Petition Increase funding for child and adult eating disorder services

It is important that eating disorder services have more funding in order to help prevent patients being referred to palliative care. These services can help people with eating disorder recover, and we are concerned that they are not sufficiently well funded.

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Eating disorders are extremely serious mental health conditions and anorexia nervosa has a higher mortality rate than any other mental illness. We are concerned that some eating disorder patients have been offered palliative care. While some patients are less responsive to treatment than others, that does not mean they cannot recover now or in the future.

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Eating Disorders Awareness Week: parliamentary debate

MPs held a debate on Eating Disorders Awareness Week on Thursday 29 February in Westminster Hall. The debate was led by Wera Hobhouse MP.

See our page about the debate which includes:

Wera Hobhouse MP's statement about the debate
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Please note: The debate contains descriptions of eating disorders, including anorexia, bulimia and ARFID, and related issues.

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Date closed 13 March 2024
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