^Virginia Wilson:^ Yeah. So one of the things at the moment is what does that information flow look we’re looking like from online counselling to RDP and back the other way, RDP to online counselling, and also through the facilitated coaching not sort of looking at full disclosure of details service. We’re between online counselling and an RDP, but we do recognise that there is absolute benefit in a carer undertaking online counselling being then referred in some capacity through to an who’s RDP so that they can have a full look at the situation and work through whether carer’s there’s other supports that may be of benefit to them. ^Lizzie Papadakis:^ Thanks Virginia. # Okay. So a similar question. ^Q:^ Is there expected to be any direct interaction between the digital service providers and RDPs? ^Virginia Wilson:^ So just building on that answer, not looking at a direct interaction in a digital sense between we’re the digital service providers and the RDPs, but we are certainly expecting that RDPs will have to form relationships as well with particularly the digital counselling service and a two-way – that’s relationship that looking for but not any sort of direct digital interaction. we’re – # ^Lizzie Papadakis:^ Right. So this is a question around estimations of service demand. ^Q:^ How has the department estimated service demand? You mentioned estimating the carer population. Are you expecting all carers to see service support? #
^Virginia Wilson:^ Yeah. So one of the things we’re looking at the moment is what does that information flow look like from online counselling to RDP and back the other way, RDP to online counselling, and also through the facilitated coaching service. We’re not sort of looking at full disclosure of details between online counselling and an RDP, but we do recognise that there is absolute benefit in a carer who’s undertaking online counselling being then referred in some capacity through to an RDP so that they can have a full look at the carer’s situation and work through whether there’s other supports that may be of benefit to them. ^Lizzie Papadakis:^ Thanks Virginia. # Okay. So a similar question. ^Q:^ Is there expected to be any direct interaction between the digital service providers and RDPs? ^Virginia Wilson:^ So just building on that answer, we’re not looking at a direct interaction in a digital sense between the digital service providers and the RDPs, but we are certainly expecting that RDPs will have to form relationships as well with particularly the digital counselling service – and that’s a two-way relationship that we’re looking for – but not any sort of direct digital interaction. # ^Lizzie Papadakis:^ Right. So this is a question around estimations of service demand. ^Q:^ How has the department estimated service demand? You mentioned estimating the carer population. Are you expecting all carers to see service support? #