Eating Disorders: Death
Commons · Question 49020 · Tabled 29 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 13 May 2025
Question
Asked by Wera Hobhouse
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the accurate recording of deaths related to eating disorders; and what steps he is taking with the (a) National Medical Examiner, (b) Office for Nation
Answer
Answered by Ashley Dalton, 13 May 2025
It is important that all deaths are recorded accurately, and it is right that the extent to which eating disorders and other factors have caused or contributed to deaths should be explored further, in collaboration with stakeholders including the National...