Question reference: S6W-26034
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 7 March 2024
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Current status: Answered by Maree Todd on 21 March 2024
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its National Eating Disorder Network, which it committed to establishing in 2023.
Answer
Progress has been made in establishing the National Eating Disorder Network which will meet formally for the first time later this Spring. In October 2023, Professor Cathy Richards was appointed to establish and chair the Network and work is underway to appoint clinical advisors with experience in eating disorders treatment for children and adults. The Network membership is being finalised and a Terms of Reference is being developed.
The Network will support delivery of the remaining long-term recommendations from the National Review of Eating Disorder Services in Scotland (2021). A key aim of the Network is to support the implementation of the National Specification for the Care and Treatment of Eating Disorder Services in Scotland, which will be published later this year.
Additionally, we will work with NHS 24 to publish online information and self-help resources on NHS inform which will allow people to access free, evidence-based information and support.