Publish date: 30 August 2022
NHS England and MindEd, have shared two new online eating disorder learning products:
- An Adult Eating Disorders Hub aimed at all professionals from universal to specialist, working with adults across health and care settings, higher education, charities and criminal justice settings. In this Hub, you can find key trusted evidence-based learning curated and approved by MindEd’s expert panel.
- The Tips for Children and Young People’s Feeding and Eating Disorders aimed at professionals working across health and care settings. The five tops tips include:
- What to be aware of
- What to look out for
- What medical investigations
- What to do
- Feeding development and issues in infants aged 0 to 2 years.
Eating disorders are common and Anorexia Nervosa has the highest mortality rate of any mental illness. However, people with eating disorders have better recovery rates and a reduced risk of relapse when they receive the right support as early as possible.
Following the COVID-19 pandemic, we know health and care professionals are currently supporting more people with an eating disorder, of all ages, with increasingly complex needs. These learning resources will support professionals to:
- recognise the early signs and symptoms through a holistic lens
- be confident in how to have positive and effective eating disorder conversations and what to do next