Dr Ashish Kumar: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Clinician
- Role
- chair of the eating disorders faculty of the Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Quoted on
- Children's health, Hospital discharge / bed-blocking
- Tracked press citations
- 2
- Most recently quoted
- 10 Sept 2026
- First quoted
- 27 Aug 2026
“These conditions can be extremely serious and even life-threatening when left untreated, so it is imperative that we are bold in our efforts to innovate the support that is available.”
What Dr Ashish Kumar has said
“discharges were based on a range of clinical, psychiatric, medical and social 'risk factors, rather than a specific number by itself'”
chair of the eating disorders faculty of the Royal College of Psychiatrists · Hospital discharge / bed-blocking · 27 Aug 2026 · Mental health units discharging eating disorder patients with ‘dangerously low’ BMIs ↗
Where Dr Ashish Kumar has been quoted
- GPs told not to restrict eating disorder referral based on BMI in new guidancepulsetoday.co.uk · 10 Sept 2026
- Mental health units discharging eating disorder patients with ‘dangerously low’ BMIstheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026
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