The Scottish Intercollegiate Guideline Network (SIGN) has started the process of writing new best practice guidance for clinicians treating people with eating disorders in Scotland.
The current clinical guidance is now over 12 years old so it needs updating to reflect the latest research evidence and to ensure that it properly accounts for the needs of patients and carers.
There are now some great opportunities to share your views and experiences to help shape what gets included in this guidance:
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SIGN will be hosting a focus group specifically for experts by experience (current or former service-users and carers) about experiences of accessing treatment. It will be held at the Golden Jubilee Conference Hotel in Glasgow from 14:00 to 15:30 on Tuesday 27 August. Any travel expenses will be compensated by SIGN.
We would like some volunteers with lived experience to help us decide how to respond to both requests, including whether any important topics or concerns may not be properly covered by the draft questions, so that we can submit a persuasive response to this part of the consultation.
The first meeting of SIGN’s committee will take place in September 2019. It is likely that in 2020 there will be further opportunities to help by reviewing and letting us know what you think about drafts of the guidance.
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