Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government how integrated care boards are implementing and reporting on patient safety frameworks and strategies in eating disorder services, in particular for patients with longstanding eating disorders.

We are working closely with NHS England and local integrated care boards (ICBs) to deliver eating disorder services but ultimately it is for ICBs to decide how they choose to implement and report on patient safety frameworks and strategies in eating disorder services.

The Department of Health and Social Care have worked with NHS England to produce various guidance for integrated care systems to plan and deliver eating disorder services, and to provide treatment for patients with longstanding eating disorders.

NHS England published guidance in 2019 for adult eating disorder services, to support delivery of community eating disorder services, reduce admissions, length-of-stay and improve outcomes for users, families and carers. A revised service specification for Adult Eating Disorder inpatient provision has just been through public consultation, and following a review of the comments received will progress to publication in 2025.

In addition to these guidance, all Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) have received support via fair shares funding since April 2021 to transform their adult community mental health services. This includes the transformation and expansion of eating disorder services.