Bodywhys seeks explanation for delay to expansion of eating disorder service 

Bodywhys is seeking an 'urgent' meeting with the Minister of State with responsibility for Mental Health and Older People, Mary Butler, about the delayed extension of Mount Carmel Community Hospital in Churchtown. Picture: Sasko Lazarov / RollingNews

A meeting is being sought by Bodywhys, the Eating Disorders Association of Ireland, with the Minister for Mental Health to find out why the expansion of an eating disorder service at a Dublin hospital has been delayed by six months.

The minister, Mary Butler, said in answer to a parliamentary question in October that the expansion planned for Mount Carmel Community Hospital in Churchtown, Dublin 14, was scheduled to be completed by the end of this year.