AQW 9419/17-22


Miss Órlaithí Flynn
Sinn Féin
West Belfast


Tabled Date: 02/11/2020
Answered On Date: 13/11/2020
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister of Health for his assessment of eating disorder services in each Health and Social Care Trust.


Answer:
Support for patients with eating disorders are provided by all Health and Social Care Trusts in Northern Ireland. Eating disorder services are, like all other mental health services, under increasing pressures, with the number of referrals increasing by 43% between March 2019 and September 2020. The number of review patients seen has also increased significantly, with a 64% increase during the same period
To ensure that our eating disorder services continue to provide good quality care, action 9.2 of the Mental Health Action Plan is to review specialist mental health services.