Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust is looking for adults in Essex who have lived experience of a primary eating disorder to help shape the Trust’s Eating Disorder Service User Network (SUN).
The SUN aims to support and empower people who are living with an eating disorder on their recovery journey and provide a space for them to connect and share their experiences.
The Trust will be holding an online focus group for people to share their thoughts and ideas for what the SUN will offer and how it will be run.
If you are interested in participating, please register your interest by completing the short registration form before Tuesday 17 November.
The SUN will currently not be open to people who experience irregular eating behaviours as a result of other mental health difficulties because we appreciate they will have different needs, however we are open to suggestions from the focus group.
Anyone with questions about the SUN or the focus group can contact [email protected]
About EPUT:
- EPUT has a vision to be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care: Who we are – Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
- EPUT provides services to more than 100,000 patients at any one time and our staff are focused on providing high quality care in often complex situations.
- The organisation has invested in inpatient facilities and community services to make them safer and more therapeutic. We have extensively invested in technology to keep patients safer, enhanced training, and are continuously working with our staff, patients, their families and carers to use learning and best practice to enhance our quality of care.
- While there is more to do, the Trust has made significant progress through innovation:
- Our 111 mental health crisis phone line ensures people in need can access support 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
- People with lived experience have been employed in designated roles across the Trust, ensuring patient voice is heart of the organisation and all that we do.
- A number of new initiatives have been launched, helping people access the support they need when they need it most. These include a mental health urgent care department, By Your Side maternal mental health service, Rough Sleeper team, mental health crisis ambulance cars, virtual wards and neuromodulation service.
- EPUT was formed on 1 April 2017 and provides community health, mental health and learning disability services across Essex, Luton and Bedfordshire and Suffolk. We employ more than 7,200 staff working across more than 200 sites.
- To read more about our priorities and commitments to deliver the highest quality and safest care possible, visit https://eput.nhs.uk/about-us/2023-2028-strategic-plan/