Call for eating disorder helpline funding

The future of Australia's only telephone support service for people with eating disorders hangs in the balance.

Butterfly Foundation CEO Christine Morgan says its federally-funded 1800 ED HOPE support line, which receives about 850 calls each month from patients affected by eating disorders, only has another year of funding.

She says the Butterfly Foundation is involved in the development of the federal government's new centralised online mental health gateway, but as yet there is no long-term funding commitment for an eating disorder-specific service.