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Following the 2025 Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) process, several of InsideOut Institute’s flagship national programs received renewed funding from the Australian Department of Health, Disability and Ageing under the National Leadership in Mental Health Program.
The renewed investment is supporting the continued operation and growth of the InsideOut eClinic, The Upskilling Project, the InsideOut GP Hub, and the Australian Eating Disorder Research & Translation Centre (AEDRTC) over the 2026-2027 and 2027-2028 financial years.
This funding recognises the critical role our initiatives play in strengthening Australia's eating disorder system of care, improving access to evidence-based support, building workforce capacity, and advancing research and translation to improve outcomes for people affected by eating disorders.
The InsideOut eClinic provides free, evidence-based online support, assessment, and treatment for people living with eating disorders, as well as their families and carers. The continued funding will enable the eClinic to reach more Australians, particularly those unable to access to treatment due to financial barriers, and those in regional, rural, and remote communities where specialist support is limited.
By providing early intervention pathways and connecting individuals to appropriate and effective care, the eClinic helps ensure people can access support sooner, when it can make the greatest difference.
Through the Upskilling Project, InsideOut is providing frontline Commonwealth funded mental health clinicians across youth mental health clinics and corresponding adult services nationwide, with the skills, knowledge, and confidence to recognise eating disorders early and provide evidence-based care.
The project is embedding sustainable, system-level improvements across mainstream mental health services for the first time, being conducted in partnership with headspace National, Medicare Mental Health, Head to Health, and Initial Assessment and Referral services.
The Upskilling Project has established the first treatment pathway for eating disorders across the network, embedding access to our eTherapies through eHeadspace and into headspace centres nationally. As of August 2026, 168 of 175 headspace centres are engaged in the Upskilling program, 124 of which have completed the implementation program.
Additionally, the program has engaged 46 of 55 Medicare Mental Health sites, and Initial Assessment and Referral teams from 17 of 29 Primary Health Networks, with over 3347 clinicians receiving training.
Renewed funding will support the continued delivery of training and education programs that strengthen clinician capability and confidence, and deliver improved access to high-quality, evidence-based care for people experiencing eating disorders across Australia.
General practitioners are often the first point of contact for people experiencing eating disorders. However, many GPs report feeling out of their depth identifying and treating people with eating disorders. The InsideOut GP Hub provides a suite of practical digital tools, resources, and guidance to support the identification, assessment, and management of people with eating disorders in primary care.
Sitting alongside the Hub is The Practice Management Toolkit; supporting practice staff to navigate MBS items and billing, embed the Hub’s tools into existing software and providing quality improvement initiatives and templates.
Already in use by over 11% of the GP workforce, continued investment in the InsideOut GP Hub will ensure this 360-degree point-of-care suite of digital tools remain available and will continue to evolve to help meet the needs of GPs, allowing them to provide timely and effective care for patients.
Led by InsideOut Institute, and in collaboration with a national consortium, The Australian Eating Disorder Research & Translation Centre (AEDRTC) is developing the national research infrastructure that will strengthen Australia's eating disorder research landscape. Through national collaboration, workforce development and support for emerging researchers, and the digital tools to translate evidence into practice, the Centre aims to ensure research findings lead to meaningful improvements in treatment and health outcomes, and inform policy, system development, and service delivery.
Centre initiatives have the potential to help shape the future of eating disorder care in Australia, with a key focus over the coming years being the Signature Studies; a landmark national research program designed to transform our understanding and treatment of eating disorders across the lifespan. Another key project, the National Minimum Dataset, is embedding a nationally agreed minimum dataset into public health system infrastructure, to better understand and measure treatment outcomes.
Continued funding will enable the Centre to advance this important work, driving research excellence and strengthening the translation of evidence into real-world impact across the eating disorders sector.
The renewed funding represents an important investment in the future of eating disorder care in Australia. Supporting innovative services, research, workforce development, primary care resources and research translation will continue to improve accessibility, strengthen clinical excellence, and drive positive change across the eating disorder sector.
InsideOut Institute looks forward to building on this momentum and working with our partners across the country to ensure more Australians can access the support, treatment and information they need, when they need it most.