The NHS
MindEd available content
Eating Disorders
Details
There are a range of problems and types of problems that we see in children and young people. These difficulties can be grouped into problem types. The aim is to not repeat the existing MindEd content but rather to highlight what can be found and why it matters. Although this session does not cover every topic in detail, the material within these sessions is highly relevant to parents grappling with difficulties.
Who is it for?
- Healthcare professionals
- Other professionals who provide public services to people with eating disorders (including in education and criminal justice settings)
- Families and carers of people with suspected or diagnosed eating disorders
Age Group
- Children & Young People
Type of content (learning, policy or guidance)
Learning
Date of publication
Published 2016, Last major update, 2020
Eating Disorders : Families and Professionals
Details
This session describes Community Eating Disorder Services for Children and Young people (CEDS-CYP) and the importance of accessing the right support for these disorders early. It explains the physical risks and psychological aspects of eating disorders and the multi-disciplinary nature of CEDS-CYP. It highlights the importance of engaging the young person in treatment and the role of the family in this. The session also outlines psychological and medical treatments, the need to attend to the often co-occurring psychiatric conditions and the use of medication. **
Who is it for?
- Healthcare professionals
- Other professionals who provide public services to people with eating disorders (including in education and criminal justice settings)
- Families and carers of people with suspected or diagnosed eating disorders
Age Group
- Children & Young People
Type of content (learning, policy or guidance)
Learning
Learning Objectives
- Describe how to access the right support (including multi-disciplinary team involvement) early to help with recovery
- Identify physical risk which needs assessing and treating
- Identify methods of treatment which motivate the young person and include the family
- Describe the role of the first line psychological treatments and adjunct medication
- Identify common co-occurring conditions and their treatments
Date of publication
Published 2016, Last major update, 2020
**This session is from MindEd's Combining Therapies Programme. Combining therapies refers to situations where two or more treatments or interventions are being delivered at the same time to the same child, young person or family.
Eating Disorders : Further Information for Professionals
Details
There are a range of problems and types of problems that we see in children and young people. These difficulties can be grouped into problem types. The aim is to not repeat the existing MindEd content but rather to highlight what can be found and why it matters. Although this session does not cover every topic in detail, the material within these sessions is highly relevant to parents grappling with difficulties.
Who is it for?
- Healthcare professionals
- Other professionals who provide public services to people with eating disorders (including in education and criminal justice settings)
- Families and carers of people with suspected or diagnosed eating disorders
Age Group
- Children & Young People
Type of content (learning, policy or guidance)
Learning
Learning objectives
By the end of this session you will be able to:
- Explain the background to the establishment of Community Eating Disorder Services for Children and Young People (CEDS-CYP)
- Explain the importance of multi-disciplinary team involvement in the assessment and treatment of eating disorders in the CEDS-CYP
- Describe the assessment and management of physical risks
- Identify and describe the common co-occurring conditions, and modified treatments for co-occurring conditions (comorbidities)
- Describe the use of medication in treatment of eating disorders
- Explain that the psychological treatments that have been shown to be effective are the first line treatments for eating disorders
Date of publication
Published 2016, Last major update, 2020
Eating Disorders: Anorexia & Bulimia
Details
This session outlines the diagnostic criteria and non-specific risk factors for eating disorders that most often start in childhood and adolescence. The eating disorders most frequently seen by mental health professionals, for example, anorexia nervosa, are explained in more detail. Treatment interventions and treatment outcomes for anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa will be discussed, with particular emphasis given to the key family therapy interventions for anorexia nervosa.
Who is it for?
- This session is aimed at more experienced/specialist users.
Age Group
- Children & Young People
Type of content (learning, policy or guidance)
Learning
Learning Objectives
- Explain the criteria for making a diagnosis of key eating disorders
- Recognise the predisposing factors for development of eating disorders
- Identify the treatment interventions for eating disorders
- Explain the theoretical principles of family therapy interventions for child and adolescent anorexia nervosa
This session uses self assessments that help you check what you have learnt. You do not have to use them and your answers are not seen by anyone else.
Date of publication
Published 2016, Last major update, 2020
Eating Disorders in Young People
Details
This session gives an overview of the nature, aetiology and risk factors linked to eating disorders. Also covered are the diagnostic elements that allow us to distinguish between eating disorders and other conditions affecting the eating behaviour of young people.
Who is it for?
- Healthcare professionals
- Other professionals who provide public services to people with eating disorders (including in education and criminal justice settings)
- Families and carers of people with suspected or diagnosed eating disorders
Age Group
- Children & Young People
Type of content (learning, policy or guidance)
Learning
Learning objectives
- Distinguish between eating disorders and other kinds of eating difficulties
- Discuss the characteristics of common eating disorders
- List risk factors and aetiological issues for eating disorders
Date of publication
Published 2016
Assessment of Eating Disorders
Details
This session covers the stages of the assessment of eating disorders, taking into account diagnostic criteria, nutritional status and the role of the family.
Who is it for?
- Healthcare professionals
- Other professionals who provide public services to people with eating disorders (including in education and criminal justice settings)
- Families and carers of people with suspected or diagnosed eating disorders
Age Group
- Children & Young People
Type of content (learning, policy or guidance)
Learning
Learning objectives
- Assess and diagnose common eating disorders (anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder) in young people
- Recognise the signs and symptoms of eating disorders and acute malnutrition
- Recognise the impact of dietary restriction on growth and development in children and adolescents
- Understand the limitations of the various methods for assessment
Date of publication
Published 2016
Physical Aspects of Eating Disorders
Details
This session will explore the biology of starvation and offer guidance on how to assess children and young people with eating disorders. It will then investigate the issues surrounding refeeding and identify the long-term health effects of starvation in childhood or adolescence.
Who is it for?
- Healthcare professionals
- Other professionals who provide public services to people with eating disorders (including in education and criminal justice settings)
- Families and carers of people with suspected or diagnosed eating disorders
Age Group
- Children & Young People
Type of content (learning, policy or guidance)
Learning
Learning objectives
By the end of this session, you will be able to:
- Describe how the body reacts in response to starvation
- Explain how to assess children and young people with eating disorders
- Identify children and young people at risk of refeeding syndrome
- Define what is meant by ‘normal weight’ in children and young people
- List the long-term effects of starvation during childhood or adolescence
Date of publication
Published 2018
e-Learning for Healthcare
Understanding Eating Disorders: Module 1: Signs, symptoms and causes
Details
An eating disorder is a complex and serious mental health issue. This e-Learning will equip you with the knowledge and skills to understand, identify and screen for eating disorders.
- The spectrum of eating disorders
- Core psychpathology
- Food and mood
- Bio-psycho-social underpinnings
- Common comorbidities
- (More) Resources
Who is it for?
- Health and care staff
- Medical students
- Graduate doctors
Age Group
- Children & Young People
- Adults & Older People
Type of content (learning, policy or guidance)
Learning
Date of publication
Published March 2021
Understanding Eating Disorders – Practical Requirements
Details
This e-Learning session features accounts from sufferers of eating disorders. It explains the current guidance, pathway and resources available to you. You are advised to complete the first module before starting this one.
Who is it for?
- Health and care staff
- Medical students
- Graduate doctors
Age Group
- Children & Young People
- Adults & Older People
Type of content (learning, policy or guidance)
- Guidance
- Learning
- Policy
Date of publication
Published March 2021
BEAT Eating Disorders Evaluation Survey
Details
BEAT Eating Disorders Evaluation Survey
Who is it for?
- Health and care staff
- Medical students
- Graduate doctors
Age Group
- Children & Young People
- Adults & Older People
Type of content (learning, policy or guidance)
- Guidance
- Learning
- Policy
Date of publication
Published March 2021
Health Education England
Multi-Professional Approved/ Responsible Clinician: Implementation Guide
Details
This document provides guidance to NHS organisations and partner agencies looking to
implement multi-professional approved (AC) and responsible clinician (RC) roles.
In recognition of the benefits to patient choice and experience, clinical and professional career progression and national workforce challenges, including in psychiatry, Health Education England (HEE) commissioned the National Workforce Skills Development Unit (NWSDU) to produce this guidance.
It should be read in conjunction with the;
Who is it for?
NHS organisations and partner agencies - particularly aimed at workforce planners, NHS trust executives and local authorities looking to transform their workforce to meet the diverse needs of patients and service users.
Age Group
- Children & Young People
- Adults & Older People
Type of content (learning, policy or guidance)
- Guidance
Date of publication
Published March 2021
Professional competency frameworks for eating disorders and related psychological therapies (UCL)
Details
This site gives open access to the framework, which details the knowledge and skills that need to be brought together to deliver effective interventions for people with eating disorders.
It should be read in conjunction with the background document (HEE):
Who is it for
The primary audience for this work will be:
- Healthworkers
- Trainers and supervisors
- Clinical managers
- Commissioners of services
Age Group
- Children & Young People
- Adults & Older People
Type of content (learning, policy or guidance)
- Guidance
Date of publication
NHS England
NHS Long Term Plan
Details
The NHS has been marking its 70th anniversary, and the national debate this has unleashed has centred on three big truths. There’s been pride in our Health Service’s enduring success, and in the shared social commitment it represents. There’s been concern – about funding, staffing, increasing inequalities and pressures from a growing and ageing population. But there’s also been optimism – about the possibilities for continuing medical advance and better outcomes of care.
In looking ahead to the Health Service’s 80th birthday, this NHS Long Term Plan takes all three of these realities as its starting point. So to succeed, we must keep all that’s good about our health service and its place in our national life. But we must tackle head-on the pressures our staff face, while making our extra funding go as far as possible. And as we do so, we must accelerate the redesign of patient care to future proof the NHS for the decade ahead. This Plan sets out how we will do that. We are now able to because:
• first, we now have a secure and improved funding path for the NHS, averaging 3.4% a year over the next five years, compared with 2.2% over the past five years;
• second, because there is wide consensus about the changes now needed. This has been confirmed by patients’ groups, professional bodies and frontline NHS leaders who since July have all helped shape this plan – through over 200 separate events, over 2,500 separate responses, through insights offered by 85,000 members of the public and from organisations representing over 3.5 million people;
• and third, because work that kicked-off after the NHS Five Year Forward View is now beginning to bear fruit, providing practical experience of how to bring about the changes set out in this Plan. Almost everything in this Plan is already being implemented successfully somewhere in the NHS.
Who is it for?
NHS organisations and partner agencies - particularly aimed at workforce planners, NHS trust executives and local authorities looking to transform their workforce to meet the diverse needs of patients and service users
Age Group
- Children and Young People
Type of content (learning, policy or guidance)
- Guidance
Date of publication
Published January 2019
Adult Eating Disorders: Community, Inpatient and Intensive Day Patient Care Guidance for Commissioners and Providers
Details
As part of the NHS Long Term Plan, local areas will be supported to redesign and reorganise community mental health services to move towards a new place-based, multidisciplinary service across health and social care aligned with primary care networks. By 23/24 there will be new and integrated models of primary and community mental health care to support at least 370,000 adults and older adults per year including those living with eating disorders, to give them greater choice and control over their care and support them to live well in their communities.
Who is it for?
This guidance is primarily for commissioners and providers of adult eating disorder services (age 18 years and above), as well as people who use services and those who support them.
Age Group
- Adults & Older People
Type of content (learning, policy or guidance)
- Guidance
Date of publication
Published August 2019
Access and Waiting Time Standard for Children and Young People with an Eating Disorder Commissioning Guide
Details
The primary aim of this document is to deliver guidance on establishing and maintaining a community eating disorder service.
Who is it for?
CCG Clinical Leaders, CCG Accountable Officers, CSU Managing Directors, Care Trust CEs, Foundation Trust CEs , Medical Directors, Directors of Nursing, Local Authority CEs, NHS England Regional Directors, NHS England Directors of Commissioning Operations, GPs, Directors of Children's Services, NHS Trust CEs
Age Group
- Children & Young People
- Adults & Older People
Type of content (learning, policy or guidance)
- Guidance
Date of publication
Published July 2015
Guidance for Reporting Against Access and Waiting Time Standards: Children and Young People with an Eating Disorder Early Intervention in Psychosis
Details
This document provides detail on access and waiting times indicators for children and young people with an eating disorder and early intervention psychosis services. It explains indicator constraints and confirms data required to allowed measurement form the mental health services data set.
Who is it for?
CCG Clinical Leaders, CCG Accountable Officers, CSU Managing Directors, Care Trust CEs, Foundation Trust CEs , Medical Directors, Directors of Nursing, Local Authority CEs, NHS England Regional Directors, NHS England Directors of Commissioning Operations, GPs, Directors of Children's Services, NHS Trust CEs
Age Group
- Children & Young People
- Adults & Older People
Type of content (learning, policy or guidance)
- Guidance
Date of publication
Published February 2016
Appendices and Helpful Resources for Adult Eating Disorders: Community, Inpatient and Intensive Day Patient Care
Details
This document provides a list of helpful resources for adult eating disorders
Who is it for?
CCG Clinical Leaders, CCG Accountable Officers, CSU Managing Directors, Care Trust CEs, Foundation Trust CEs , Medical Directors, Directors of Nursing, Local Authority CEs, NHS England Regional Directors, NHS England Directors of Commissioning Operations, GPs, Directors of Children's Services, NHS Trust CEs
Age Group
- Adults & Older People
Type of content (learning, policy or guidance)
- Guidance
Date of publication
Published August 2019
Children and Young People's Eating Disorders Programme
Details
The Eating Disorders programme promotes early access to effective, evidence-based and outcome-focused treatment working in partnership with children, young people and families.
Who is it for?
CCG Clinical Leaders, CCG Accountable Officers, CSU Managing Directors, Care Trust CEs, Foundation Trust CEs , Medical Directors, Directors of Nursing, Local Authority CEs, NHS England Regional Directors, NHS England Directors of Commissioning Operations, GPs, Directors of Children's Services, NHS Trust CEs
Age Group
- Children and Young People
Type of content (learning, policy or guidance)
- Guidance
Date of publication
Published 2019
Achieving Better Access to Mental Health Services by 2020
Details
This document sets out a pathway from Government to Close the Gap (priorities for essential change in mental health), with £40 million additional spending to kick start change in the current year, and a further £80 million freed up for 2015/16.
Who is it for?
CCG Clinical Leaders, CCG Accountable Officers, CSU Managing Directors, Care Trust CEs, Foundation Trust CEs , Medical Directors, Directors of Nursing, Local Authority CEs, NHS England Regional Directors, NHS England Directors of Commissioning Operations, GPs, Directors of Children's Services, NHS Trust CEs
Age Group
- Children and Young People
- Adults and Older People
Type of content (learning, policy or guidance)
- Guidance
Date of publication
Published 2014
The Community Mental Health Framework for Adults and Older Adults
Details
Community mental health services have long played a crucial yet under-recognised role in the delivery of mental health care, providing vital support to people with mental health problems closer to their homes and communities since the establishment of generic community mental health teams (CMHTs) for adults 30 years ago. However, the model of care is now in need of fundamental transformation and modernisation. This Framework provides an historic opportunity to address this gap and achieve radical change in the design of community mental health care by moving away from siloed, hard-to-reach services towards joined up care and whole population approaches, and establishing a revitalised purpose and identity for community mental health services.
It supports the development of Primary Care Networks, Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) and personalised care, including how these developments will help to improve care for people with severe mental illnesses.
Who is it for?
CCG Clinical Leaders, CCG Accountable Officers, CSU Managing Directors, Care Trust CEs, Foundation Trust CEs , Medical Directors, Directors of Nursing, Local Authority CEs, NHS England Regional Directors, NHS England Directors of Commissioning Operations, GPs, Directors of Children's Services, NHS Trust CEs
Age Group
- Children and Young People
- Adults and Older People
Type of content (learning, policy or guidance)
- Guidance
Date of publication
Published September 2019
Care Quality Commission (CQC)
Right Here Right Now
Details
A report to improve the care for people who experience mental ill health. It reviewed and explored the lived experience of people who come up against a mental health crisis and the response they received when they reached out to services for help and support.
Who is it for
This document is designed to be used by healthcare professionals to improve th care they provide for patients with eating disorders.
Age group
- Children and Young People
- Adults and Older People
Type of content (learning, policy or guidance)
- Guidance
- Policy
- Learning
Date of publication
June 2015
Public Health England
A toolkit for schools and colleges
Details
The toolkit aims to raise awareness amongst school and college staff of the range of validated tools that are available to help measure subjective mental wellbeing amongst the student population.
Who is it for?
This document will be of interest to senior leadership teams and those with particular responsibilities for Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), inclusion, Personal Social Health and Economic education (PSHE), welfare or pastoral support and mental health support.
Age Group
- Children & Young People
Type of content (learning, policy or guidance)
- Guidance
Date of publication
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Data on hospital admissions as a result of eating disorders for young people, 2013/14 to 2017/18
Details
Who is it for?
This document will be of interest to anyone interested in learning about statistics for eating disorders in young people.
Age Group
- Children & Young People
Type of content (learning, policy or guidance)
- Guidance
Date of publication
Published July 2019
Kings College London (South London Maudsley)
First Episode Rapid Early Intervention for Eating Disorders (FREED)
Details
FREED is designed to give young people rapid access to specialised evidence-based treatment for eating disorders and support tailored to their needs.
Young people getting help for their eating disorder through FREED are given rapid access to specialised treatment which gives special attention to challenges we know young people face during these years of their life, and in the early stages of an eating disorder.
FREED is a flexible evidence-based treatment approach focused on early intervention; making it much more effective than traditional treatments at reversing the changes to brain, body and behaviour caused by eating disorders.
Who is it for?
It is a service for 16 to 25-year-olds who have had an eating disorder for three years or less.
Age Group
- Children & Young People
Type of content (learning, policy or guidance)
- Learning (service)
Date of publication
The service started in 2016
FREED Available Resources
- The Brain and Eating Disorders
- A summary of how eating disorders impact the brain
- Emerging Adulthood
- A guide to explain what psychologists know about emerging adulthood
- Preparing for University
- Top tips for managing university whilst recovering from an eating disorder
- Help and Support for an ED
- Guide to seeking help for an eating disorder. It includes step-by-step information on how to seek eating disorder treatment, tips for talking to friends and family, and details of self-help resources.
- Social Media Food and Me
- Animated video of real accounts of young people with an eating disorder
NHS Wales
Report on a review of the Eating Disorders Framework for Wales
Details
This document describes a rapid review of the Eating Disorders Framework for Wales to inform a refresh of the Framework by Welsh Government. It considers the evidence, the results of engagement with service users and clinicians and a discussion of the relevant policy directives/guidance. It contains:
- an overview of relevant policy and strategy since 2009
- a summary of evidence based reviews since the strategy
- a brief overview of changes to clinical guidelines and treatment regimes since 2009
- a summary of the findings from an engagement process with service users, carers and health professionals.
- an estimate of the level of need in the population of Wales
- a description of current patient experience and outcome measures
Who is it for?
This guide was produced to enable healthcare organisations and their teams to successfully implement a series of interventions to improve the safety and quality of care that their patients receive. It also provided an audit tool to assess service improvements.
Age Group
- Children & Young People
Type of content (learning, policy or guidance)
- Guidance
Date of publication
Published, May 2016
NHS Scotland
Scottish Eating Disorders services review
Details
The purpose for this review is to provide a full picture of the current system of support that is available for those with an eating disorder, and their families and carers, in Scotland. This includes eating disorder support from primary care through to inpatient services, and the third sector and local support services.
A review on the 2006 report NHS Quality Improvement Scotland published a report, ‘Eating disorder
services in Scotland: recommendations for management and treatment’ which incorporates NICE guidelines.
Who is it for?
This review provides Scottish Ministers and the Scottish Government with detailed recommendations on how services and the wider support system should be constructed to ensure that the right treatment and support can be provided to those with an eating disorder, and their families.
Age Group
- Children & Young People
Type of content (learning, policy or guidance)
- Guidance
Date of publication
Published, May 2021
See a summary of recommendations here
Greater Manchester West MH NHS FT
Guidelines for GPs and other Professionals: Eating Disorders
Details
The purpose of these guidelines, in conjunction with the care pathway, is aimed at ensuring the most appropriate service is delivered in a timely manner to ensure the most positive outcome.
Who is it for?
GPs and other professionals working with people with an eating disorder.
Age Group
- Children & Young People
Type of content (learning, policy or guidance)
- Guidance
Date of publication
Last reviewed in January 2019
Derbyshire County Council
Derbyshire County Council Adult Care Practice Guidance Eating Disorders and the Mental Health Act
Details
This documents outlines things to consider from the Mental Health Act when treating someone with an eating disorder.
Who is it for?
This document will be of interest to health care staff working with people with an eating disorder.
Age Group
- Adults and Older People
Type of content (learning, policy or guidance)
- Guidance
Date of publication
Published November 2015, Review and update, January 2019
Leeds and Yorkshire Partnership NHS FT
Yorkshire Centre for Eating Disorders (YCED): An Information Pack for Carers
Details
The aim of this booklet is to provide you with information about eating disorders, how to support your loved one with an eating disorder, general practices on ward 6 and useful resources.
Who is it for?
Carers of people with an eating disorder.
Age Group
- Children & Young People
Type of content (learning, policy or guidance)
- Guidance
Date of publication
Published 2016
Collated list of the above resources
Resource List
MindEd
- Eating Disorders
- Eating Disorders: Families and professionals
- Eating Disorders: Further information for professionals
- Eating Disorders: Anorexia & bulimia
- Eating Disorders in Young People
- Assessment of Eating Disorders
- Physical Aspects of Eating Disorders
eLfH, HEE
- Understanding eating disorders module 1: Signs, symptoms and causes
- Understanding eating disorders: Practical requirements
- BEAT eating disorders evaluation survey
HEE in partnership with UCL
NHS England
- NHS Long Term Plan
- Adult eating disorders: Community, inpatient and intensive day patient care Guidance for Commissioners and Providers
- Access and Waiting Time Standard for Children and Young People with an Eating Disorder Commissioning Guide
- Guidance for Reporting Against Access and Waiting Time Standards: Children and Young People with an Eating Disorder Early Intervention Psychosis
- Appendices and Helpful Resources for Adult Eating Disorders: Community, Inpatient and Intensive Day Patient Care
- Children and Young People's Eating Disorders Programme
- Achieving Better Access to Mental Health Services by 2020
- The Community Mental Health Framework for Adults and Older Adults
CQC
Public Health England
- A toolkit for schools and colleges
- Hospital_admissions_as_a_result_of_eating_disorders.ods (live.com)
South London & Maudsley NHS FT (KCL)
NHS Wales
NHS Scotland
Greater Manchester West MH NHS FT
Derbyshire County Council
Leeds and Yorkshire Partnership NHS FT
Further support is available from NHS England.
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