The Peter Beumont Eating Disorders Service is the leading specialist tertiary eating disorders treatment service in NSW. Located in the Professor Marie Bashir Centre at RPA, the service provides hospital and outpatient care, and clinician support.

Peter Beumont Unit

What to expect

The Peter Beumont Unit is a nine-bed unit providing specialised care for people with an eating disorder. We will provide you with holistic, recovery-oriented care to help you work towards recovery.

Our multidisciplinary team will work with you to understand your needs, preferences and goals. Our team includes mental health nurses, psychiatrists, social workers, psychologists, registrars, occupational therapists and dietitians.

When you arrive, your physical health will be checked. This includes your blood pressure, temperature and heart health. 

During your stay at the Unit, you will receive structure and support with mealtimes. You will learn strategies to manage unhelpful patterns, habits, distress and emotions. We will support your nutritional rehabilitation. You will be able to attend groups about eating in a normal and healthy way. We will help you plan your discharge so you can continue to get support in the community.

The Peter Beumont Unit can admit voluntary and involuntary patients.

Orientation

When you arrive, we will show you around the Unit and introduce you to your care team. There are some items that cannot be bought into the ward or kept in bedrooms. This includes food and drinks. We will explain all of this information as well as visiting and access to the building, fire safety and security.

What to bring

When you are coming to the Peter Beumont Unit we will have a pre-admission meeting with you and will talk about what to bring and what is not allowed. Items that are prohibited include alcohol, cigarettes, marijuana, illicit drugs, tobacco, vapes, any food or drinks, over-the-counter medication or diet products, magazines, sharp or dangerous objects and weapons.

Please bring regular clothes and aim to dress for the weather. We will ask you to only wear tights under other clothes. We have a washing machine and dryer in the Unit.

For more information, visit our what happens in hospital? page.

Meals

All meals and snacks are provided. You will have a balanced meal plan to meet your body’s needs. Your dietitian will talk with you about your food choices.

Breakfast	8.30am
Morning Tea	10am
Lunch	1pm
Afternoon Tea	3pm
Dinner	5.30pm
Supper	7pm

Families

Families and friends are important for a person's recovery. We have specific visiting times that are outside meals, therapy and rest times. Please contact us to check when it is a good time to visit.

Visiting

Visiting is welcome.

To maintain a safe environment for staff, consumers and visitors, visiting our wards may be limited or delayed at times. There are also items you may not be allowed to bring into our hospital wards, including drugs, alcohol and lighters. We recommend you contact the ward ahead of visiting.

Children are welcome to visit and must be accompanied by a responsible adult at all times. Please contact the ward ahead of your visit with children.

Referrals

All referrals to the Peter Beumont Unit must be received from a registered health professional. This could be your General Practitioner, private therapist or psychiatrist. We do not accept self-referrals.

Referrals are prioritised according to how unwell you are, and your access to community-based care.

Eligibility criteria include:

• Over 16 years of age
• Having an eating disorder that has not been sufficiently managed in the community

Referral process

Please contact us Monday to Friday from 8am-8pm on 1800 443 833. Clinicians can contact via E-Connect Monday to Friday from 8am-8pm on 1800 443 833.

Contact

Peter Beumont Unit
Street address: Professor Marie Bashir Centre, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
67-73 Missenden Road Camperdown
Staff station phone: 02 9515 1551
 

Peter Beumont Intensive Outpatient Program

The Peter Beumont Intensive Outpatient Program is a community-based time-limited, tertiary level group therapies program for people with eating disorders who have a community-based care team. This program complements the care you are receiving locally. 

What to expect

The Peter Beumont Intensive Outpatient Program is voluntary for people who are engaged in treatment and need more support, but do not need to go to hospital. 

Our team includes mental health nurses, psychiatrists, psychologists, occupational therapists and dietitians. We will provide you with time-limited intensive individual and group therapies.

The Peter Beumont Intensive Outpatient Program – Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

The Peter Beumont Intensive Outpatient Program – Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (PBIOP-CBT) is an eight-week, intensive group program for people who are medically stable, attending regular appointments with their GP and therapists, able to set meaningful goals and work towards change, and able to attend all sessions. This may be as a step-up in outpatient care, if you need more support, or a step-down from inpatient care as part of your transition plan back to community care. 

You will participate in groups including therapy groups, education groups, meal support, cooking groups and individual sessions with a therapist. You will need to attend all groups, complete homework tasks and be actively working towards recovery.

The Peter Beumont Intensive Outpatient Program – Motivational Enhancement Therapy

The Peter Beumont Intensive Outpatient Program – Motivational Enhancement Therapy (PBIOP-MET) includes time-limited individual sessions with a mental health clinician to support your motivation to engage with the PBIOP-CBT program. These sessions are a safe space to help you understand your eating disorder, explore your motivation for change and discuss barriers.

If you live in Sydney you will need to attend sessions from both programs in person, at the Professor Marie Bashir Centre at RPA. Telehealth is available if you live outside Sydney.

Referrals

All referrals to the Peter Beumont Intensive Outpatient Program must be received from a registered health professional. This could be your General Practitioner, private therapist or psychiatrist. We do not accept self-referrals.

We will respond to your referral within a week. The multidisciplinary team will discuss your referral and may contact the referrer for more information. If eligible, a member of the team will contact you to arrange an assessment and collaboratively review with you if the program will meet your needs.

The Peter Beumont Intensive Outpatient Program has a waitlist. If accepted you will be contacted when a space becomes available.

Eligibility criteria include:

• Experiencing an eating disorder, including Anorexia Nervosa, Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder, Binge Eating Disorder, Bulimia Nervosa, and Other Specified Feeding or Eating Disorder
• Over 16 years of age
• Having an eating disorder that has not been sufficiently managed with routine community care

Referral process

Please contact us Monday to Friday from 8am-8pm on 1800 443 833. Clinicians can contact via E-Connect Monday to Friday from 8am-8pm on 1800 443 833.

The NSW Adult Eating Disorders Outreach Service

The NSW Adult Eating Disorders Outreach Service is a specialist multidisciplinary team who provide consultation and training to medical and mental health services delivering care for people living with eating disorders in NSW. The Outreach Service can provide support for teams and individuals new to caring for people with eating disorders, and peer consultations for teams with experience.

Services available include:

• Planned, multidisciplinary case conferences
• Discipline specific peer review or consultation
• Education or training for clinicians or teams

As a statewide service, all support is available via telehealth.

Team based consultations must include a treating clinician from a NSW Health service. General Practitioners are encouraged to participate and access the Outreach Service psychiatrist for consultation.

The Outreach Service delivers the virtual Project ECHO series in Adult Eating Disorders for clinicians in NSW. If you are a treating clinician, looking after someone with an eating disorder, and interested in this program, please contact us for more information.

Referral process

Please contact us Monday to Friday from 8am-8pm on 1800 443 833. Clinicians can contact via E-Connect, Monday to Friday, from 8am-8pm, on 1800 443 833.

Helpful resources

InsideOut Institute for Eating Disorders	Australia’s national eating disorder research and clinical excellence institute. Information for you, families and carers, health professionals and researchers. Includes free, evidence based digital therapies.
Butterfly	National charity for anyone in Australia impacted by eating disorders and body image issues, including friends, families and communities who support them.
The Centre for Clinical Interventions	The WA Government site that has information on evidence based psychological interventions.
National Eating Disorders Collaboration (NEDC)	National collaborative platform for experts by lived experience, clinicians, leaders, researchers, and services.