in for an in patients, - and then when she came out, there was a sizeable - gap before she was seen by an outpatient service. and in that time, there was a lot of slippage. i and things can slip very, - very fast with an eating disorder. joss feared for her own life. she grew increasingly desperate. i sought out my gp s number of her own home, and ijust rang her at her home one evening and kind of put my foot down, and said, look, i m really scared for my life, and i really need you to advocate for me, to fight for me, because the services just keep putting me on waiting lists and just keep telling me either your weight s not low enough or we don t have room for you. the charity beat says medical schools need to do a betterjob of teaching doctors about how to treat eating disorders. at the moment, two thirds of people who go to their gp report that they don t get the referral for assessment, that they should get. that the nice guidelines
was a lot of slippage. and things can slip very, very fast with an eating disorder. joss feared for her own life. she grew increasingly desperate. i sought out my gp s number of her own home, and ijust rang her at her home one evening and kind of put my foot down, and said, look, i m really scared for my life and i really need you to advocate for me, to fight for me, because the services just keep putting me on waiting lists and just keep telling me either your weight s not low enough or we don t have room for you. the charity beat says medical schools need to do a betterjob of teaching doctors about how to treat eating disorders. at the moment, two thirds of people who go to their gp report that they don t get the referral for assessment, that they should get. that the nice guidelines say they should get. so the medical professionals, they want to do a good job, but the system that s letting them down and eating disorders patients down is the medical training establishment because t
i was just very depressed. i would pace around the house all day. my day was just pretty much filled with numbness. i couldn t really take in much information. it was all about just like the exercise i was doing, the food i was eating. her family knew nothing of the abuse. the illness came out of the blue. was this an incredible shock, walking into this house, just feels like such a loving family environment? it was a complete shock. you think these things happen to other people, not to you. and yeah, we just never saw it coming at all. when suddenly they say, you know, ifjoss can put on so much weight a week, and i was doing the maths and i was thinking, well, to get to the target weight, that s going to be three months. and you had this sudden moment, this isn t a quick fix. this is something we are living with. joss feared for her own life. she grew increasingly desperate. i sought out my gp s number of her own home and ijust rang her at her home one evening and kind of put my foot
saw it coming at all. when suddenly they say, you know, ifjoss can put on so much weight a week, and i was doing the maths and i was thinking, well, to get to the target weight, that s going to be three months. and you had this sudden moment, this isn t a quick fix. this is something we are living with. joss feared for her own life. she grew increasingly desperate. i sought out my gp s number of her own home and ijust rang her at her home one evening and kind of put my foot down and said look, i m really scared for my life. and i really need you to advocate for me, to fight for me, because the services just kept putting me on waiting lists and just kept telling me your weight is not low enough or we don t have room for you. the charity beat says medical schools need to do a betterjob of training doctors. at the moment, two thirds of people who go to their gp report that they don t get the referral for assessment that they should get, that the nice guidelines say they should get. so the