( SYB ICS ). In partnership with Sheffield Clinical Commissioning Group , the SYB Provider Collaborative , Sheffield Health and Social Care Partnership NHS Trust ( SHSC ) and South Yorkshire Eating Disorder Association ( SYEDA ), considerable progress was made with both SHSC and SYEDA launching their FREED services in March 2022 .
Our work to launch these FREED services now means that a total of five providers , covering seven locations within our region , are helping young people to seek early treatment for their eating disorders through this effective evidenced-based treatment . As a result , 78 patients have benefitted from the FREED service in Yorkshire and the Humber , equating to an estimated cost-saving of £ 343,200 across the regional healthcare system , thanks to the reduction in intensive treatment .
In addition to providing programme management support and funding for the role of FREED ‘ champions ’ within the four new services , the AHSN has also hosted a community of practice as well as shared learning sessions across the region .
Patient and system benefits of the FREED programme
78 patients
£ 343k cost-savings made have benefitted from early treatment through the reduction in intensive treatment
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The support that Evolve have had from the Yorkshire & Humber AHSN to be able to implement FREED has been invaluable . Since going live with FREED , our patients have responded positively to treatment , levels of disengagement have decreased significantly , patients feel more supported and patients ’ anxiety about treatment has reduced .
I am extremely grateful and proud to call myself the FREED Champion and would not have been able to do that without the support of the Yorkshire & Humber AHSN and the FREED network .”
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Charlotte Terry , FREED Champion ,
Evolve ( Hull Community Eating Disorder Service )