Neurodevelopment and Eating Disorders - FOI Response Register

1. Please provide a breakdown of how many patients in your health board have eating disorders, how many have neurodevelopmental conditions, and how many have both eating disorders and are Neurodivergent.

Please note that NHS Shetland only collects data on ASD, ADHD and FASD.

In accordance with FOISA s 17(1), NHS Shetland confirms that it does not hold the information requested. We do not keep information that would enable us to cross reference those who have both ADHD and an eating disorder.

Please also provide historical diagnosis quantities for these, annually, since 2015, and quantity of co-diagnosis (i.e. patients with neurodevelopmental disorders who were diagnosed with an eating disorder and patients with an eating disorder who were diagnosed with a neurodevelopmental condition).

In accordance with FOISA s 17(1), NHS Shetland confirms that it does not hold the information requested. We do not keep information that would enable us to cross reference those who have both ADHD and an eating disorder.

Adult MH did not have an ADHD clinic prior to 2021.  The following number of individuals were diagnosed with ADHD:

2021- 6

2022 – 52

2023 - 96