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Abbi Garton-Crosbie

NHS England spends £10m sending eating disorder patients to Scotland

More than 100 women were sent to Scotland by NHS England for eating disorder treatment

NHS England spent over £10 million relocating women and girls with eating disorders to Scotland due to a lack of beds.

A bed shortage for severely unwell patients suffering from eating disorders meant more than 100 women were transferred from England to Scotland since 2017, the Guardian reports. 

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