Community Palliative CareCommunity
Urgent Advice
- Business hours: 1300 763 218 (Mon-Fri 0730 – 1600hrs)
- PallConsult: 24/7 advice hotline for doctors, nurse practitioners, pharmacists and paramedics to directly access a palliative care medical consultant. Please call 1300 722 537 doctors, nurse practitioners, paramedics and pharmacists OR 1300 725 527 for nurses, allied health and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers/practitioners in all care environments
Are you referring to the right service?
- Persistent pain not associated with life-limiting illness (Consider referral to Persistent Pain Service Interdisciplinary Persistent Pain Centre (health.qld.gov.au)
- For patients that are seeking voluntary assisted dying, please refer to the Voluntary Assisted Dying Support Service.
- For older patients with behavioral issues, consider referral to psychogeriatrics
- For pediatrics patients who require palliative care involvement, consider referring to the Queensland Children’s Hospital palliative care service.
- For referrals to Hopewell hospice, please refer directly to the facility.
- For patient that are requiring support in the home, consider referring the patient to access my aged care (MAC >65years) or NDIS (<65 years)
Conditions
Out of Scope Services
There are currently no out of scope conditions for this service.
Out of Catchment
Gold Coast Health is responsible for providing public health services to the people who reside within its boundaries. Special consideration is made for patients requiring tertiary services or for services that are not provided by their local hospital and health service district. If your patient lives outside the Gold Coast Health catchment area and you wish to refer them to one of our services, please indicate relevant medical or social information that will assist with the processing of your referral.
Notes
Please note that where appropriate and where available, the referral may be streamed to an associated public allied health and/or nursing service. Access to some specific services may include initial assessment and management by associated allied health and/or nursing, which may either facilitate or negate the need to see the public medical specialist.
- A change in patient circumstance (such as condition deteriorating or becoming pregnant) may affect the urgency categorisation and should be communicated as soon as possible.
- Please indicate in the referral if the patient is unable to access mandatory tests or investigations as they incur a cost or are unavailable locally.
- If your patient consents to telehealth, please indicate in the body of the referral.
Patient Must Bring
- Medicare card
- Any concession cards (e.g. Pension, Health Care, DVA, PBS Safety Net, ADF, etc.)
- Current medication list
- Reading glasses, hearing and mobility aids
Send Referrals To
Smart Referrals
Preferred Method Smart Referrals
Secure Web Transfer
Medical Objects Account: GQ42150009Z
HealthLink EDI: Qldgchsd
Internal Referrals
Specialist Palliative Care qhRefer
Fax
Post
Gold Coast University Hospital
1 Hospital Boulevard
Southport QLD 4215
Enquiries
Service Availability
Facilities
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.