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The data collection is an interim aggregate data collection which will run until data of sufficient quality are available from the Mental Health Services dataset (MHSDS). The dataset has been approved by the data control board to run until the MHSDS is considered to be of sufficient completeness and quality.

The Strategic Data Collection Service (SDCS) collection for Children and Young People with Eating Disorders (CYP ED) will be retired at the end of the 2022-23 reporting period. Information for activity for 2022-23 quarter 3 (October-December 2022) and quarter 4 (January March 2023) will continue to be collected via SDCS. Following the completion of the quarter 4 collection (final submission date will be mid-April 2023) and publication the SDCS collection will be retired. The CYP ED access and waiting time standard will be monitored using the MHSDS data only from 2023-24 onwards. Services wholly or partly funded by the NHS (including the private and voluntary sector) are contractually bound to record accurate data on their services under the NHS Standard Contract.

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