Advisory Service for Politicians

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Thank you for taking the time to look at this form. If you have been contacted by a constituent who has faced a decision about their eating disorder treatment, or the treatment of someone they care for, that may not follow recommended clinical guidance or best practice, we may be able to help by:

  • Offering direction on how to challenge a decision, including the necessary services or decisionmakers to contact 
  • Informing you what the treatment guidelines say about what should happen  
  • Providing or advising on content of any communication to decision makers or services such as letters or emails  

We can continue to guide you through this process until the decision is overturned.  In turn, we would value being updated on the outcome of each case to enable us to measure the effectiveness of the service. Please fill in this form and we will aim to respond to you within 4 working days.


Please note that we work according to the available treatment guidelines and are therefore unable to challenge clinically appropriate decisions that a constituent may disagree with. If this is the case, or if your constituent is seeking to make a complaint, we will direct you to alternative avenues. Moreover, while we campaign for waiting times to be shorter for all patients we cannot seek to advance the position of an individual on a waiting list.


Note: if you are contacting about your own eating disorder and are not a politician or a staff member of a constituency or regional office, please contact our helpline for eating disorder information and support.