Written question WQ98228
- Asked by
- Mabon ap GwynforPlaid
- To be answered by
- Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- Due
- Answered
- Time to answer
- 4 days
Question
What safeguards are in place to ensure that children with Avoidant / Restrictive Food Intake Disorder related restrictions receive prompt medical assessment and treatment for malnutrition and dehydration?
Answer
Answered by Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing
The Strategic Programme for Mental Health, in NHS Performance and Improvement, has developed a dedicated national pathway and eating disorder training for all medical professionals to recognise and treat ARFID. This is a new pathway and NHS Performance and Improvement will be working with teams across all health boards to implement it.