‘My friend died from an eating disorder – she was told she was too thin, then not thin enough’

The loved ones of a woman who had battled an eating disorder for more than a decade said she was repeatedly denied access to treatment before she died aged 26.

Charlotte Murphy, a veterinary nurse from Merseyside, battled anorexia and bulimia since she was 11, but was told she was “too thin” or “not thin enough” to qualify for support.