The Eating Disorders Clinic

The Eating Disorders Clinic serves children and teens who live locally, and are registered to a GP in Bexley, Bromley, Croydon, Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham or Southwark. It offers treatment for all eating disorders except ARFID, which are treated in our other clinics.

The majority of young people we see are exclusively treated here, and go on to make a full recovery. Around 1 in 10 of our patients may need a brief period of additional treatment in the Intensive Treatment Programme (ITP), and less than 1 in 25 may require admission to the inpatient psychiatric unit.

START (Swift Targeted Admission Reduction Team) is integrated within the eating disorders clinic, and works collaboratively with professionals and families to reduce the need for inpatient admissions. START provides brief interventions for young people at imminent risk of hospitalisation to support them in continuing their eating disorder treatment in the community.

Due to an increase in referrals since the pandemic, self-referrals to our service from young people, parents, or carers are temporarily suspended for all eating disorders.

If you are under 18, or the parent/carer of a young person under 18, living in the boroughs of Lewisham, Bromley, Southwark, Greenwich, Croydon, Bexley or Lambeth, please seek a referral from your GP or other healthcare professional.

If you are a professional (e.g. school nurse or GP) please use the referral form found on the professional side on the website. You can also call us during our office hours (Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm) at 020 3228 2545.

To learn more about the treatments we offer, visit Our Treatments. To find out what you can expect from your time with us, visit Outcomes.