This report shares the first findings from the new National Audit of Eating Disorders (NAED), detailing data provided about services in England between January and May 2025. In its first year, the audit focused on mapping services to understand the breadth and depth of current provision, achieving an outstanding 97% participation rate from eligible teams.
The voices of those who use eating disorder services have been combined with those who deliver them, with a shared ambition of improving services and outcomes” Rebecca, NAED Lived Experience Advisor
The audit found high levels of multidisciplinary working and strong uptake of NICE-recommended therapies, reflecting good practice across many teams. However, it also revealed significant variation in access, service configuration, and waiting times across regions and age groups:
- The median wait for assessment for children and young people (CYP) is 14 days, compared to 28 days for adults
- While over 90% of teams treat Anorexia Nervosa, only 60% of adult teams, and 66% of CYP teams, treat Binge Eating Disorder (BED) – with 29% of adult, and 45% of CYP, teams currently treating Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID).
Workforce pressures and variation in adult versus CYP service capacity were also highlighted.
These findings offer vital insight into areas requiring targeted improvement, and provide a benchmark for tracking progress in the next phase of the audit.
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