Clinical area: Mental health - Digital support for children and young people with eating disorders

Why:

• An eating disorder (ED) is a mental health condition where people use the control of food to cope with feelings and other situations.
• The most common EDs include anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN), binge eating disorder (BED) and other specified feeding or eating disorder (OSFED).
• Anyone can get an eating disorder, but teenagers and young adults are mostly affected.

Products in scope:

Digital health technologies should meet the following criteria:

• Are intended for use by children and mid-adolescence into emerging adulthood.
• Meet the standards within the digital technology assessment criteria (DTAC), including the criteria to have a CE or UKCA mark where required.
• Products may also be considered if they are actively working towards required CE or UKCA mark, have been deployed in a small number (2-10) of NHS sites or comparable clinical providers internationally.

If your product is in development, the NHS Innovation Service can help support you meet these standards and other requirements.

Further information:

• This topic has been scheduled for an early value assessment (EVA) – GID-HTE10058
• Please review Digital self-help for people with eating disorders: early value assessment section on NICE website for all information on how you can contribute.
• The expected publication date is 13 November 2025, but this is liable to change.