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Outpatient treatment for eating disorders, including intensive day or home-based treatment, could significantly reduce costs to the NHS and still be as effective as inpatient treatment .
More people to be trained to spot eating disorders
More young sufferers and their families will benefit from Beat’s vital support as the UK’s eating disorder charity has been awarded more than £1 million in National Lottery funding.
Guidance signals greater priority for adult services in England
Beat welcomes the publication by NHS England of its first ever guidance setting out what patients and carers should be able to expect from adult eating disorder services.
20th Anniversary of Scottish Parliament
2019 sees the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Scottish parliament and Beat have been working to ensure maximum positive engagement for our campaigners to engage with their MSPs.
Our Impact 2018-19
It’s your work that has made the results we’ve achieved this year possible. Many people have been moved by your stories and your determination to ensure that others don’t have to suffer in the same way that many of you have.
Beat thanks supporters for raising £742,413
On behalf of Beat and its service users, we would like to say a big thank you to our fantastic fundraisers and donors for raising £742,413 over the past year.
We welcome Instagram’s recent increases in its security measures to protect users from content that promotes eating disorders.
The Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is undertaking a review of the safety of over-the-counter stimulant laxatives, considering their overuse in people with eating disorders.
An evaluation of eating disorder services has found that inpatient wards have stopped accepting males because of the way single-sex rules for wards were interpreted.
Government plan for children’s mental health should ensure eating disorders are treated fast
We welcome the Government’s decision to focus on early support for mental health with these proposals, and their recognition of the key role that schools and colleges can play.
Beat's view on the government’s green paper
In December the UK Government published a green paper aimed at improving the support available to children & young people in schools, colleges, & mental health services in England.
A new study reveals today that medical students receive less than two hours of training on eating disorders over four to six years of undergraduate study, which experts and the UK’s eating disorder charity Beat warn is putting patients’ lives at risk.