Recommendation 7

We recommend that the Government develops a national eating disorder strategy that aims to understand the causal mechanisms that lead to the development of eating disorders and earmarks adequate funding to bolster existing services as well as to increase investment in research. We further recommend that alongside the quarterly publication of data on existing access and waiting time standards across every region, the Government pledges and provides additional resources to address any increase in the need for treatment identified, in order to eliminate regional inequalities in care.