Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intaker Disorder: Diagnosis
Commons · Question 87448 · Tabled 3 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Matt Vickers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of practicing clinicians who have received specialist training in (a) diagnosing and (b) treating Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder.
Answer
Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 17 Nov 2025
In 2021, NHS England commissioned training for staff delivering treatment in inpatient children and young people’s mental health services to improve the understanding and management of Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID).NHS England does not...