Status of Women committee  Thank you.

Status of Women committee  We've had a similar story here in Ontario with investment from the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. We have a training program that has allowed us to fund and have available resources. Experts in the area of eating disorders will travel to different communities an

Status of Women committee  It was 12 psychiatrists.

Status of Women committee  We are talking about 12 psychiatrists.

Status of Women committee  I would like to answer the question regarding raising awareness around healthy weights and healthy life-style issues. I want to applaud the initiatives at the FPT level. We certainly share with our colleagues the need to look at sedentary behaviours and the need for healthy eatin

Status of Women committee  We have some solutions that perhaps don't necessarily require funding. I would really like to see eating disorders be considered under the tent of mental health and addiction in terms of the excellent work that's being done by the Mental Health Commission of Canada, Health Canada

Status of Women committee  Not all of them offer it to its full capacity.

Status of Women committee  At this point it's zero.

Status of Women committee  We haven't assessed across Canada the complete costs to families. Those of us who work in the health care system have tried to look at the cost of running an in-patient bed in a province here in Canada versus one day of treatment in the U.S. and the comparison is quite striking

Status of Women committee  For me, the recommendation would be around opportunities for training and mentoring of psychiatry residents, and a succession plan. One of the things we're worried about is if the existing 12 psychiatrists who specialize in eating disorders retire or turn to another field, we're

Status of Women committee  I believe seven provinces offer some form of eating disorder treatment, but for the full scale of eating disorder treatment that's required in terms of the minimal level of service, which would include a combination of outpatient day treatment and in-patient residential care, Ont

Status of Women committee  That are funded, do you mean?

Status of Women committee  Yes. In terms of long-term residential care, we don't have any funded programs in Canada. Homewood does have one funded bed in a residential care program that has a wait list of three to seven years.

Status of Women committee  Correct.

Status of Women committee  Schools are actually reaching out and asking how they can help them re-enter the school system when they are still in recovery or have recently recovered from the eating disorder.