This is an archived programme
Health Innovation North West Coast is delivering the national Mental Health Safety Improvement Programme (MHSIP) in the North West Coast, commissioned by NHS England and NHS Improvement as part of the Patient Safety Strategy. It aims to support mental health trusts to test and scale interventions designed to improve safety in inpatient settings.
Early Intervention Eating Disorders
This programme is supporting mental health teams across the North West Coast to speed up the diagnosis and treatment of eating disorders in young people aged between 16 and 25.
This programme aims to achieve earlier intervention and treatment of eating disorders in young people, a reduction in the time a young person is untreated for their eating disorder, a reduction in waiting times as well as admissions to hospital and lastly reducing the use of healthcare services resulting in cost savings.
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and King’s College London developed a model called FREED (First episode Rapid Early intervention for Eating Disorders). This care package is aimed at overcoming barriers to early treatment and recovery.
To find out more about the programme visit the national the Health Innovation Network programme page.