Motion or amendment: An Enhanced Regional Eating Disorder Service

Motion or amendment by Mr Alan Robinson on .

MLA
Mr Alan Robinson
Party at the time
Democratic Unionist Party
Date
27 January 2026
Type
Motion or amendment
Business
Motion · Private Members' Motion
Heading
An Enhanced Regional Eating Disorder Service
Assembly identifier
Document 468122

Text

An Enhanced Regional Eating Disorder Service

That this Assembly recognises Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2026 takes place from 23 February to 1 March; notes that the theme for this year’s awareness week is Community; acknowledges that as many as 37,500 people in Northern Ireland could have an eating disorder; notes with concern that the proportion of eating disorder admissions to the general adolescent inpatient unit has nearly tripled between 2019 and 2024; further acknowledges that the Mental Health Strategy Deliverability Review highlights that significant funding constraints have limited progress; and calls on the Minister of Health to set a clear timeframe for reviewing and responding to the business case for enhancing the regional eating disorder service.

116 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.

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