Cautious welcome for new eating disorder treatment hubs

Minister of state with responsibility for Mental Health and Older People Mary Butler is “fully committed” to ensuring the remaining €3.94m available to the eating disorder model of care is spent “in full”. Picture: Sasko Lazarov / RollingNews.ie

The Government is to set up three new specialist eating disorder hubs in Ireland this year, after repeatedly diverting funding from its eating disorder plan.

Minister of State for mental health Mary Butler announced yesterday that €3.94m will be used this year to establish two specialist treatment hubs for adults and one hub for children and adolescents this year.