A student who once suffered with a crippling eating disorder says he couldn't get the urgent professional help he needed as the NHS waitlist was simply too long.
Charlie, who only wanted to share his first name, says his parents had no other choice than to fund private healthcare for their son as he tried to seek NHS support for over two years.
Despite weighing just 6.7 stone at his lowest, the London-based student failed to receive an anorexia diagnosis until he resorted to private support. This, he says, only exacerbated his condition as it made it 'easier' for him to deny that he had a problem.
