Useful Management Information

Medical management

  • Lubrication/artificial tears
  • Wear protective sunglasses (wrap around style UV400)
  • Update spectacles
  • Consider annual review by private ophthalmologist or optometrist

Patient resources

Minimum Referral Criteria

Does your patient meet the minimum referral criteria?
Category 1 (appointment within 30 calendar days)
  • No category 1 criteria
Category 2 (appointment within 90 calendar days)
  • Size - 3mm or greater from limbus to apex and visual axis is threatened and/or dysplasia
Category 3 (appointment within 365 calendar days)
  • Size - 3mm or greater from limbus to apex
  • 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

  • Best Corrected Visual Acuity (BCVA) (vision with most recent distance spectacles)
  • Ophthalmologist or optometrist report which states size of pterygium from limbus to apex

If a specific test result cannot 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

  • Private ophthalmologist or optometrist report including VA, refraction and impact of symptoms (highly desirable)
  • High resolution photo - highly desirable
Last updated 13 November 2023

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Send to: Gold Coast Health Service District

Internal Referrals

Ophthalmology (E-Blueslips)
Ophthalmology Paediatrics (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 Fraser Imrie
Medical Director Ophthalmology

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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