
Ellern Mede Derby Rated “Good”
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated Ellern Mede Derby as ‘Good’ in its latest inspection report published 5 April 2023. As well as the overall ‘Good’ rating, Ellern Mede Derby was recognised as ‘Good’ in each of the CQC’s four key lines of enquiry – safe,...

EDAW & ME; A Personal Look into Our Ward Administrators Experience
Sometimes, when I’m lost in daily life, Eating Disorders Awareness Week feels a little bit pointless to me. The moment you walk through the door here at Ellern Mede Derby, you’re aware. From the poster talking about effective meal support, the board displaying all the...

Children’s Mental Health Week 2023
Children's Mental Health Week 2023 took place from 6-12 February 2023. This year's theme was Let's Connect and we encouraged people to make healthy, rewarding, and meaningful connections. New figures from Place2Be reveal that nearly 78% of young people seen by a...

Welcome to Ellern Mede; My Beginning as the Marketing Officer
“Recovery is just a matter of learning to eat better,” “They just need to stay away from social media” are the thoughts I had prior to joining Ellern Mede as the new Marketing Officer. My experience working with mental health was minimal on the first day of my...

World Mental Health Day 2022
Today marked the observation of World Mental Health Day 2022. Whilst the pandemic has, and continues to, take its toll on our mental health, today brings us the chance to reconnect and provides us with an opportunity to improve our efforts to protect our mental...

Ellern Mede Derby now open
Ellern Mede Eating Disorder Hospitals’ Derby treatment centre now has several NHS-referred patients in its first few months of officially opening with a Care Quality Commission seal of approval.