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<p>The Government is aware of the importance of early intervention when treating people
with an eating disorder and we recognise that the earlier treatment is provided, the
greater the chance of recovery.</p><p>The Government set up the first ever waiting
time standards to improve access to eating disorder services for children and young
people, supported by £30 million a year to develop 70 new or extended community eating
disorder services across the country. These have improved access to effective eating
disorder treatment in the community, with the number of children and young people
accessing treatment increasing from 5,243 in 2016/17 to 6,867 in 2017/18.</p><p>NHS
England is on track to deliver the waiting time standard for children and young people
by 2020/21 and as need continues to rise, extra investment will allow us to maintain
delivery of the standard beyond 2020/21.</p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan has committed
to test four-week waiting times for adult and older adult community mental health
teams, with selected local areas that will include eating disorders. This will form
part of the overall testing of new models of primary and community mental health care
in 2019/20 and 2020/21.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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