Eating disorders: families tube-feeding patients at home amid NHS bed shortage

Eating disorders: families tube-feeding patients at home amid NHS bed shortage Extremely unwell eating disorder patients are having to be tube fed at home by their families owing to a lack of hospital beds, as the Royal College of Psychiatrists reports a rise in people being treated in units without specialist support.

Leading psychiatrists are urging the government for an emergency cash investment as the pandemic has prompted a rise in demand for treatment for conditions such as anorexia, amid “desperate pressure in the system”. The Guardian