Overview

Our GP & Hospital Primary Care Liaison Unit provides assistance to Austin Health staff, the GP community and primary care agencies to develop links and opportunities for collaboration.

We are keen to provide contact details, referral information and forms to make it as easy as possible for GP and health professionals to refer their patients to Austin Health.

Find out more about GP & Hospital Primary Care Liaison Unit.

Main contacts

Specialist Clinics referrals

Find out how to refer your patient to Specialist Clinics and access referral guidelines and forms.

Emergency & ICU referrals

Emergency

GPs can contact the Emergency Department for patient referral or management advice on

03 9496 4892 or 03 9496 4898

Note that this is not a general medical advice line and should be used for doctor referrals only.

Find out more about our Emergency services.

ICU

Find out how to refer your patient to ICU.

Diagnostic service referrals

Find out referral information from these services:

• Pathology 
• Radiology
• Respiratory and Sleep Tests 
• Molecular imaging & therapy (including nuclear medicine, PET and Bone Mineral Density sevices)
• Neurodiagnostics Laboratory

For information about the Victorian Perinatal Autopsy Service, visit the Royal Women's Hospital website.

Aged & residential care program referrals

Find out more about aged care services and our Health and Independence Program (HIP).

Visit individual service pages to find out how to refer your patient. Some services accept phone referrals; others just need a written referral faxed to them.

Rehabilitation referrals

Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital (including Geriatric Evaluation Management)

Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital specialises in Geriatric Evaluation Management (GEM), aged care, orthogeriatric rehabilitation and neurological rehabilitation.

Referrals to this service require completion by a geriatrician.

Royal Talbot Rehabilitation Centre (including Acquired Brain Injury)

The Royal Talbot Rehabilitation Centre (RTRC) specialises in general, amputee, ortho and neurological rehabilitation, and Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) and spinal rehabilitation.

Referrals to these rehabilitation services will be reviewed at Austin Health by the relevant medical consultant.

Rehabilitation referrals

Please email completed referral form below to externalreferrals@austin.org.au and attach latest pathology, observations relevant imaging and medication chart.

Please note: do not use this email address for Specialist Clinics referrals. For more information, see: refer your patient to Specialist Clinics.

Haematology & oncology referrals

Health Independence Program (HIP) referrals

Find out how to refer your patient to our Health Independence Program.

Mental health referrals

Find out how to refer your patient to our mental health services.

Veteran's services referrals