Specialist Clinics

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

St Vincent’s Outpatient Clinics asks GPs to not refer non-urgent patients during the COVID-19 pandemic

During the current COVID-19 crisis, hospital resources are being directed away from non-urgent care to allow capacity for the predicted surge in severely sick patients. As a result, St Vincent’s Specialist Clinics will only be able to accept new referrals for patients with urgent conditions such as new cancers or other time-critical diagnoses.

Many Outpatients are already being managed through telehealth or telephone consultations to minimise risk of spread of the virus.

We ask GPs in these extraordinary times TO NOT REFER NON-URGENT PATIENTS they would normally send for an opinion or advice.

 

Please manage these patients as best you can until the surge is over and use excellent resources such as HealthPathways https://melbourne.healthpathways.org.au .

St Vincent’s is preparing to look at other ways to support GP care such as a GP Hotline for Specialist clinical advice

 

 

 

 

St Vincent's Specialist Clinics provide over 90,000 non-admitted patient appointments per year across 20 different medical and surgical specialties. The Specialist Clinics provide a gateway to the hospital for patients requiring elective surgery and ongoing chronic disease management.

 

For detailed patient information regarding Specialist Clinics please see Patients & Visitor  > Specialist Clinics

 

Medical Practitioner Enquiries:

Tel: (03) 9231 2898
Monday to Thursday: 8:30am to 4:30pm
Friday: 8:30am to 4:00pm, or please leave a message.

Referrals

Click here for referral templates 

Please fax referrals to: (03) 9231 3489

Referral Information Check List:

    Patient Demographic Information:

 Full Name

 Address

 Date of birth

 Contact number 

 Medicare number

 Indigenous Status

 Interpreter Requirements

    Clinical Information:

 Speciality and Head of Unit to whom patient is referred

 Reason for referral

 Management to date

 Medical history

 Relevant diagnostic results

 Allergies

 Current medications

 Name of referring doctor including name and contact details

 

Statewide Referral Criteria for Specialist Clinics

To improve access and appropriateness of referrals to public hospitals, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has developed statewide referral criteria for certain medical and surgical conditions.

These referral criteria have also been incorporated into Health Pathways Melbourne.

Please refer to HealthPathways Melbourne or the DHHS Statewide Referral Criteria for the specialties below:

Click here to view and search all conditions and criteria.

 

For further information regarding specific clinics, please select from the options below: