FOR GPs + HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
Refer a patient to The Wholebeing Co.
We’re a team of Accredited Practising Dietitians providing compassionate, evidence-based and weight-inclusive nutrition care for adults, adolescents and children.
Inclusive care is an important part of how we work. We are LGBTIQA+ inclusive, neurodiversity affirming, disability inclusive and sex work positive, and aim to provide nutrition care that respects each person’s identity, experiences, needs and circumstances.
Here you’ll find everything you need to make a referral, including our referral pathways, areas of expertise, Medicare information and how to find the right dietitian for your patient.
AREAS WE SUPPORT
Who can you refer to us?
Our dietitians work across a broad range of nutrition concerns, with particular experience in the following areas:
Area 1:
Eating Disorders + Relationship with Food
Eating disorders and disordered eating, ARFID, binge eating, restrictive eating, chronic dieting, body image concerns, intuitive eating and supporting a more flexible relationship with food. We work with adults, adolescents and children, depending on the individual clinician’s scope of practice.
Area 2:
Neuroaffirming Nutrition Care
Nutrition support that recognises and works with neurodivergent experiences of food and eating, including sensory preferences and sensitivities, interoception, executive functioning, appetite awareness, routines and predictability, demand and the practical challenges of planning, shopping, preparing and eating food. Our neuroaffirming approach can be incorporated into eating disorder and ARFID care as well as broader nutrition support.
Area 3: Gut Health
IBS, IBD, coeliac disease, bloating, constipation, diarrhoea, food intolerances and sensitivities, low FODMAP support and nutrition where gastrointestinal symptoms overlap with restrictive eating or a difficult relationship with food.
Area 4:
Pelvic + Hormonal Health
Endometriosis, pelvic pain, PMOS (previously referred to as PCOS), fertility, pregnancy and postpartum nutrition including gestational diabetes, perimenopause and menopause, osteoporosis and bone health.
Area 5:
GLP-1 Nutrition Support
Non-judgemental nutrition support for people considering or using GLP-1 medications, including nutritional adequacy, appetite changes, gastrointestinal side effects, maintaining a flexible relationship with food and navigating body image concerns.
Area 6:
Sport + Performance
Sports and performance nutrition, fuelling, recovery, energy availability and RED-S, hydration, supplements, gastrointestinal concerns in athletes, and the intersection between sport, body image, disordered eating and eating disorders.
Area 7:
Chronic Health + General Nutrition
Diabetes and prediabetes, cardiovascular health, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, nutrient deficiencies, chronic illness, fatigue, vegetarian and vegan nutrition, meal planning and general nutrition support.
HOW TO REFER
Making a referral is simple.
If you know which dietitian you’d like your patient to see, you can address the referral directly to them. If you’re unsure, simply refer to The Wholebeing Co and our team can help your patient find a dietitian with the appropriate experience, appointment options and availability.
Choose a dietitian—or refer to the team
[email protected]
Phone: 03 9087 3553
Fax: 03 9960 7587
The Wholebeing Co
6/51 Langridge Street
Collingwood VIC 3066
Referrals can be sent directly to our team by email or fax.
Send us the referral
Patients can book directly with their preferred dietitian or contact our team for help choosing who to see.
Your patient books an appointment
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Where appropriate and with the patient’s consent, we’ll communicate with you and other members of the treating team to support coordinated care.
We’ll keep you in the loop
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Downloads & Referrer Resources
referral form
team flyer
GLP-1 nutrition info for GPs
GLP-1 nutrition info to provide to clients
COLLABORATIVE CARE
Working together to support your patient.
We value collaborative care and recognise that nutrition is often just one part of a person’s broader health and wellbeing. Where appropriate, and with the patient’s consent, our dietitians work closely with GPs, psychologists, psychiatrists, specialists and other allied health professionals involved in their care.
We provide written updates to referrers as appropriate, including following initial assessment, as required under relevant Medicare plans, and when there are significant changes or concerns that are important to the patient’s care.
Communication with referrers
Your first appointment is a chance for us to get to know you. We’ll explore your health and nutrition history, your relationship with food, what life looks like for you and what you’d like to get out of working together. Sometimes this takes more than one session, and that’s completely okay.
WE START WITH YOU
For patients with eating disorders, complex health needs or multiple treating practitioners, we can collaborate with the broader team to support consistent and coordinated care. This may include sharing relevant nutrition goals and progress, discussing clinical concerns and contributing to multidisciplinary treatment planning.
Working with the treating team
Our dietitians are happy to participate in multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings where this would support coordinated patient care.
Eligible multidisciplinary case conferences may attract a Medicare rebate for participating health professionals. You can find current information about eligibility, requirements and Medicare items on the Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing – Multidisciplinary Case Conferencing.
If you would like one of our dietitians to attend an upcoming MDT meeting or case conference, please contact us with the proposed date, time and participating clinicians.
Multidisciplinary team meetings
Clinician-to-clinician communication
We welcome communication from members of a patient’s treating team. If you have a clinical question, would like to discuss a referral or need to share relevant information, please contact us at [email protected] or call 03 9087 3553.
If you’re trying to reach a specific dietitian, our team can pass your message on to the appropriate clinician.
Our aim is to keep communication useful, respectful and relevant, while protecting patient privacy and maintaining their involvement and autonomy in their care.
REFERRER CONTACT
Not sure whether we’re the right service for your patient, which dietitian may be the best fit, or which referral pathway to use? Get in touch with our team. We’re happy to answer questions about referrals, Medicare pathways, clinician availability or how we can work alongside your patient’s existing treating team.
Referrer Contact Email: [email protected]
Phone: 03 9087 3553