The Eating Disorders Project was set up by Gloucestershire Health Authority in 1996. It has three broad aims.

1 To improve early identification and intervention for people with an eating disorder.

2 To improve the quality and effectiveness of care provided by health staff within the county.

3 To improve the quality, effectiveness and cost of care provided by specialist in-patient units out of county.

This website will provide examples of some of the work undertaken during the project. Information leaflets and other documents can be downloaded from the sections entitled 'Information leaflets' and 'Related Articles'.

In order to view these documents you will need adobe acrobat reader. If you do not already have this, you can download it free of charge by clicking on the link in the 'contents' box on the left.

Please feel free to contact the project for further information.

. Sam Clark-Stone, Clinical-Co-ordinator
. Mervyn Brunt, Specialist Clinician
. Heidi Joyce, Specialist Clinician
. Julia Malecki, Specialist Clinician

• NICE Presentation
  The work of the project over the past few years was presented to the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) Eating Disorders Group in January 2003. Click on the link to view the presentation.
  
  NICE guidance on eating disorders was published in January 2004 including a version for service users and carers.

• Visit the NICE website