17th Report - Ignoring the Alarms follow-up: Too many avoidable deaths from eating disorders
- HC No.
- HC 855
- Published
- 18 Jun 2019
- Items
- 0
- Government response
- Government response published 23 September 2019. Read the government's response ↗
Select committee: Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
Follow-up to the PHSO report ‘Ignoring the alarms’ inquiry
Closed
Opened 26 Mar 2019
Closed 23 Oct 2019
Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗
Inquiry scope (the committee's words)
In December 2017, the Parliamentary and Health Services Ombudsman (PHSO) published its report Ignoring the alarms: How NHS eating disorder services are failing patients and presented it to Parliament. In ‘Ignoring the alarms’, the PHSO set out three cases that it investigated which illustrated significant failings in eating disorder services and serious issues that required national attention. The Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee (PACAC) is holding an oral evidence session to explore key issues raised in the report and the actions needed to address those issues.
Where it stands
The inquiry is closed, opened 26 March 2019.
The committee has published 1 report, most recently 17th Report - Ignoring the Alarms follow-up: Too many avoidable deaths from eating disorders on 18 June 2019.
The government's response
Published 23 September 2019.
Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.The government welcomes the Committee's scrutiny and says it remains "fully committed to implementing and completing the PHSO's recommendations", while declining some specific requests, such as an audit of NICE guideline implementation and a new bespoke prevalence survey.
- On training, it says the GMC wrote to every UK medical school in April 2019 and will share a summary of the responses with the Committee. It also says the Joint Academy Training Forum will "report on how this learning can be implemented".
- On adult services, it "fully acknowledge[s]" that parity with child and adolescent services has not yet been achieved. It sets out pilot sites funded across 2019/20 and 2020/21, and says guidance on service models is "due for publication over the summer".
- On prevalence, it shares the Committee's view that information needs improving, but prefers the 2019 Health Survey England to a new bespoke survey, which it will "keep under review".
- The PHSO Delivery Group "will remain in place" until the Chairs are content that all recommendations are implemented. The government is "committed to bringing forward" the Health Service Safety Investigations Bill "as soon as parliamentary time allows".
Reports
- 17th Report - Ignoring the Alarms follow-up: Too many avoidable deaths from eating disorders18 June 2019
Evidence
- 1 oral evidence sessionLatest 14 May 2019
Recent activity
- Government response to the recommendations of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee's Seventeenth Report of Session 2017-19: Ignoring the Alarms follow-up: Too many avoidable deaths from eating disorders23 September 2019, Report published
- 17th Report - Ignoring the Alarms follow-up: Too many avoidable deaths from eating disorders18 June 2019, Report published
- Letter from Jackie Doyle-Price MP to Chair, regarding follow up evidence on Eating Disorders, dated 23 May 20194 June 2019, Correspondence
Reports
Oral evidence sessions
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| Date | Session and witnesses | Source |
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| 14 May 2019 |
Oral evidence session
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Correspondence
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| Published | Direction | Letter |
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| 4 Jun 2019 | To committee | Letter from Jackie Doyle-Price MP to Chair, regarding follow up evidence on Eating Disorders, dated 23 May 2019 |