At least 12 highly vulnerable people with eating disorders have died over the last seven years after failings in care that were so severe that coroners in England and Wales issued legal warnings to hospitals to try to prevent further deaths. There is a growing crisis in the treatment of eating disorders as doctors struggle to protect young people at a time of soaring demand. Inspectors have raised concerns about the leadership at Cygnet Health Care, an independent provider of inpatient mental health care, over allegations of abuse at a mental health hospital after a Panorama investigation. Cygnet Health Care said: “We were deeply saddened by these deaths in 2013 and 2018. Attracting and retaining hardworking NHS staff is at the heart of our plans to transform mental health care, backed by an extra £2.3bn extra every year.

Source: The Guardian January 19, 2020 12:45 UTC