of referrals and admissions to the Eating Disorders Services at Brownhill. Where possible, please: • Provide the data broken down by year. • Provide a separate figure for patients admitted with a primary diagnosis of Anorexia Nervosa. If diagnostic breakdowns are recorded using ICD-10 or ICD-11 codes, please include the codes: F50.01: Anorexia nervosa, restricting type. F50.02: Anorexia nervosa, binge eating/purging type. F50.00: Anorexia nervosa, unspecified. If a breakdown by diagnosis is not readily available within the cost limit, please provide the aggregate totals only. If the Trust does not hold some or all of this information, please confirm this and direct me to the appropriate body where possible. I would prefer to receive the information in electronic format (Excel or CSV).

FOI Response

Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 085-2026

Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.

You asked:

For each of the calendar years 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 (to date, if full-year data is not yet available):

1. The total number of referrals and admissions to the Eating Disorders Services at Brownhill.

Where possible, please:

• Provide the data broken down by year.
• Provide a separate figure for patients admitted with a primary diagnosis of Anorexia Nervosa.

If diagnostic breakdowns are recorded using ICD-10 or ICD-11 codes, please include the codes:

F50.01: Anorexia nervosa, restricting type.
F50.02: Anorexia nervosa, binge eating/purging type.
F50.00: Anorexia nervosa, unspecified.

If a breakdown by diagnosis is not readily available within the cost limit, please provide the aggregate totals only.

Our response:

Calendar year of referral received date Number of referrals received
2022 982
2023 1095
2024 1106
2025 1192

Note: At our Trust we only have community easting disorder service and not an inpatient unit specifically for eating disorders.

Next steps:

Should you have any queries in relation to our response, please do not hesitate to contact us. If you are unhappy with the response you have received in relation to your request and wish to ask us to review our response, you should write to:

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

If you are not content with the outcome of any review, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for further advice/guidance. Generally, the ICO will not consider your case unless you have exhausted your enquiries with the Trust which should include considering the use of the Trust’s formal complaints procedure. The ICO can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.