Eating Disorders Bulletin

from Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

We hope this helps to keep you up to date with current awareness in this area of clinical work. Some articles are freely accessible, others require access to Open Athens.

The research team are also recruiting participants for the EDGI (Eating Disorders Genetic Initiative) study, open to people in the UK, above 16, who has experienced an eating disorder. You can register using the QR code in the attached recruitment leaflet.

For any further support regarding evidence-based practice, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

ED Bulletin Sep 2026 .pdfDownload
EDGI Recruitment Leaflet General V1.0 03102023Download

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Barriers to Mental Health Service Use Among Older Adults: A Multistakeholder Qualitative Study in Southampton.

Wang F. Health and Social Care in the Community 2026;2026(1):5577869.

[Older adults in the UK face significant challenges accessing mental health services, despite high levels of need. This study aimed to explore barriers to mental health service use among older adults in Southampton, drawing on perspectives from strategic stakeholders, frontline workers, older adults, and a family carer.]
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State of Ageing Spotlight: Older LGBTQ+ people

Centre for Ageing Better; 2026.

[This State of Ageing Spotlight addresses the invisibility of older LGBTQ+ people in our data and in discussions about our ageing population.]
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October Library Newsletter

from the Lantern Center

Oct 2026Download

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Introducing the UK Better Lives Index.

International Longevity Centre – UK (ILC-UK); 2025.

[The ILC’s new UK Better Lives Index brings together robust, UK-wide data to show the best and worst places to be born, grow up and grow old. It reveals how place continues to shape health, opportunity and ageing – and where change is most urgently needed.]
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Sweet dreams: The importance of good sleep for healthy ageing.

International Longevity Centre – UK (ILC-UK); 2026.

[This report builds on a joint webinar with the University of Surrey Centre of Excellence on Ageing, bringing together expert insights on sleep, ageing and workplace health.]
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Sweet dreams: The importance of good sleep for healthy ageing

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Falls Prevention Horizon Scanning Bulletin

Volume 13 Issue 8 by North West Health Libraries

All credit goes to North West Health Libraries

Falls Prevention Horizon Scanning | from North West Health Libraries

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Play for change: The role of sport in preventing homelessness before it starts.

Centre for Homelessness Impact; 2026.

[This paper highlights both the existing contribution and the considerable untapped potential of sport as a lever for preventing homelessness before crisis occurs.]
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State of Child Health 2026.

Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH); 2026.

[In 2026 children’s health is in decline. Across nearly all major measures, outcomes have worsened or stagnated across the UK, reversing years of progress, and the impact is felt most sharply in deprived areas and among ethnic minority communities.]
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Supporting young people to transition into adolescent and adult services.

NHS England; 2026.

[This guidance supports services to provide developmentally appropriate care for 0 to 25-year-olds. It sets out proposed actions for integrated care boards, providers and clinical teams to enable safe and effective transition between services. If adopted by systems, this approach will improve continuity of care, health outcomes and young people’s experience.]
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