Date published: 3 October 2025
Mersey Care’s Children’s Eating Disorder Service (CEDS) has launched a new digital intervention called TRIANGLE aimed at young people with anorexia nervosa, their parents and carers.
TRIANGLE was developed by CEDS in partnership with Professor Janet Treasure at King’s College, London and Informatics Merseyside. It was also supported by the Mental Health Research for Innovation Centre (M-RIC), which is a research partnership between Mersey Care and the University of Liverpool.
The platform was co-created using clinical expertise and input from children and young people and their parents and carers. It will be used to support CEDS’ service users, their parents and carers in Halton, Knowsley, St Helens, and Warrington.
Karina Woodyer-Smith, Mersey Care’s Deputy Divisional Director for Children Young People and Families, 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.”
Feedback has shown parents and carers found it helpful to share their experiences and know that they are not alone. They commented that TRIANGLE 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.”
Professor Janet Treasure, CBE FRCPsych, Professor of Psychiatry at King’s College London added: “Congratulations to all the Mersey Care team on developing and implementing a new structure to ensure access to shared knowledge about best practice in eating disorder care.”
If you or a family member is a Mersey Care CEDS service user and you would like to know more about the TRIANGLE project please speak to your care team.