{"id":5457,"date":"2024-04-26T12:37:31","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T11:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/?p=5457"},"modified":"2024-04-26T12:37:31","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T11:37:31","slug":"adults-with-eating-disorders-abandoned-by-the-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/adults-with-eating-disorders-abandoned-by-the-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Adults with eating disorders abandoned by the Government"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Adults with eating disorders have been abandoned by the Government, according to Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are just three public hospital beds in the country for the treatment of eating disorders in adults \u2013 all of them in St Vincent\u2019s in Dublin. This is despite a Government commitment, when Simon Harris was Minister for Health, to deliver 20 new beds by 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust days after I raised this important issue with the Taoiseach in the D\u00e1il, Minister of State Mary Butler told RT\u00c9\u2019s \u2018Prime Time\u2019 there are currently no plans to deliver the 20 additional public beds and that the model of care under the National Clinical Programme for Eating Disorders will be reviewed before the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe lack of State investment in this area means that extremely vulnerable people often have to go to the UK for treatment, paid for by the State, while others are forced to spend thousands on private care.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot only has there been a failure by the Government to deliver these desperately needed beds, there hasn\u2019t even been an attempt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact that all three existing beds are located in one Dublin-based hospital means that people in other parts of the country don\u2019t have access to them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an area that is constantly under-resourced by the Government, despite eating disorders being among the psychiatric conditions most associated with mortality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMinister Butler\u2019s staggering admission last night represents a betrayal of adults with eating disorders and must not go unchallenged.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>April 26, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adults with eating disorders have been abandoned by the Government, according to Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns. \u201cThere are just three public hospital beds in the country for the treatment of eating disorders in adults \u2013 all of them in St Vincent\u2019s in Dublin. 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