January 2024: FT-AN, RO- DBT training
On January 23 2024, 35 multidisiplinary Clinicians from 5 HSE child and adolescent eating disorder teams commenced FT-AN training facilitated by the MACCAED Maudsley Service.
November 2023: John Dunne Prize winner
Congratulations to Dr David O Driscoll, who as a first author psychiatry trainee, won the John Dunne Prize for best research article published in the Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine 2023 with the paper 'National Clinical Programme for Eating Disorders – a pragmatic review of a new national eating disorder service in Ireland'.
October 2023: Management of EDs in the Emergency Department
The Irish Association of Emergency Medicine guidelines for the management of eating disorders in the emergency department was launched. The guidelines can be found at
May 2023: NCPED Network Day
June 2022: updated MEED guidelines, Academy of Eating Disorders ICED 2022 Conference
The Royal College of Psychiatrists recently published an updated Medical Emergencies in Eating Disorders (MEED) Guidelines, which replaces the MARSIPAN guidelines. It can be found here, including a brief guide for parents and carers and for people with eating disorders.
November 2021: NCPED Network Development Day
The NCPED network development day was held virtually for eating disorder teams to share learning and experience of delivering eating disorder care during the pandemic. We are looking forward to meeting again in person in 2022.
July 2020: HSE Excellence in Quality Care Award
The Linn Dara Community Eating Disorder Team has been highly commended in the HSE Excellence in Quality Care Award category for 2020 - very well done to all.
June 2020: Raising awareness for #EDAW2020
May 2020: CAREDS 1st birthday
The Child and Adolescent Regional Eating Disorder Service for Cork and Kerry (CAREDS) celebrated its 1st birthday this week (14 May 2020) - a physical distance photo instead of a party marked the occasion this year because of COVID19.
March 2020: Launch of our NCPED Self Care and Information App
Sene Naoupu, Bodywhys board member and Irish Rugby International, helped us launch our App this week at the old Richmond Hospital. Almost 100 people joined us from public, professional and community groups, and they promised to promote the importance of eating disorders and early intervention.
January 2020: NCPED Network Day
Our NCPED Network Day of 2020 - 6 eating disorder hub teams and clinicians from Dublin, Cork, Kilkenny, Sligo and Cavan.
December 2019: European Chapter AED/RCPsych Annual Conference
HSE NCPED, Bodywhys and UCD presented Irish research at the European Chapter AED/RCPsych Annual Conference in London.
November 2019: Advanced CBT-E conference, AEDI and FREED
Irish Presentation on developing the HSE CBT-E national clinician network at the Advanced CBT-E conference in Oxford
September 2019: Specialist Linn Dara Community ED Service
Formal launch of the Specialist Linn Dara Community Eating Disorder Service in Dublin: