§ Lady HermonTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when the Eating Disorders Group was established; what its remit is; and what the(a) names and (b) positions of its members are. [144343]
§ Angela SmithThe Regional Eating Disorders Working Group was established in June 2003 to take forward the recommendations of the eating disorder services consultation exercise. The group aims to oversee the development of services at all levels (community, primary care, generic mental health services, secondary care services and specialist services). It has the following objectives:
Objective 1:
To commission research which includes issues around user and carer views, hidden need, services at community, primary and secondary care level, and gaps in services with the aim of informing service development.
Objective 2:
For eating disorders identify a range of models of good practice including prevention, early detection and provision of services across all levels and to take account of these models in developing costed proposals for local services.
Objective 3:
To improve communication between the voluntary sector, primary care, community and secondary care services promoting the use of service directories, self help manuals and identifying appropriate referral pathways.
Objective 4:
To identify and plan for the education and training needs, including raising awareness, of all stakeholders.
The group membership is as follows:
- A Consultant Psychotherapist, South and East Belfast HSS Trust
- A Consultant in Public Health Medicine, SHSSB
- A GP, Queens University Student Health
- The Assistant Director of Nursing, EHSSB
- A GP in Portadown Health Centre
- A representative from the Department of Education NI two representatives from the Eating Disorders Association
- A representative from Eating Disorders West
- A Clinical Nurse Specialist, South and East Belfast HSS Trust a volunteer with ADAPT Eating Distress Association
- A Service Planner for Learning Disability and Mental Health, WHSSB
- A project Worker, Craigavon and Banbridge HSS Trust
847W - A Consultant in Public Health, NHSSB
- A Child and Adolescent Consultant Psychiatrist, Homefirst HSS Trust
- A Specialist Registrar, South and East Belfast HSS Trust seven representatives from DHSS and PS including professional advisors.