East Metro Eating Disorder Specialist Service

EMEDSS is an outpatient service that provides early access to specialised treatment with the aim of helping clients remain in the community.

The service helps bridge the gap between inpatient treatment and longer-term community services for eating disorders.

We take a recovery-oriented approach to treatment with a team of clinical nursing, dietetics, psychology, social work, psychiatry, general practitioner, social work and peer support staff. 

We are open to residents living in the EMHS catchment area who are aged 16 years or over where an eating disorder is of primary concern.

Services offered

Assessment

  • Comprehensive triage and assessment will determine your suitability for our services
  • We can refer you on to other services if we are not your best fit.

Intensive Clinical Monitoring

  • This nurse-led service provides nutritional and physical health monitoring and motivational support over eight weeks with up to four appointments per week, as determined by clinical need. 

Specialist Multidisciplinary Outpatient Clinic

  • Staff in the clinic can offer therapies, transition support, relapse prevention planning and support for general health and wellbeing over a 12-week period, as determined by clinical need.

Referral pathway

To obtain a referral form or discuss eligibility, contact our team on 9224 4242 between 8am and 4pm weekdays or email us at EMEDSSReferrals@health.wa.gov.au

As part of a phased implementation, referrals are currently accepted from:

  • Liaison Psychiatrist/psychiatry registrar (medical inpatient and Emergency Department) 
  • Treating Psychiatrist/ psychiatry registrar (mental health inpatient and community mental health teams) 
  • General Practitioners (GPs) 

Inclusion criteria

  • Agreeable to engaging with the service and willing to attend weekly appointments as a minimum, as determined by clinical need. 
  • Aged 16 years and older. 
  • Eating disorder is a diagnosis of primary concerns. 
  • Resided within the EMHS catchment, including WACHS catchment. 
  • Medically stable - can be maintained in the community or out of hospital. 
  • Engaged with a GP in the community or is willing to do so. 

Referral forms

This form can be imported into Best Practice as a template. It has been formatted to auto-populate. Do NOT OPEN OR RE-SAVE as this may corrupt the file. 

  • Referral Form (importable to Best Practice software - does not auto populate)

Please provide and attach all relevant information to enable the referral to proceed.

Medical monitoring template

GPs can use this medical monitoring form to collect important observations and investigations, paired with WAEDOCS guidelines (current as of November 2025).

 Eating Disorder Physical Review Template

Future services 

  • Planned relocation to larger premises to allow for expansion of current services. 
  • Introduction of Intensive Day Program. 

 

Last Updated: 05/12/2025