The NSW Service Plan for People with Eating Disorders 2021-2025 provides a framework for Health Professionals to support the delivery of treatment and care for people with or at risk of developing an eating disorder and the lives of their families, carers and communities. Eating disorders service provision is core business for Local Health Districts and Specialty Health Networks.
The Service Plan identifies six key strategic areas in the treatment of eating disorders that will drive service improvement and innovation by identifying pathways to care, driving evidence-based practice in promotion, prevention, early intervention and treatment across NSW.
Please see NSW Service Plan for People with Eating Disorders 2021-2025 - Blueprint for Action.
The following resources have been developed to support the NSW Health workforce in the delivery of care to people with eating disorders, their families and carers:
The InsideOut Institute website contains information and resources on the evidence based treatments currently available for eating disorders. This website includes a range of resources available for people with lived experience of eating disorders, families and carers, clinicians and researchers.
Through the InsideOut Institute website, health professionals can gain access to a range of e-Learning modules including:
Health professionals working with patients with an eating disorder can access the Essentials Core Competency Training and a range of resources to support the delivery of evidence-based treatment.
In addition, the InsideOut Institute website provides access to e-therapy, with online screening tools and assessments as well as a treatment services database to assist with building treatment pathways.