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The Adult Eating Disorder Day Unit is an intensive treatment service, that comprises a combination of group and 1:1 sessions each week, we aim to support patients to make positive and consistent changes in relation to their eating disorder difficulties which aid them in their long-term health.
- Base: Springfield University Hospital
- Service Type: Specialist Services
- Service Contact: EDSLocalServiceAdmin@swlstg.nhs.uk
- Service Category: Community
- Disabled access: Yes
- Address: Trinity Building, Eating Disorder Day Unit, 2nd Floor Springfield University Hospital, 15 Springfield Drive, London, SW17 0YF
- Reception hours: Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm
About our care
Our service is an intensive programme that provides a step down for patients upon discharge from an eating disorder ward. It also provides a step up for patients currently being supported by our eating disorder community team but are struggling to make behavioural changes around their eating disorder difficulties.
The service offers the following interventions, which are a combination of group and 1:1 sessions:
- Weekly Relapse prevention group
- Weekly CBT -E psychology group
- 1:1 psychological formulation
- 1:1 CBT-E therapy sessions (this is based on formulation on admission)
- Family Therapy support
- 1:1 dietetic support
- Psychoeducation
- Weekly 1:1 sessions with key members of the team, this could be 1:1 OT support, a keywork session or a home visit
- Group Therapeutic eating support
- Physical health monitoring
- Weight stabilisation and restoration support.
Who is this service for?
- The service is for anyone over the age 18 and who live in the 5 boroughs of Wandsworth, Merton, Sutton, Richmond and or Kingston.
- Who have already been assessed and are already receiving care from our eating disorder services, and they are either needing support to step down from an eating disorder inpatient admission or require a more intensive step-up programme from the community to mitigate an inpatient admission.
- Patients would need to fully consent to access this service and would need to be able to take responsibility for safely managing their physical and mental health needs when the service is closed (this being evenings, weekends and bank holidays).
Referrals and access
For a referral to be considered, patients need to be already receiving care from within our eating disorder pathway or South London provider collaborative.
GP referrals for the outpatient service must be sent via the Electronic Referral Service (e-RS). All other professionals can send a referral form by email to adultseatingdisordersteam@swlstg.nhs.uk. The service does not accept self-referrals.
