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Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder: Health Services

Commons · Question 63904 · Tabled 30 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 8 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Josh Babarinde

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken towards establishing an ARFID pathway for adults living with this condition in (a) Eastbourne and (b) the UK.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 8 Jul 2025

NHS England is updating the Adult Eating Disorder Inpatient Service Specification to address the gaps and challenges in the current system for those with severe and complex eating disorders, which includes avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID)...