The use of restraints and feeding by tubes in NHS eating disorder care is to be studied, with the aim of reducing restrictive practices. The University of Cumbria said the £1.1m project would see it ...

The Royal College of Psychiatrists has called for an end to the crisis in children’s eating disorder services, which it stressed were currently unable to meet demand. It also criticised child and ...

More than half of England’s integrated care boards (ICBs) plan changes that could result in real-terms spending cuts for eating disorder services, according to an analysis by the Royal College of ...

Social media is fuelling eating disorders as kids chase the unrealistic bodies they are 'bombarded' with online, the NHS's top psychiatrist has warned. Dr Adrian James, national medical director for ...

I woke up on the ground, freezing, shaking, starving. I called NHS 111 from the ground. That call – admitting I needed help – was the hardest thing my eating disorder ever let me do.

An intensive low-energy diet programme, similar to the NHS Type 2 Diabetes Path to Remission, significantly improved eating disorder symptoms in people with type 2 diabetes and excess weight who were ...

Research from Oxford Health has found that virtual treatment can help prevent admissions and support recovery for eating disorder patients.

An NHS chief is calling for a crackdown on the online sale and prescription of popular weight-loss jabs like Ozempic and Mounjaro following warnings from charities about an increase in people with ...

From 23 February to 1 March, Eating Disorder Awareness Week (EDAW) took place nationwide. At the University of York, student groups joined the ‘Paint Our Campus Purple’ campaign which was led by BEAT ...

I began specialising in the treatment of eating disorders in 2002 when I joined South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust’s award-winning Adult Eating Disorder Unit at the Maudsley Hospital. I ...