Outpatient Clinics

 - Combined Pituitary Clinic
(in conjunction with the Neurosurgery Unit)

 - Multidisciplinary Diabetes Clinic

 - Endocrine Clinic

 - Thyroid Clinic (in conjunction with Endocrine Surgery)

 - Young Adult Diabetes Clinic

 - Lipid Clinic

 - Metabolic Bone Clinic

 - Diabetes Clinic

Outpatient Clinics are also supported by diabetes educators, dieticians, podiatrists and retinal screening program.
 

Appointments are prioritised based on clinical urgency. Please provide the following information:

 - Reason for referral

 - See "tests required" opposite

 - Duration of symptoms

 - Relevant past history

Please Note: Patients aged 75 or over will be referred to the General Medicine Clinic

Outpatient Referral

Fax: 9288 3489

GP Hotline: 9288 2898

Referral Queries

Chris Uren

Lead Nurse
9288 3774

Clinic Times

Tuesday AM

Tuesday PM

Wednesday AM

Wednesday PM

Thursday AM

Thursday PM

Friday AM

Diabetes Referral Tests Required

Established Diabetes

- Recent HbA1c

Newly Diagnosed Type 2

- blood glucose including
glucose tolerance tests if       done

Recommended Links
Multilingual information on diabetes for patients and families
www.diabetesaustralia.com.au/multilingualdiabetes

Evidence based guidelines for management of type 2 diabetes
http://www.diabetesaustralia.com.au/education_info/nebg.html

Links to resources about diabetes
www.diabetesaustralia.com.au/links_library/index.html

Diabetes Educator Service

Direct referral is available to the Diabetes Education Service.  For bookings or further details, telephone the Diabetes Educator. The Diabetes Educators can be contacted Monday to Friday by telephoning 9288 2211 and paging 161 or calling directly on 9288 3675 or 3676.

Clinical Trials: The Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes is continuously involved in medical and nursing research including clinical trials of new and emerging pharmaceutical products. The medical conditions usually associated with clinical trials are Type 1 and type 2 diabetes, acromegaly, osteoporosis and hypercholesterolaemia. Should you have any patients who may benefit from involvement in clinical trials please contact Anne Ferguson Endocrine Clinical Trials Coordinator on 9288 3673.

Chronic Disease Management Programs

For information about multidisciplinary chronic disease management programs follow this link - Restoring Health