NHS eating disorder services forced to ‘exclude’ patients and ‘ration care’

NHS eating disorder services forced to ‘exclude’ patients and ‘ration care’ Patients are being excluded from life-saving eating disorder treatment as services are severely underfunded, experts have warned.

Adult eating disorder services are so severely underfunded and understaffed that they are having to employ rationing measures and turn away patients, leading psychiatrist Dr Agnes Ayton told The Independent.

See also:

• The alarms should no longer be ignored: A Survey of the Demand, Capacity and Provision of Adult Community Eating Disorder Services in England and Scotland (open access preprint) PsyArvXiv Preprints