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<p>The Government recognises that early intervention is absolutely vital and is committed
to ensuring everyone with an eating disorder has access to timely treatment.</p><p>
</p><p>For children and young people, the Government set up the first waiting times
to improve access to eating disorders services for children and young people - so
that by 2020/21 95% of children with an eating disorder will receive treatment within
one week for urgent cases and within four weeks for routine cases. Latest figures
indicate that the National Health Service is on track to meet that standard with almost
76.9% of all patients starting urgent treatment within one week and 83.1% of patients
starting routine treatment within four weeks (third quarter of 2017-2018). The data
is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/cyped-waiting-times/"
target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/cyped-waiting-times/</a></p><p>
</p><p>The Government announced in 2014 that it would invest £150 million to expand
eating disorder community-based care and as a result 70 dedicated new or extended
community services are now either open or in development. This means at least 3,350
children and young people a year will receive swift, effective eating disorder treatment
in the community.</p><p> </p><p>For adults, a care pathway together with detailed
implementation guidance for providers is under development by the National Collaborating
Centre for Mental Health in partnership with the National Institute for Health and
Care Excellence. The pathway is being fully informed by the available evidence and
the views of experts and will increase healthcare professionals’ awareness of the
early signs and symptoms of eating disorders so that they are able to refer without
delay and intervene early.</p>
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