Petition · past parliament · Department of Health and Social Care
Increase funding for eating disorder treatment and specialist hospitals
Closed
141 signatures
What the petition asks
The Government needs to increase funding to create more specialist hospitals and day care centers for eating disorder patients and to support their recovery. In many areas there are no beds and a backlog of referrals for people in urgent need.
The number of referrals for eating disorders has increased dramatically for young people during the pandemic. Therefore, the UK Government needs to manage this appropriately after putting everyone into lockdown. This should include funding to substantially improve current services, increase numbers of community clinicians, and create more beds/hospitals/centers.
Timeline
| 24 Aug 2021 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 24 Feb 2022 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
141
Status
Closed
Department
Department of Health and Social Care
Opened
24 Aug 2021
Closed
24 Feb 2022
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.