Ellern Mede Ridgeway

Ratings

• Overall

  Good

• Safe

  Good

• Effective

  Good

• Caring

  Good

• Responsive

  Good

• Well-led

  Good

Our view of the service

We assessed Ellern Mede Ridgeway from 10 March to 15 April 2026.

Ellern Mede Ridgeway is an inpatient specialist eating disorder service for children and young people aged 8 to 18 years.

Ellern Mede Ridgeway is registered with CQC to deliver the regulated activities: Assessment or medical treatment for persons detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 and Treatment of disease, disorder or injury. The service had a Registered Manager in post.

We visited the following wards as part of the assessment:

• Lask Ward, 10 bed high dependency unit (HDU)
• Nunn Ward, 12 bed general ward
• The Cottage, 6 bed pre-discharge unit.

We assessed 1 assessment service group: Specialist eating disorder services, across all key questions and quality statements.