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BBC: MPs urge UK to treat eating disorders as an emergency

A parliamentary report concludes that woefully inadequate eating-disorder care is costing lives.

BBC NewsLondon20256 min read

The BBC reports on a parliamentary inquiry concluding that the UK's eating-disorder care system is dangerously inadequate, with patients discharged in life-threatening states and long waits for specialist care.

MPs call for emergency-level treatment of the system, including ringfenced funding and workforce expansion.

Read the full BBC report for the parliamentary findings and patient testimony.

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