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The number of people from Northern Ireland getting treatment for eating disorders in England is going up, the Eating Disorder Association has said.The number of people from Northern Ireland getting treatment for eating disorders in England is going up, the Eating Disorder Association has said.
On Monday, lawyers representing a teenage girl won the right to challenge the fact that she cannot get specialist in-patient treatment in NI.On Monday, lawyers representing a teenage girl won the right to challenge the fact that she cannot get specialist in-patient treatment in NI.
North Belfast Dr Sean Donnelly said it was not helpful for patients to have to leave the family environment.North Belfast Dr Sean Donnelly said it was not helpful for patients to have to leave the family environment.
"The family setting is a very vital component to the solution," he said."The family setting is a very vital component to the solution," he said.
"If you take a young person away from the comfort of their home you take away a vital support that they have, because the family are involved as much in the therapy as the patient is.""If you take a young person away from the comfort of their home you take away a vital support that they have, because the family are involved as much in the therapy as the patient is."