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A 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.

@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.

Thank 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!

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💜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?

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💜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

What 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

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Don’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

Looking 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!

We'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

Only 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!

Amazing banner! Really looking forward to having you at the march!

@dumpthescales.bsky.social

Really looking forward to the #dumpthescales march on Saturday x

Children 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...

🆕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 #EatingDisorders

Dump the Scales March June 2025 | Dump The Scales Join Dump the Scales in London on June 21st 2025. Fight the injustices around eating disorders.

🚨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.social

Eating 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👇

I'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...

Productive 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.

Extraordinary 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.

Thank you for all you do to make things better for those affected by eating disorders!

Oxfordshire mum with brain tumour backs research funding calls An MP and his sister vow to do all they can to ensure funding for research into brain tumours is prioritised.

Read this article if you did not already know Georgie is amazing.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Text: “I feel a kind of loneliness that seeing people on screen doesn’t seem to ease.”

Text: “We started seeing images of NHS [workers] that lost their lives trying to save ours... they were disproportionately black.”

🧵 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.

Good 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.

Really brilliant to hear what they doing and looking forward to progressing this work further!

#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...

Date for your diary!!

More information: www.tickettailor.com/events/dumpt...

A right to health: Fighting for better eating disorder treatment  - Centre for Mental Health Hope Virgo sets out the urgent need for change to tackle decades of neglect and improve support for people with eating disorders.

"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...

Not 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!

This is a national scandal and we cannot allow it to be ignored. It’s euthanasia by the back door.

Brilliant end to my day presenting to students at Aiglon School in Switzerland 🇨🇭 . Thanks so much for having me!