Anorexia: 'My friend died due to lack of specialist treatment'

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Amy Ellis died trying to raise money for costly specialist treatment for the eating disorder.

A woman who died from anorexia declined rapidly because of a lack of specialist care, her friend has said.

She documented the daily challenges of her condition on social media and told BBC Wales the NHS "could offer no help, because there is no help". In a tribute, her friend and supporter Simon Quick said she was a "kind and intelligent" person, and that she had "fought against everything to help herself and help other sufferers of eating disorders".He said her health declined and her suffering increased rapidly in the last few years.

 

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