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Methodological changes to Children and Young People's Eating Disorders

From April 2026 reporting in the Mental Health Services Monthly Statistics, the methodology used to report Children and Young People’s Eating Disorders data is changing.

The following changes have been made to the methodology:

1. Referrals which include an inpatient stay are now excluded from the cohort of referrals which are in scope for the metrics.

2. Referrals which have been referred to a Single Point of Access or Mental Health Support Team have been removed from the cohort of referrals which are in scope for the metrics.

3. The list of valid SNOMED codes to stop the clock has been amended. The changes to the SNOMED codes are as follows:

SNOMED code SNOMED description Comments
51484002 Family therapy Code currently used to stop the clock and will continue to stop the clock
1111811000000109 Cognitive behavioural therapy for eating disorders Code currently used to stop the clock but will no longer stop the clock for reporting from April 2026
443730003 Interpersonal psychotherapy Code currently used to stop the clock and will continue to stop the clock
444175001 Guided self-help cognitive behavioural therapy Code currently used to stop the clock and will continue to stop the clock
718023002 Focal psychodynamic therapy Code currently used to stop the clock but will no longer stop the clock for reporting from April 2026
984421000000104 Focal psychodynamic therapy Code currently used to stop the clock but will no longer stop the clock for reporting from April 2026
1323681000000103 Eating-disorder-focused focal psychodynamic therapy New code to stop the clock for reporting from April 2026
1362001000000104 Group cognitive behavioural therapy for eating disorder New code to stop the clock for reporting from April 2026
1833251000000107 Adolescent-focused psychotherapy for anorexia nervosa New code to stop the clock for reporting from April 2026
1833011000000101 Guided self-help for bulimia nervosa New code to stop the clock for reporting from April 2026
301781000000101 Shared care New code to stop the clock for reporting from April 2026
2304461000000102 Guided self help for bulimia nervosa and binge eating

New code to stop the clock for 2026-27 onwards

4. If a person is waiting for treatment and turns 18 in the reporting month, they will no longer be included in the counts of those waiting for treatment.

5. The list of valid consultation mechanisms used has been expanded to include Talk Type (ConsMechanismMH 04).

The changes impact the following metrics, with age ranges becoming 0-17 from April 2026 onwards:

  • ED32 - New referrals with eating disorder issues, aged 0-18
  • ED85 - Referrals with eating disorder issues entering treatment in RP, aged 0-18
  • ED86- Referrals with eating disorder issues categorised as urgent entering treatment in RP, aged 0-18
  • ED86a - Referrals with eating disorder issues categorised as urgent entering treatment within one week, in RP, aged 0-18
  • ED86b - Referrals with eating disorder issues categorised as urgent entering treatment within 1-4 weeks, in RP, aged 0-18
  • ED86c - Referrals with eating disorder issues categorised as urgent entering treatment within 4-12 weeks, in RP, aged 0-18
  • ED86d - Referrals with eating disorder issues categorised as urgent entering treatment after 12 weeks, in RP, aged 0-18
  • ED86e - Proportion of referrals with eating disorders categorized as urgent cases entering treatment within one week in RP, aged 0-18
  • ED87 - Referrals eating disorder issues categorised as routine entering treatment in RP, aged 0-18
  • ED87a - Referrals with eating disorder issues categorised as routine entering treatment within one week, in RP, aged 0-18
  • ED87b - Referrals with eating disorder issues categorised as routine entering treatment within 1-4 weeks, in RP, aged 0-18
  • ED87 - Referrals with eating disorder issues categorised as routine entering treatment within 4-12 weeks, in RP, aged 0-18
  • ED87d - Referrals with eating disorder issues categorised as routine entering treatment after 12 weeks, in RP, aged 0-18
  • ED87e - Proportion of referrals with eating disorders categorized as routine cases entering treatment within four weeks in RP, aged 0-18
  • ED88 - Referrals with eating disorder issues waiting for treatment at end of RP, aged 0-18
  • ED89 - Referrals with eating disorder issues categorized as urgent waiting for treatment end RP, aged 0-18
  • ED89a - Referrals with eating disorder issues categorized as urgent waiting for treatment for one week, end RP, aged 0-18
  • ED89b - Referrals with eating disorder issues categorized as urgent waiting for treatment for 1-4 weeks, end RP, aged 0-18
  • ED89c - Referrals with eating disorder issues categorized as urgent waiting for treatment for 4-12 weeks, end RP, aged 0-18
  • ED89d - Referrals with eating disorder issues categorized as urgent waiting for treatment for more than 12 weeks, end RP, aged 0-18
  • ED90 - Referrals with eating disorder issues categorized as routine waiting for treatment end RP, aged 0-18
  • ED90a - Referrals with eating disorder issues categorized as routine waiting for treatment for one week, end RP, aged 0-18
  • ED90b - Referrals with eating disorder issues categorized as routine waiting for treatment for 1-4 weeks, end RP, aged 0-18
  • ED90c - Referrals with eating disorder issues categorized as routine waiting for treatment for 4-12 weeks, end RP, aged 0-18
  • ED90d - Referrals with eating disorder issues categorized as routine waiting for treatment for more than 12 weeks, end RP, aged 0-18

Last edited: 8 May 2026 1:16 pm