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We created one 14-to-25 Transition\u2014ED track within our own unit, where a single multidisciplinary team continuously follows each patient and family across the CAMHS\u2013AMHS boundary (via weekly joint paediatric and adult clinician meeting) without changing the individual psychotherapist, family therapist, or dietitian at the age 18 transition. We investigated the manner in which patients and parents perceive this model. Methods: A survey of two naturalistic parent cohorts\u2014CAMHS (n = 16) and Transition\u2014Adult arm (n = 15)\u2014also joined, alongside the original group of young adults who had entered the programme during its set-up phase (n = 9). Here, the 14\u201325 pathway denotes one unified route of care across adolescence and young adulthood; the Transition\u2014Adult arm is its \u2265 18-years component. All index patients had a primary DSM-5-TR diagnosis of restricting-type anorexia nervosa. Participants completed the Client Satisfaction Questionnaire-8 (CSQ-8; range 8\u201332) and four bespoke Continuity-of-Care items (1\u20134 Likert). Results: Overall, the caregivers in both cohorts were pleased (median CSQ-8 = 28.5 [CAMHS] vs. 27.0 [Transition]; p = 0.75). Continuity items were universally well rated across cohorts. Cohort parents reported a median of two unchanged core clinicians (i.e., the individual psychotherapist, the family therapist, or the dietitian), which was nonsignificantly positively correlated with CSQ-8 scores (\u03c1 = 0.22). Early-group patients mirrored caregiver impressions (mean CSQ-8 = 27.0 \u00b1 3.9). Conclusions: It is feasible and highly acceptable to both caregivers and anorexia nervosa young adults to have the same key staff and family-centred sessions over the 14-to-25 age span. 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