Staff from Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust’s children’s eating disorder service (Credit: Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust)
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust’s children’s eating disorder service (CEDS) has launched a digital platform to help support young people with anorexia nervosa and their families.
TRIANGLE, which launched in September 2025, was developed by CEDS in partnership with Professor Janet Treasure at King’s College, London and Informatics Merseyside, with support from the Mental Health Research for Innovation Centre (M-RIC) – a research partnership between Mersey Care and the University of Liverpool.
The platform, co-created using clinical expertise and input from children and young people and their parents and carers, will be used to support CEDS’ service users and their parents and carers in Halton, Knowsley, St Helens, and Warrington.
Karina Woodyer-Smith, deputy divisional director for children young people and families at Mersey Care, said: “The TRIANGLE platform offers tailored workbooks, videos, and weekly online forums to help families learn, connect, and support each other through recovery.
“We’ve already received fantastic feedback, with young people feeling more comfortable opening up digitally, and carers finding comfort in knowing they’re not alone.
“It’s a real step forward in how we support our community, and I’m incredibly proud of the team for making it happen.
“We feel privileged to be a part of this development and to witness the positive impacts it has on our young people.”
The platform launched at the first digital forum for parents and carers with children with anorexia nervosa and the following day was presented at the first digital forum for children and young people with anorexia nervosa.
Feedback has shown parents and carers found it helpful to share their experiences and know that they are not alone and the platform helped them to feel more supported, less isolated, made them think positively and aided their recovery.
Dr Ashish Kumar, clinical director of Mersey Care’s Children and Young People’s Mental Health Service and co-lead of M-RIC’s research on digital mental health for children and young people, said: “It’s exciting we have a new modern model of digital intervention which is going to help children and young people with anorexia nervosa and their carers.
“We’re so excited to see what we can do with this new innovative platform as we transform care for young people with eating disorders in the North West and beyond.”
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