Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans her Department has to (a) establish and (b) fund an avoidant restrictive food intake disorder pathway.

Commissioning pathways for avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) are locally determined by integrated care boards. NHS England advises that all eating disorder teams should work collaboratively with other children and young people’s community teams to address coexisting and co-occurring conditions as needed.

NHS England recognises the importance of patient-centred care, and that care is tailored to meet the needs of children and young people with varied presentations, including ARFID. The children and young people’s eating disorder guidance is being updated to reflect this, with publication expected later in 2024.