Care and treatment of eating disorders - national specification: consultation

We are consulting on the draft national specification for the care and treatment of eating disorders in Scotland. Answering the consultation questions will help us refine the specification.


Part 1: Questions on the overall specification document

In this section of the consultation the questions focus on the Specification overall. If your time is limited, you could consider answering these eight questions. This part may be of the most interest to people who have experience of accessing eating disorder treatment.

1. How far do you agree that the Specification will improve the experiences of people accessing eating disorder care and treatment?

Strongly Agree

Agree

Neither Agree or Disagree

Disagree

Strongly Disagree

2. How far do you agree that the Specification will improve the outcomes for those accessing support and treatment for an eating disorder?

Strongly Agree

Agree

Neither Agree or Disagree

Disagree

Strongly Disagree

3. How far do you agree that the Specification successfully set out to individuals, their families and carers what they can expect when they access eating disorder treatment?

Strongly Agree

Agree

Neither Agree or Disagree

Disagree

Strongly Disagree

4. We know that currently not everyone has the same experiences or outcomes when they access eating disorder treatment. We want the Specification to help make sure that your needs are met, whoever you are and whatever your background. How far do you agree that the Specification will help do this?

Strongly Agree

Agree

Neither Agree or Disagree

Disagree

Strongly Disagree

5. This Specification sits underneath the new Core Mental Health and Wellbeing Standards. In the draft Specification document, we have provided a link to the Core Mental Health Standards. Do you think it would be helpful to include the full Core Mental Health and Wellbeing Standards in the document or only provide a link to them?

a. The link to the Core Mental Health Standards for Scotland is sufficient.

b. It would be better to include the full Core Mental Health and Wellbeing Standards.

c. Other, please explain:

6. We want the Specification to be as accessible and as easy to understand as possible. Do you have any suggestions on how this could be improved? For example we are planning to develop an easy read version of this document.

7. Do you have any other comments on the Specification overall?

Contact

Email: eatingdisordersnationalreview@gov.scot

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