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Freedom of Information request Mealtime / Dining Room Support – Patients with an Eating Disorder

Response published: 24 December 2025
Eating Disorder | Health

FOI Request

To Whom It May Concern, I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I would be grateful if you could provide copies of any internal guidelines, protocols, policies or standard operating procedures that relate specifically to mealtime/ dining room support in the treatment of eating disorders within your services. This includes, but is not limited to documents that cover: - expectations and roles of staff during mealtimes - levels of supervision and support before, during and after meals or snacks management of meal‑related distress, behaviours or incidents - use of any structured mealtime programmes or approaches - nasogastric feeding or the use of oral nutrition supplements If different guidelines are used in different settings, Please provide all relevant documents. For example, where your organisation has separate or adapted guidance for: inpatient wards day‑hospital or day‑programme services intensive outpatient / intensive community treatment outpatient or community services Similarly. I would also be grateful if you could provide all protocol versions, if different protocols apply to different age groups, including: adult eating disorder services CAMHS / children and young people’s eating disorder services all‑age or transition services, if applicable If your organisation does not have written mealtime support guidelines, please kindly let me know. If you require any clarification in order to process this request, please let me know.

FOI Response

Freedom of Information Request – Ref: GHC-28112025-955407

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

You asked:

Provide copies of any internal guidelines, protocols, policies or standard operating procedures that relate specifically to mealtime/ dining room support in the treatment of eating disorders within your services.

Our response:

Please click on link below for our “Re-feeding Guidelines for Physical Health, Mental Health and Learning Disability Inpatient”, the Trust supports patients who are in Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

5.1 – CLG081 Refeeding Guideline V3 issued 4.10.24_Redacted

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust does not hold a day treatment unit or inpatient unit and does not offer dining room / mealtime support.

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.