Eating Disorders Service

About the Service
The Eating Disorder Service provides community based help and support to people who suffer from severe and complex eating disorders.

As a Specialist Outpatient Service, we aim to make sure that people with eating disorders receive the most appropriate clinical help when they need it most.

This service is available across the Eastern Board area*, and is taking a lead in developing a Regional Eating Disorder Care Network across the whole of Northern Ireland.

Accessing the Service
At present, all referrals are to be made through a Consultant Psychiatrist.

Members of the Public:

Talk to your GP.
A GP can refer patients on to the Consultant Psychiatrist, who in turn will contact the Eating Disorder Service.

Other Medical Practitioners:

Hospital Physicians encountering patients with eating disorders in outpatient settings should consider arranging for that person to be referred to the local Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) if it is felt that further psychiatric intervention is necessary.

There may arise situations where patients with severe eating disorders who are not known to psychiatric services are admitted to general medical wards due to severe physical risk. In these cases, the Eating Disorder Service may be accessed for advice via the Hospital Liaison Psychiatry Service or the local CMHT.

Location & Contact details:
Eating Disorders Service

Woodstock Lodge

1 Woodstock Link

BELFAST BT6 8DD

Phone: 028 9073 7530/1

Fax: 028 9073 7501

* The Eastern Health and Social Services Board (EHSSB) area covers all of Belfast, the Ards peninsula, southwest to Lisburn and south to Downpatrick.
For more information go to www.ehssb.n-i.nhs.uk