New online eating disorder learning for dietitians, oral health and community pharmacy teams
24 November 2022
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.
HEE has worked in partnership with NHS England and the charity Beat to create a suite of eating disorder learning materials for health and care staff. The suite now contains training materials to raise the awareness of eating disorders specifically for dietitians, oral health teams and community pharmacy teams which take the form of a series of pre-recorded webinars.
The short webinar series is designed to raise awareness of eating disorders for these healthcare teams and professionals as they are in a prime position to spot the early signs of an eating disorder.
There are three eating disorder webinars for each professional group which are delivered by a healthcare professional who outlines individuals’ lived experience in varied settings. The webinars also direct the learner to further reading and they reflect the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ new Medical Emergencies in Eating Disorders (MEED) guidance.
Each webinar takes approximately 10-15 minutes to complete and can be undertaken at the learner’s own pace.
All training has been designed to ensure that health and care staff are trained to understand, identify and respond appropriately when faced with a patient with a possible eating disorder. It is the result of collaboration between eating disorder charity Beat, Health Education England, NHS England and key partners.
For more information, please visit the elearning for healthcare website