Outpatients 

Referral Guidelines for Neurosurgery Clinic

For referral guidelines for the Neurosurgery Clinic please click on the link below

Neurosurgery Clinic guidelines.doc (27KB)

 

Referral Guidelines for Diabetes Clinic

For referral guidelines for the Diabetes Clinic please click on the link below

Diabetes Clinic guidelines.doc (29KB)

 

Referring for Endoscopy

Western Health offers a endoscopy service to which general practitioners can directly refer.You can refer to either Sunshine Hospital or Western Hospital, Footscray, using the new forms below. One form is for use with Medical Director, while the other version is for printing and completion by hand. Please note two major differences from the previous referral forms

• Please mark the relevant section if you believe that an anaesthetist's review is required before endoscopy
• Please mark the relevant section to the urgency of the procedure (Category 1, 2 or 3)
  

Click on links below for the Endoscopy referral forms

endoscopy referral (MD).doc (51KB)

endoscopy referral (paper).xls (106KB) 

 

Service Directory

For a full pdf version of the Service Directory click on link belowService Directory (961KB)

Referring to Outpatients

Expert Tips for Referring to Western Health Outpatients

Western Health offers a comprehensive outpatient service to
referring general practitioners and people of the west. Because referrals are triaged by medical and/or nursing staff, all efforts
are made to arrange appointments based on the urgency and
need. If the triage staff are supplied with the relevant clinical
and demographic information, allocating appointments for
patients is faster and more likely to suit their needs.

When referring

We strongly recommend that GP's use the Western Health
Outpatient Referral Form. We have a paper version, and a
Medical Director version.  (For the paper version, please
click here) wh_outpatient_referral1.pdf (67KB)

As most of your referrals will be faxed, please ensure that any handwriting will be legible and able to withstand the faxing
process

For the Medical Director version of the form please click below
for the instructions on how to incorporate the form
into Medical Director wh_referral-form_importing.pdf (31KB)

Please click below for the Medical Director Version of
the outpatient referral form  Outpatients template (MD).doc (40KB)

When writing your referral, please try to supply as much
relevant and contextual information as possible. The
registrar or consultant who triages your referral relies on his
information alone to assess your referral for urgency and the
most appropriate clinic. For example, a referral to Sleep
Disorders Clinic with "?sleep apnoea ...please assess" is
more likely to be given an appointment after a referral which includes "45 year old truck driver with increasing daytime somnolence and observed nocturnal apnoeas".

Interpreting services are provided free of charge to public outpatients within the hospital. If you think your patient will
need an interpreter, please request an interpreter from the language required when the referral is made.