Reposted by Hope VirgoPatient Safety Learning @patientsafetylearning.org · 08/09/2025The theme of this year's #WorldPatientSafetyDay on 17 September is “Safe care for every newborn and every child”. In this blog @hopevirgo.bsky.social explores the patient safety issues affecting children with eating disorders and their families. www.pslhub.org/learn/patien... #patientsafetypslhub.orgChildren with eating disorders: a patient safety focus (by Hope Virgo)Hope Virgo is an author, a multi award winning mental health campaigner, and secretariat for the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for eating disorders. In this blog, she explores the patient safet... 013
Reposted by Hope VirgoEDCRN (Eating Disorders Clinical Research Network) @edcrn.bsky.social · 20/06/2025A privilege to be back in Parliament this week for an event organised as part of the APPG on Eating Disorders with @hopevirgo.bsky.social and @werahobhouse.bsky.social. A wonderful opportunity to chat about EDCRN @edgiuk.bsky.social and the importance of continued investment in ED research. 072
Reposted by Hope VirgoDump The Scales @dumpthescales.bsky.social · 21/06/2025@johnmcdonnellmp.bsky.social starts his speech by thanking @werahobhouse.bsky.social and @hopevirgo.bsky.social for their work with the APPG on Eating Disorders and their work to de-stigmatise eating disorders. 011
Reposted by Hope VirgoDump The Scales @dumpthescales.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Thank you so much to everyone who came along including @edgiuk.bsky.social, @rachelegan.bsky.social, @priyatew.bsky.social @annacarnegie.bsky.social and of course a huge big thank you to @werahobhouse.bsky.social @hopevirgo.bsky.social for pulling it altogether! 022
Reposted by Hope VirgoDump The Scales @dumpthescales.bsky.social · 18/06/2025🧵3/3 💜The role that regulatory bodies can play in imposing sanctions when tech giants fail to remove harmful content. 💜How many people with EDs will seek out connection online-especially in the absence of treatment or support. How can we make it safer for them? 101
Reposted by Hope VirgoDump The Scales @dumpthescales.bsky.social · 18/06/2025🧵2/3 💜How misinformation around food, nutrition, exercise and weight is harming people's physical and mental health. 💜How to promote social media literacy in schools + educate kids around the algorithm. 🧵2/3 101
Reposted by Hope VirgoDump The Scales @dumpthescales.bsky.social · 18/06/2025What a fantastic day in Parliament for #DumpTheScales The APPG on Eating Disorders met with a range of experts, regulatory bodies, campaigners and influencers to discuss social media, online harms and eating disorders. We spoke about: 💜the harmful AND the healing spaces online 🧵..1/3 131
Hope Virgo @hopevirgo.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Don’t forget to tag your MP below 👇 we want to see as many MPs as possible to update them on the current state of eating disorders here in the UK! @dumpthescales.bsky.social 112
Hope Virgo @hopevirgo.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Looking forward to our day in Parliament today! Starting out with a roundtable hosted by @werahobhouse.bsky.social with an amazing line up of speakers including @rachelegan.bsky.social and then our MP drop in! Follow @dumpthescales.bsky.social for some more updates! 001
Hope Virgo @hopevirgo.bsky.social · 17/06/2025We're hosting a drop-in session next Wednesday over lunchtime where you can meet the #DumpTheScales and @edgiuk.bsky.social teams to find out more about our work around eating disorders. Will I see you there @drscottarthurmp.bsky.social 110
Reposted by Hope VirgoDump The Scales @dumpthescales.bsky.social · 14/06/2025Only one week to go until the #DumpTheScales March! We can't wait to bring you altogether to call for better eating disorders services and treatments, more research and greater understanding. How are your signs coming along? Show us with the #DumptheScales hashtag! 001
Hope Virgo @hopevirgo.bsky.social · 17/06/2025Amazing banner! Really looking forward to having you at the march! @dumpthescales.bsky.social 120
Hope Virgo @hopevirgo.bsky.social · 17/06/2025Really looking forward to the #dumpthescales march on Saturday x 010
Reposted by Hope VirgoPatient Safety Learning @patientsafetylearning.org · 09/06/2025🆕In this blog, @hopevirgo.bsky.social explores the patient safety issues affecting children with eating disorders and their families and shares five key actions for change. www.pslhub.org/learn/patien... #MentalHealth #EatingDisorderspslhub.orgChildren with eating disorders: a patient safety focus (by Hope Virgo)Hope Virgo is an author, a multi award winning mental health campaigner, and secretariat for the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for eating disorders. In this blog, she explores the patient safet... 142
Reposted by Hope VirgoWera Hobhouse MP @werahobhouse.org.uk · 16/06/2025🚨Less than a week to go until the #DumpTheScales Eating Disorder March! For too long, eating disorders have been neglected - that's why it's vital that we continue to raise awareness & demand real change. 🕙 This Friday, 10AM, Trafalgar Sq → Parliament Sq More details below👇 @hopevirgo.bsky.socialendeatingdisorders.orgDump the Scales March June 2025 | Dump The ScalesJoin Dump the Scales in London on June 21st 2025. Fight the injustices around eating disorders. 062
Reposted by Hope VirgoWera Hobhouse MP @werahobhouse.org.uk · 21/05/2025Eating disorders are one of the most life-threatening mental illnesses, yet treatment remains underfunded, misunderstood & neglected. That’s why I’m supporting the #DumpTheScales march this year. No one with an eating disorder should be dying in 2025. Join us on June 21st to march for change👇tickettailor.comSelect tickets – #DumpTheScales Eating Disorder March – #DumpTheScales Eating Disorder MarchOn June 21, 2025, we’ll be taking to the streets of London for the third consecutive year to march for those we love, for those... 2174
Hope Virgo @hopevirgo.bsky.social · 18/05/2025I'm supporting the #DumpTheScales March because no one with an eating disorder should be dying in 2025! Please join us on 21 June to march for change! More information can be found here: www.tickettailor.com/events/dumpt...tickettailor.comSelect tickets – #DumpTheScales Eating Disorder March – #DumpTheScales Eating Disorder MarchOn June 21, 2025, we’ll be taking to the streets of London for the third consecutive year to march for those we love, for those... 010
Reposted by Hope VirgoWera Hobhouse MP @werahobhouse.org.uk · 29/04/2025Productive meeting with Baroness Merron and campaigner @hopevirgo.bsky.social to discuss eating disorder prevention and treatment. Eating disorder cases are skyrocketing- yet treatment is often underfunded and misunderstood. I will keep pushing the government to make eating disorders a priority. 142
Reposted by Hope VirgoChris Martin @mondomartin.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Extraordinary Westminster Hall debate on eating disorders awareness this morning. A clear call for a national strategy on ED and further investment for failing services. Thanks to @werahobhouse.bsky.social & @hopevirgo.bsky.social for their tireless work with the ED APPG to make this happen. 112
Hope Virgo @hopevirgo.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Thank you for all you do to make things better for those affected by eating disorders! 021
Reposted by Hope VirgoDr Scott Arthur MP (Edinburgh South West) 🌍🌈🌹 @drscottarthurmp.bsky.social · 24/03/2025Read this article if you did not already know Georgie is amazing. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukOxfordshire mum with brain tumour backs research funding callsAn MP and his sister vow to do all they can to ensure funding for research into brain tumours is prioritised. 054
Reposted by Hope VirgoCentre for Mental Health @centreformh.bsky.social · 24/03/2025🧵 Five years on since the first lockdown, we are still seeing the profound impacts of the #Covid19 pandemic - including in rising levels of mental health problems. 264
Reposted by Hope VirgoWera Hobhouse MP @werahobhouse.org.uk · 26/02/2025Good to meet with the Centre for Countering Digital Hate this morning with @hopevirgo.bsky.social Their new research shows that the YouTube algorithm recommends harmful eating disorder content to 13y/o girls. As Chair of the Eating Disorders APPG, I'm working to prevent this dangerous exposure. 0113
Hope Virgo @hopevirgo.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Really brilliant to hear what they doing and looking forward to progressing this work further! 031
Reposted by Hope VirgoAssociation of Mental Health Providers @assocmhp.bsky.social · 28/02/2025#DumpTheScales founder and Secretariat for the APPG for Eating Disorders, @hopevirgo.bsky.social has written a #Blog spotlighting pressing issues, what's missing from services, and recommendations from the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Eating Disorders. Read it here: amhp.org.uk/the-right-to... 012
Hope Virgo @hopevirgo.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Date for your diary!! More information: www.tickettailor.com/events/dumpt... 042
Reposted by Hope VirgoCentre for Mental Health @centreformh.bsky.social · 24/02/2025"Unsafe discharge and non-evidence-based treatment are impacting people with eating disorders all over the UK daily" This #EatingDisorderAwarenessWeek @hopevirgo.bsky.social sets out the urgency of improving support for people with eating disorders: www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/a-right-to-h...centreformentalhealth.org.ukA right to health: Fighting for better eating disorder treatment - Centre for Mental HealthHope Virgo sets out the urgent need for change to tackle decades of neglect and improve support for people with eating disorders. 062
Hope Virgo @hopevirgo.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Not sure why I can’t take smiley photos on zoom 😂🙈! But great to start my week presenting to students at Uppingham School. Thanks so much for having me! 000
Reposted by Hope VirgoJakki @barefootjakki.bsky.social · 28/01/2025This is a national scandal and we cannot allow it to be ignored. It’s euthanasia by the back door. 012
Hope Virgo @hopevirgo.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Brilliant end to my day presenting to students at Aiglon School in Switzerland 🇨🇭 . Thanks so much for having me! 010
Hope Virgo @hopevirgo.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Thank you Woman’s Health for covering The APPG’s latest report, The Right to Life: People with Eating Disorders Being Failed. www.womenshealthmag.com/uk/food/a634...womenshealthmag.comEating disorder services in 'crisis' need these changes, says urgent report'People are being denied treatment for being “too thin”, “too sick”, “not sick enough”, or are being labelled “untreatable”' 040
Hope Virgo @hopevirgo.bsky.social · 28/01/2025A lead clinician in south England is putting more and more people with eating disorders on palliative care each day - how @nhservice.bsky.social is allowing this happen on their watch is absolutely disgraceful 052
Hope Virgo @hopevirgo.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Feedback from Services in Wales when asking to move patients to England for ED Beds 'when I have begged for her to be taken to a specialist eating disorder unit they won't do this as the NHS in Wales will not pay for it as currently the outcomes in these wards are poor' 010
Reposted by Hope VirgoDr Agnes Ayton @agnesayton.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Please share and read the @bmj.com summary of the recent APPG report on eating disorders. The increasing numbers cannot be ignored any longer. www.bmj.com/content/388/... 032
Hope Virgo @hopevirgo.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Thank you @kimleadbeatermp.bsky.social for joining our launch event and taking the time to understand about eating disorders! 010
Hope Virgo @hopevirgo.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Brilliant to have your support to End Eating Disorders #dumpthescales @drscottarthurmp.bsky.social 010
Hope Virgo @hopevirgo.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Brilliant to see so many people coming together to fight the injustices over those affected by eating disorders 031
Hope Virgo @hopevirgo.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Thank you for all your suppoet @johnmcdonnellmp.bsky.social to campaign around #eatingdisorders! 050
Hope Virgo @hopevirgo.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Thank you to the BMJ for covering the APPG for eating disorders latest report! 020
Reposted by Hope VirgoWera Hobhouse MP @werahobhouse.org.uk · 22/01/2025Our report makes a range of recommendations, including... 1️⃣ a national strategy for eating disorders to ensure patients get the care they deserve, 2️⃣ mandatory training for all Front-Line Workers, 3️⃣ a confidential inquiry into eating disorder-related deaths. You can read the report here👇endeatingdisorders.orgAPPG | Dumpthescales 2 122
Reposted by Hope VirgoWera Hobhouse MP @werahobhouse.org.uk · 21/01/2025One of my hopes for 2025 is to make real progress to improve eating disorder services. Eating disorders have the highest mortality rates among mental health disorders, despite being treatable. Tomorrow my Eating Disorders APPG will launch a landmark report highlighting the severity of the crisis👇 094
Reposted by Hope VirgoWera Hobhouse MP @werahobhouse.org.uk · 22/01/2025Today my Eating Disorders APPG launches a crucial report on the dire state of services across the country. In the past 6 years, I've campaigned tirelessly to improve services- in that time they've become worse, not better. We must start treating eating disorders as the national emergency they are.independent.co.ukToo many people with eating disorders are being failed, say group of MPsMPs said there has been an alarming rise in eating disorders in the past decade and there is ‘widespread neglect’ in services. 1155
Reposted by Hope VirgoWera Hobhouse MP @werahobhouse.org.uk · 22/01/2025Good to speak on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour this morning about the Eating Disorders APPG's new report. The longer people go without eating disorder treatment, the longer it takes for them to recover. Lengthy NHS waiting times must be addressed urgently before more have to suffer👇 051
Hope Virgo @hopevirgo.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Thank you so much for all your support! So great to be working by with you on such an important cause! 020
Reposted by Hope VirgoWera Hobhouse MP @werahobhouse.org.uk · 23/01/2025☎️A privilege to speak to callers on @lbc.co.uk yesterday who shared their experiences with eating disorders. Our report wouldn't have been possible were it not for the courage of so many to share their stories. Behind every one of the 1.25m people with an eating disorder, there is a story to tell. 074
Reposted by Hope VirgoDr Agnes Ayton @agnesayton.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Important APPG report published today about the dire state of eating disorder services in the UK. Massive thanks to all contributors who have been involved in this work. @werahobhouse.bsky.social support @psychgenomics.bsky.social @hopevirgo.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukMPs say woefully inadequate eating-disorder care is costing livesThe alarming rise in disorders such as anorexia and bulimia is now an emergency, a cross-party group says. 078
Reposted by Hope VirgoPatient Safety Learning @patientsafetylearning.org · 22/01/2025🆕What needs to happen to stop people with eating disorders being failed by the healthcare system?🆕 Blog: @hopevirgo.bsky.social examines the crisis that continues in eating disorder services in the UK and the devastating impact this is having on patients & families www.pslhub.org/learn/patien...pslhub.orgHope Virgo: What needs to happen to stop people with eating disorders being failed by the healthcare system?Hope Virgo, Secretariat for the APPG on Eating Disorders introduces a new report from the APPG - 'The Right to Health: People with eating disorders are being failed'. 142
Reposted by Hope Virgolottyt.bsky.social @lottyt.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Really important new report out today from the APPG on eating disorders. @hopevirgo.bsky.social talks about why these recommendations are so important to save people with EDs from dying avoidably 033
![Text: “We started seeing images of NHS [workers] that lost their lives trying to save ours... they were disproportionately black.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:d5uxzgvedpdll5qmghkdh2fl/bafkreiawsdgryrxnlyy3ixk5oil6o5opkj3w2zcqwwmmrtznmb4fswabvm)
