68 anorexia admissions in Western Trust over past three years
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Anorexia sufferers in the Western Trust were admitted to hospital on 68 occasions over the past six years, the Health Minister Edwin Poots has revealed.
Between 2007/8 and 2012/13 there were almost 70 separate inpatient admissions. This peaked at 18 in 2010/11, falling back to 11 in 2012/13.
The figures referred to the number of inpatient admissions in the Trust with a diagnosis of anorexia nervosa.