Eating Disorders (Hansard, 24 May 2004)

§ Brian Cotter
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people are on a waiting list to receive treatment at each of the specialist eating disorders units; and what the average waiting time to receive treatment is. [172472]

§ Ms Rosie Winterton
Information is not available in the requested format.
The finished admission episodes, mean and median time waited in days for treatment for eating disorders on the national health service are shown in the table.

Primary diagnosis (ICD-10 F50) eating disorders. Method of admission—elective (waiting list and booked) cases. Count of finished admission episodes, mean and median time waited—NHS hospitals, England 2002–03

Number

Mean time waited 38 days

Median time waited 8 days

Count of finished admission episodes 226

Notes:

1. A finished admission episode is the first period of in-patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. Please note that admissions do not represent the number of in-patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year.

2. The primary diagnosis is the first of up to 14 (seven prior to 2002–03) diagnosis fields in the hospital episodes statistics (HES) data set and provides the main reason why the patient was in hospital.

3. Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data (ie the data are ungrossed).

4. Time waited statistics from HES are not the same as the published waiting list statistics. HES provides counts and time waited for all patients admitted to hospital within a given period whereas the published waiting list statistics count those waiting for treatment on a specific date and how long they have been on the waiting list. Also, HES calculates the time waited as the difference between the admission and decision to admit dates. Unlike published waiting list statistics, this is not adjusted for self-deferrals or periods of medical/social suspension.

Source:

HES, Department of Health.

§ Brian Cotter
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people in the UK have been admitted as inpatients for the treatment of eating disorders in each of the last five years; and how many of these in-patients were admitted to general psychiatric wards. [172473]

§ Ms Rosie Winterton
Information is not available in the requested format.
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The number of finished admission episodes in national health service hospitals with a primary diagnosis of eating disorder in each of the last five years is shown in the table.

Finished admission episodes, NHS hospitals in England, 1998–99 to 2002–03

Anorexia nervosa Bulimia nervosa

1998–99 1,022 170

1999–2000 1,148 137

2000–01 1,061 136

2001–02 1,139 137

2002–03 1,156 123

Notes:

1. A finished admission episode is the first period of in-patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. Please note that admissions do not represent the number of in-patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year.

2. These figures do not represent all people with an eating disorder, as many do not require admission to hospital.

3. The primary diagnosis is the first of up to 14 (seven prior to 2002–03) diagnosis fields in the hospital episode statistics (HES) data set and provides the main reason why the patient was in hospital.

4. Diagnostic criteria for Anorexia nervosa is based on ICD-10 (F50.0 and F50.1); Bulimia nervosa is based on ICD-10 (F50.2 and F50.3).

5. Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data (ie the data are ungrossed).

Source:

HES, Department of Health.

§ Brian Cotter
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people have been diagnosed as suffering from(a) Anorexia nervosa and (b) Bulimia nervosa, in each of the last five years. [172475]

§ Ms Rosie Winterton
Information is not available in the requested format.
The number of finished consultant episodes in national health service hospitals with a primary diagnosis of eating disorder in each of the last five years is shown in the table.

Finished consultant episodes, NHS hospitals in England, 1998–99 to 2002–03

Anorexia nervosa Bulimia nervosa

1998–99 1,157 189

1999–2000 1,264 157

2000–01 1,193 151

2001–02 1,273 160

2002–03 1,315 131

Notes:

1. Finished consultant episodes—a count of the number of hospital episode statistics (HES) records submitted on behalf of English national health service hospital providers that relate to episodes of in-patient care which ended during the HES year. These figures do not represent the number of patients, as a person may have more than one episode of care within the year.

2. The primary diagnosis is the first of up to 14 (seven prior to 2002–03) diagnosis fields in the HES data set and provides the main reason why the patient was in hospital.

3. Diagnostic criteria for Anorexia nervosa is based on ICD-10 (F50.0 and F50.1); Bulimia nervosa is based on ICD-10 (F50.2 and F50.3).

4. Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data (ie the data are ungrossed).

Source:

HES, Department of Health.

Primary diagnosis (ICD-10 F50) eating disorders. Method of admission—elective (waiting list and booked) cases. Count of finished admission episodes, mean and median time waited—NHS hospitals, England 2002–03
	Number
Mean time waited	38 days
Median time waited	8 days
Count of finished admission episodes	226
Notes:
1. A finished admission episode is the first period of in-patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. Please note that admissions do not represent the number of in-patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year.
2. The primary diagnosis is the first of up to 14 (seven prior to 2002–03) diagnosis fields in the hospital episodes statistics (HES) data set and provides the main reason why the patient was in hospital.
3. Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data (ie the data are ungrossed).
4. Time waited statistics from HES are not the same as the published waiting list statistics. HES provides counts and time waited for all patients admitted to hospital within a given period whereas the published waiting list statistics count those waiting for treatment on a specific date and how long they have been on the waiting list. Also, HES calculates the time waited as the difference between the admission and decision to admit dates. Unlike published waiting list statistics, this is not adjusted for self-deferrals or periods of medical/social suspension.
Source:
HES, Department of Health.

Finished admission episodes, NHS hospitals in England, 1998–99 to 2002–03
	Anorexia nervosa	Bulimia nervosa
1998–99	1,022	170
1999–2000	1,148	137
2000–01	1,061	136
2001–02	1,139	137
2002–03	1,156	123
Notes:
1. A finished admission episode is the first period of in-patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. Please note that admissions do not represent the number of in-patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year.
2. These figures do not represent all people with an eating disorder, as many do not require admission to hospital.
3. The primary diagnosis is the first of up to 14 (seven prior to 2002–03) diagnosis fields in the hospital episode statistics (HES) data set and provides the main reason why the patient was in hospital.
4. Diagnostic criteria for Anorexia nervosa is based on ICD-10 (F50.0 and F50.1); Bulimia nervosa is based on ICD-10 (F50.2 and F50.3).
5. Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data (ie the data are ungrossed).
Source:
HES, Department of Health.

Finished consultant episodes, NHS hospitals in England, 1998–99 to 2002–03
	Anorexia nervosa	Bulimia nervosa
1998–99	1,157	189
1999–2000	1,264	157
2000–01	1,193	151
2001–02	1,273	160
2002–03	1,315	131
Notes:
1. Finished consultant episodes—a count of the number of hospital episode statistics (HES) records submitted on behalf of English national health service hospital providers that relate to episodes of in-patient care which ended during the HES year. These figures do not represent the number of patients, as a person may have more than one episode of care within the year.
2. The primary diagnosis is the first of up to 14 (seven prior to 2002–03) diagnosis fields in the HES data set and provides the main reason why the patient was in hospital.
3. Diagnostic criteria for Anorexia nervosa is based on ICD-10 (F50.0 and F50.1); Bulimia nervosa is based on ICD-10 (F50.2 and F50.3).
4. Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data (ie the data are ungrossed).
Source:
HES, Department of Health.