Let's Talk Eating Disorder Awareness event write-up
Ellern Mede – Specialists in Eating Disorder treatment in Rotherham
Our first speaker of the event was James Harrison. James Harrison is from Ellern Mede, and he spoke to us today about Ellern Mede, what they do and different eating disorders they treat. They mainly deal with and treat Anorexia.
Ellern Mede:
Ellern Mede has been providing evidence-based specialised treatment for children and young people with eating disorders since 2000. They support children and young people as inpatients aged 8-18 years, as well as young adults aged 18 to 25. They offer standard and high dependency inpatient care for NHS and private customers.
Referring a patient:
Ellern Mede accepts both NHS and private patients. Call Ellern Mede Moorgate on: 020 3981 7252 and to make an NHS referral email: nhs@ellernmede.org
Help and Support:
- SYEDA (see below for more information regarding SYEDA)
- Visiting your GP
SYEDA (South Yorkshire Eating Disorder Association):
We them spoke to Abbie Twomey from SYEDA. SYEDA works across Barnsley, Rotherham and Sheffield currently. They will shortly be expanding to Doncaster.
If you would like to view Abbie’s slides in full detail, including you can view these at the bottom of this page.
What SYEDA offer:
- Prevention: Education, Training and Campaigning
- Early Intervention
- 1:1 support
- Group Support
- Support for Carers
Overeaters Anonymous:
We were then joined by Overeaters Anonymous. Overeaters Anonymous is a fellowship of individuals who are recovering from compulsive overeating. It is a free service available 24/7, 365 days a year. There are no referrals required, meaning you can be supported straight away. The only requirement is a desire to want to change.
It is a 12 step programme and it does not offer a diagnosis.
You can contact them here: https://www.oagb.org.uk/contact-us/
Other services:
- Beat Eating Disorders - help@beateatingdisorders.org.uk / 0808 801 0677
- Rotherham and Barnsley Mind - 01709 919929
- RDaSH Community eating disorder service- 01709 304808
- RDaSH Crisis team - 0800 652 9571
- Improving Access to Psychological Therapies - 01709 447755
- Rotherhive - https://rotherhive.co.uk/eating-disorders/#toggle-id-17
Thank you to all of our guest speakers and attendees for another fantastic, informative event. It generated some really interesting questions and discussions. If you have any further questions, please contact us and we can pass these onto the speakers.
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