Preparing the Covid Stream

Rapid Stand-Up Stand-down Model

EDQ’s Rapid Stand-Up Stand-Down Covid Stream is made up of:

• Senior Practitioner Emily • Eating Disorders Practitioner Amber • Two Lived Experience Peer/Psychosocial

Support Workers - Mandy and Tanya • Dietitian - Megan

Pictured L-R: Tanya, Amber, Emily, and Mandy

Health Minister Greg Hunt made the announcement that eating disorders would become the first mental illness to be assigned an MBS diagnostic category, with associated rebates, on World Mental Health Day 2019. Pictured from L-R at the announcement is Belinda Chelius (Eating Disorders Qld), Jennifer Beveridge (Eating Disorders Victoria), Christine Morgan (Butterfly Foundation), and Dr Sarah McGuire (InsideOut Institute).

As people across Queensland experienced the impact of Covid-19, EDQ gratefully received funding from Qld Health to develop and rollout a time-limited, Rapid Stand Up-Stand Down COVID response stream. In collaboration with HHS and QuEDS, EDQ developed a service aimed to support those individuals living with an eating disorder who are acutely impacted, lacking supports, and at risk due to Covid-19. In May 2020 the Covid Stream team commenced weekly meetings with the first intakes of clients referred by and QuEDS. The stream is funded until June 2021 and, given the positive response to this new stream, we are optimistic the service will have a profound impact on the lives of those most impacted by Covid-19.