A sequential mixed method study to investigate, understand and find co-produced solutions to the use of restrictive practices in health settings when caring for children and young people with eating disorders.

Little is currently known about how restrictive practices are recorded routinely in NHS records for children and young people with eating disorders, limiting opportunities to understand their use and improve safety and quality of care. This project will analyse anonymised NHS electronic health records from the CRIS system to identify what restrictive practices are documented, how and where they are recorded, while also describing patterns of their use across clinical settings and patient characteristics to inform improvements in eating disorder care.