Delay in eating disorder service 'unacceptable'

There are currently just three public beds in Ireland for adults with eating disorders – in St Vincent’s Hospital. However, they are for people in the CHO6 catchment area, taking in areas of Dublin and Wicklow.

An eating disorder service due to open last December is now not expected to take in its first admissions until the second quarter of next year.

The unit at Mount Carmel Hospital in Dublin is being refurbished but the project has been delayed because of an issue in the tender process.