Integrating medical care & access to paediatric beds with psych interventions for eating disorders – joint working between CED services & paediatrics & providing intensive community-based treatment options to reduce number & length of hospital admissions – Gloucestershire Eating Disorders Service – NCCMH
The Gloucestershire Eating Disorders Service has a shared protocol for working with paediatricians and the children’s ward. The team supports paediatric colleagues by providing guidance during the admission. The team also provides teaching for doctors and nurses and a regular liaison meeting and rapid assessment of new cases admitted to the children’s ward with frequent liaison throughout. When possible, the community home treatment team will in-reach to the ward to support patients with feeding.
