Ellern Mede Eating Disorder Services

Ellern Mede Services provides specialist inpatient and outpatient eating disorder services for children and adolescents up to 18 and beyond to age 25. We accept patients from anywhere in the world, both private and NHS patients where funding is agreed. At Ellern Mede Ridgeway in Mill Hill, London, we welcome all children and adolescents up to 18 years old with an eating disorder and eating related psychiatric presentations. Here we provide a high dependency intensive treatment programme (HDU) for even the most complex and challenging cases. We also have two other treatment wards for eating disorder rehabilitative care, one a separate Cottage complex for preparation for discharge.At our recently opened new hospital, Ellern Mede Barnet in London, we offer early intervention care for eating disorders. At both hospitals we can accept private patients, patients who have appropriate private medical insurance policies as well as NHS patients where funding is agreed such as by contract or spot purchase.We can also see outpatients in central London at Harley Street or Wimpole Street Clinics. All our programmes provide medical and psychiatric stabilisation followed by a range of therapies, which can include family-based therapy, CRT, DBT, psychotherapy, art therapy, occupational therapy and motivation programmes. Both sites are well located for public transport and set in residential areas. We employ highly specialist clinical professionals and offer purpose-designed facilities. Our focus is on recovery goals. Family involvement is key in the recovery treatment process. Our friendly professionals will work closely with you to tailor a treatment programme to your child’s individual needs. We have our own Ofsted-registered school which provides tuition for Ellern Mede patients and other patients who need therapeutic education. This has a full curriculum up to GCSE and A level. Call us on 0203 209 7900.