Eating Disorders
Dail Éireann — 2024-10-03
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Mark Ward (SF), Dublin Mid-West

As Deputy Wynne noted, there are currently only three specialist inpatient beds for adult eating disorders in the State. As the Minister of State will know, eating disorders are one of the most fatal mental health problems people can have. Patients are being admitted into non-specialist wards, having their body mass index increased without specialist help and being released back into the community they came from, and this cycle is happening over and over again. If they are lucky, they will go back into that cycle, but sometimes people fall through the cracks, as the Minister of State will appreciate.
Will there be an increase in the number of inpatient beds in budget 2025, and if so, where will they be located?

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Sitting date: 2024-10-03