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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...