Useful Management Information

Minimum Referral Criteria

Does your patient meet the minimum referral criteria?
Category 1 (appointment within 30 calendar days)
  • Newly diagnosed or suspected ILD with Class 2-3 dyspnoea
  • Known ILD with worsening hypoxemia or right heart failure
Category 2 (appointment within 90 calendar days)
  • Chronic ILD with Class 1 dyspnoea
  • Newly diagnosed or suspected ILD without symptoms
Category 3 (appointment within 365 calendar days)
  • Known ILD with stable symptoms requiring specialist opinion
  • 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

  • Duration and severity of ILD or symptoms
  • Management to date
  • Other relevant medical conditions (particularly connective tissue disorders)
  • Medications
  • Occupational history
  • Chest X-Ray
  • High resolution CT (HRCT) chest

If a specific test result is unable to be obtained due to access, financial, religious, cultural or consent reasons a Clinical Override may be requested. This reason must be clearly articulated in the body of the referral.

Additional Referral Information

  • Previous lung function tests
  • FBC
  • Auto-antibody screen results (ANA (plus ENA if positive) plus rheumatoid factor) if available

 

Last updated 1 March 2024

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Preferred Method
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Send to: Gold Coast Health Service District

Internal Referrals

Respiratory (E-Blueslips)
Sleep Clinic Adult (E-Blueslips)

Fax

(07) 5687 4497

Post

Booking and Referral Centre
Gold Coast University Hospital
1 Hospital Boulevard
Southport QLD 4215

Enquiries

1300 559 083

Related HealthPathways

No directly related pathways found

Service Availability

Dr Maninder Singh
Medical Director Respiratory and Sleep Medicine

Facilities

Gold Coast University Hospital
Robina 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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