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Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder: Health Services

Asked by Joe MorrisLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 11 February 2025UIN 28674

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people are seeking support for avoidant restrictive food intake disorder in (a) Hexham constituency, (b) Northumberland, (c) Newcastle, d) the North East (e) England.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock

NHS England has advised that the information requested is not available in the format requested. This is because it is not possible to specifically identify avoidant restrictive food intake disorder in relation to other eating disorders within the Mental Health Services Dataset.

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