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Ursula Philpot

Advanced Practice Dietitian

About Ursula Philpot

Ursula is a consultant dietitian and senior lecturer who believes good nutrition is central to both physical and mental health. Her approach is evidence-based, compassionate and practical, helping people make realistic changes that are achievable in everyday life.
Ursula specialises in eating disorders and disordered eating, with particular expertise in ARFID (including presentations alongside autism) and complex mental health. She works with complex mental health services in Bradford, supporting individuals and teams where risk, comorbidity and complexity require a carefully integrated approach.

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Alongside clinical work, Ursula is Clinical Lead for Children and Young People’s Eating Disorders in Northeast and Yorkshire with NHS England, and has a strong interest in developing clinical pathways, guidelines and consensus statements to improve quality and consistency of care across services.
Ursula is part of NHS England's national Clinical Reference Group (CRG) for Eating Disorders and contributes to national working groups on complexity, longstanding eating disorders and autism.
All interventions are individualised and holistic, integrating nutritional rehabilitation with psychologically informed practice (including CBT, DBT-informed approaches and motivational interviewing). Sessions focus on building skills and confidence around food, reducing distress and avoidance, and supporting sustained behaviour change.

Specialisms

  • Eating disorders
  • ARFID / autism-informed dietetic support
  • Disordered eating and mental health
  • Complex presentations and comorbidity
  • Practical food work (eating out, meal planning, meal preparation)
  • Weight management
  • Medical nutrition therapy (e.g., IBS, PCOS, diabetes)

Consultancy, complex cases, supervision and training

Ursula provides consultancy to services and organisations, including support with complex cases, MDT working, pathway development, and staff training. She also offers clinical supervision for dietitians and professionals expanding into eating-disorder and mental-health-informed practice.

Recent publications (selected)

  • Martin LD, Fikree A, Zarate-Lopez N, Martinkova K, Brugaletta C, Perrin C, Philpot U. (2025). ARFID vs refractory disorders of gut–brain interaction… Neurogastroenterol Motil. Ursula has a specialist interes…
  • Harenwall S, Heywood-Everett S, Henderson R, et al., Philpot U. (2021). Post-Covid-19 syndrome… J Prim Care Community Health. Ursula has a specialist interes…
  • Falcoski P, Philpot U, Tan J, Hudson L, Fuller SJ. (2021). Nasogastric tube feeding with new dietetic guidelines… J Hum Nutr Diet. Ursula has a specialist interes…
  • Fuller SJ, Philpot U & Working Group. (2020). Consensus-based guidelines for NG feeding under restraint… J Hum Nutr Diet. Ursula has a specialist interes…
  • Philpot U, Johnson MI. (2019). Diet therapy in chronic pain… Pain Manag. Ursula has a specialist interes…
  • Traviss-Turner G, Philpot U, Wilton J, et al. (2018). Guided self-help to manage binge eating… Clinical Obesity.

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