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Useful Management Information
- Congenital heart disease is under cardiology or cardiac surgery
- Where a congenital structural malformation requiring surgery is diagnosed antenatally, best practice requires referral to multidisciplinary care
- Utilise local paediatric medicine and neonatology expertise for diagnosis, stabilisation and transfer
- See urogenital section for renal and/or genital structural anomalies
- Call local paediatric surgeon or paediatric surgical unit if unsure of investigations and follow-up requirement to report congenital conditions to the Australian Congenital Anomalies Monitoring System (ACAMS) Genetic Health Queensland
- NSW Centre for genetics education
- Genetics at a glance
- In the majority of cases it is thought inappropriate for children to wait more than 3 months for an outpatient initial appointment.
Minimum Referral Criteria
Does your patient meet the minimum referral criteria?
Category 1 (appointment within 30 calendar days) |
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Category 2 (appointment within 90 calendar days) |
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Category 3 (appointment within 365 calendar days) |
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Essential Referral Information
- General referral information
- problem/condition
- surgeon previously involved (if relevant)
- birth weight and gestational age at birth
- Antenatal and perinatal history
- Antenatal imaging including MRI, USS and chromosomal analysis results - imaging films rather than reports (antenatal diagnosis only)
- Any post-natal imaging results - imaging films rather than reports (if available)
Additional Referral Information
- No additional referral information
Send Referrals To
Smart Referrals
Preferred Method
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Internal Referrals
Paediatric Surgery (E-Blueslips)
Fax
(07) 5687 4497
Post
Paediatric Referral Centre
Gold Coast University Hospital
1 Hospital Boulevard
Southport QLD 4215
Enquiries
(07) 5687 3579
Service Availability
A/Prof Deborah Bailey
Medical Director Paediatric Surgery, and Paediatric Urology
Facilities
Gold Coast University Hospital
If you would like to send a named referral, please address it to the specialist listed above, who will allocate a suitably qualified specialist to see the patient. Alternatively, you can view a full list of our specialists.
Child Safety
If you have a reason to suspect a child in Queensland is experiencing harm, or is at risk of experiencing harm, contact Department of Children, Youth Justice and Multicultural Services . Please consider if mandatory reporting applies.