When & How to Refer

I am a General Practitioner or Psychiatrist, what conditions can you provide support for?

I can provide support for:

  • Impaired Glucose Tolerance and Diabetes

  • Cholesterol, Hypertension, Heart disease and Post-stroke

  • Weight management, including GIP and GLP-1 medication prescription

  • Digestive symptoms, reflux and Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

  • Disordered eating and Eating Disorders

  • Nutrient deficiencies

  • Osteoporosis and Healthy Ageing

  • Food allergies and intolerances

  • Weight loss

  • Cancer and cancer treatment

  • Reproductive and Perimenopause support

  • Complex health needs including Disability, Enteral Nutrition and Aged Care

Where is your clinic location?

Our clinic is located within West Perth Healthcare Centre. The address is Shop2, Ground Floor/1260 Hay St, West Perth WA 6005.

Face-to-face appointments are available on Fridays from 7:30am to 12:00pm. Patients can also book in for Online appointments on some Friday evenings (6:00pm - 8:30pm) and Saturday afternoons (1:00pm - 4:00pm).

Patients can book in online here: MyWellness Dietetics - Book appointment.

How do I make a referral?

Thank you, we appreciate your referral. Please pass on our clinic information to your patient, they can book online here: MyWellness Dietetics - Book appointment.

If a Chronic Condition Management Plan (CCMP) or Eating Disorder Treatment and Management Plan (EDTMP) has been put in place, please kindly send a copy via email.

If relevant, this link here has some Eating Disorder information for Doctors and an Eating Disorder Care Plan template is available via Inside Out (click here).

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What is the eligibility criteria for an Eating Disorder Plan?

The Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q) or DSM-5 Diagnostic Criteria for Eating Disorders are used as part of assessment and diagnosis of eating disorder.

These are the links to access them: EDE-Q 6.0 and DSM-5 Diagnostic criteria for eating disorders. Here is an online version of the EDE-Q: EDE-Q online.

Who is eligible?

People diagnosed, as per DSM 5, with:

  • Anorexia nervosa (automatically eligible), or

  • Bulimia nervosa (and meets additional criteria), or

  • Binge eating, (and meets additional criteria), or

  • Other specified feeding or eating disorder (and meets additional criteria).

The patients (with a diagnosis other than anorexia nervosa) must have:

  • A global EDE-Q score of 3 or higher; and

  • Their condition is characterised by rapid weight loss, or frequent binge eating or inappropriate compensatory behaviour as manifested by 3 or more occurrences per week.

In addition, these patients must have at least two (2) of the following indicators:

  • Clinically underweight with a body weight less than 85% of expected weight where weight loss is directly attributable to the eating disorder.

  • Current or high risk of medical complications due to eating disorder behaviours and symptoms.

  • Overnight inpatient admission for an eating disorder in the previous 12 months

  • Inadequate treatment response to evidence based eating disorder treatment over the past six months despite active and consistent participation