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Useful Management Information

  • This service does not accept referrals for woman over 16 weeks gestation
  • For unconfirmed pregnancy please consider:
    • Completing routine antenatal screening
  • EPAM Service is available Monday to Friday 8am – 4pm
  • If out of hours send any unstable patient to emergency department.
  • If out of hours and stable miscarriage requiring management identified, send referral to service, contact will be made the following day to organise an urgent appointment.

Minimum Referral Criteria

Does your patient meet the minimum referral criteria?
Category 1 (appointment within 30 calendar days)
  • Confirmed non-viable pregnancy
  • Incomplete miscarriage requiring management
  • Stable ectopic pregnancy
  • Pregnancy of unknown location
  • Pregnancy of uncertain viability
  • Suspected stable molar pregnancy
Category 2 (appointment within 90 calendar days)
  • No category 2 criteria
Category 3 (appointment within 365 calendar days)
  • No category 3 criteria
  • If the patient does not meet the criteria for referral but the referring practitioner believes the patient requires specialist review, a clinical override may be requested:
    • Please explain why (e.g. warning signs or symptoms, clinical modifiers, uncertain about diagnosis, etc.)
  • Please note that your referral may not be accepted or may be redirected to another service.

Essential Referral Information

  • Last Normal Menstrual Period (LNMP)
  • Estimated due date
  • Past obstetric History including gravida and parity
  • Weight and BMI
  • Blood group and antibodies
  • Full Blood Count
  • Beta hCG result (consider serial Beta hCG)
  • Psychosocial risk Factors (eg. Mental Health, Domestic Violence, Substance Use) if relevant
  • All available ultrasound reports related to this pregnancy

Additional Referral Information

  • No additional referral information
Last updated 4 July 2023

Send Referrals To

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Internal Referrals

Early Pregnancy Assessment and Management Service (E-Blueslips)

Fax

(07) 5687 7892

Post

Early Pregnancy Assessment and Management Service
Gold Coast University Hospital
1 Hospital Boulevard
Southport QLD 4215

Enquiries

(07) 5687 5061

Related HealthPathways

No directly related pathways found

Service Availability

Dr Graeme Walker
Medical Director Gynaecology

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.

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