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Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intaker Disorder: Diagnosis

Commons · Question 87447 · Tabled 3 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 17 Nov 2025

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Asked by Matt Vickers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department have made of potential (a) savings to the NHS and (b) improved or increased quality of life for patients from the early diagnosing of people with Avoidant/Restrictive

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Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 17 Nov 2025

NHS England has not made a specific assessment of the potential savings to the National Health Service or the improvements in quality of life arising from the early diagnosis of Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID). However, early identificat...

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