Audit finds on average adults wait twice as long as children for assessment and more than 10 times as long to be treated
Adults with eating disorders in England are waiting up to 700 days for vital treatment, according to a report.
The stark figures were revealed in the first report of the National Audit of Eating Disorders (NAED), which looked at access to eating disorder services across the country.
The audit, commissioned by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership and funded by NHS England, found there were more community teams to support children than there were for adults.
On average, adults with eating disorders had to wait twice as long as children for an assessment, and more than 10 times as long for treatment, the report found.
