Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Since the model of care was launched in 2018, we have learned that 90% of those with an eating disorder can be treated very well in the community. We saw a huge spike in the number of referrals for eating disorders during Covid, especially in girls aged 15 or 16 with anorexia. As I said, year on year I have continued to prioritise the roll-out of these teams, which are specialist teams. People who work with eating disorders have specialist qualifications, and the fact 100 people are working on a specific clinical programme for eating disorders is very welcome. I was conscious the area in question did not have a CAMHS team and it is important that that will be done. Six posts will also be allocated to the adult eating disorder team in CHO 5, my own area. There are four posts at present but a further six will be added to enhance that team.

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