Question reference: S5W-24292
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 9 July 2019
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Current status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 5 August 2019
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the eating disorder charity, BEAT, and what the outcomes were.
Answer
The Minister for Mental Health formally met a number of eating disorder stakeholders, including Beat, on 15 March 2018 at a roundtable meeting. A range of issues were discussed such as the formation of an eating disorders Managed Clinical Network, the needs of people with comorbid diabetes and eating disorders, and the expansion of training on eating disorders for clinicians.
Beat attended a Children and Young People’s Mental Health Taskforce meeting on 28 February 2019 to present their work to Taskforce members.
Additionally, the Scottish Government worked with Beat and NHS Lothian during Eating Disorder Awareness Week 2019 to relaunch the digital peer support service which supports young people with an eating disorder, and a telephone coaching service for parents and carers of those with an eating disorder.