State
Vanessa Allen is a Senior Dietitian with extensive experience in treating people with eating disorders. Vanessa worked within a specialist NSW Health eating disorder program for 9 years and then in the role of Eating Disorder Coordinator for 8 years, supporting district-wide collaboration to meet the needs of people with eating disorder and their families. In 2024, Vanessa joined the InsideOut Institute for Eating Disorders to support the implementation of the NSW Service Plan for People with Eating Disorders across NSW.
Across NSW, health services are increasingly involving people with a lived experience of an eating disorder and/or of caring for a loved one with an eating disorder in Service planning and improvement. This aims to ensure the skills, voices, experiences and contributions of those with a lived experience are effectively implemented, including Resources have been developed to support LHD Coordinators in meaningfully engaging these individuals.
In Progress
The 2014 ‘Guidelines for the Inpatient Management of Adult Eating Disorders in General Medical and Psychiatric Settings in NSW’ provides valuable guidance for clinicians in services across the state in the care of a person with an eating disorder in a medical setting. InsideOut Institute in partnership with NSW Health and medical and psychiatric leads across the state have embarked on a full review and redesign of this guideline. The revised guidelines will reflect current evidence and best practice, provide consistent admission criteria, and ensure people with eating disorders can access the appropriate level of inpatient care across NSW.
In Progress
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