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Tom Quinn from the eating disorder charity BEAT expresses concern over the rise in eating disorder cases among young people. While acknowledging the NHS's efforts in treating more individuals, he highlights the growing demand for support services. Quinn calls on the government to implement a comprehensive plan to ensure sufficient staffing to provide adequate support for vulnerable children. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00 Unfortunately it wasn't unexpected but it is still really concerning the fact that so many people,
00:05 young people now are receiving treatment. We've seen a massive increase in this figure since the
00:11 pandemic. The isolation of lockdown played a big role in that but also we know that lots of children
00:18 are now waiting for treatment for far too long which is really concerning. So in terms of people
00:24 waiting for treatment, the NHS are actually helping more people than ever. The problem is that there
00:30 are just more and more people that need support. We know in some areas that actually services are
00:36 struggling to recruit the staff that they need. They might have the funding but actually they
00:41 can't get the doctors and nurses that they need. What we need is we need a proper plan from the
00:47 government to make sure that there are the staff, the right staff in place and that the NHS has the
00:52 support they need to help these people.

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