Quick Reference Guide for Primary Care Professionals and Service Providers

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This resource is intended to provide information to PHNs to ensure that commissioned services are aware of their roles and responsibilities in responding to eating disorders, as well as the competencies required when engaging people with eating disorders.

The resource also supports PHNs to understand where their commissioned services sit in the stepped system of care for eating disorders and ensure that people experience a coordinated transition to different levels of the stepped system of care as needed.


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