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Gastroenterology

This page contains information for general practitioners on how to refer patients to Gastroenterology services at Princess Alexandra Hospital, QEII Jubilee Hospital, Logan Hospital and Redland Hospital.

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Referral Criteria

• Please include all of the general referral criteria
  
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• presence or absence or alarm symptoms in patients with upper abdominal symptoms
• family history of colo-rectal neoplasia in patients with lower abdominal symptoms
• E/LFT's, FBS and ESR or CRP (all patients)
• abdominal pain - imaging US or CT
• dyspepsia - H.pylori testing (breath test or stool antigen)
• anaemia - iron studies, B12, folate
• diarrhoea - stool M/C/S, O/C/P, C difficile toxin, - coeliac serology
• results of any scopes undertaken
  

Specialists and areas of interest

• Princess Alexandra hospital
• QEII Jubilee Hospital
• Logan Hospital
• Redland Hospital

Send referrals to one of the following

Hospital	eTransfer	Fax	Phone
Princess Alexandra Hospital		(07) 3176 5111	(07) 3176 6530
QEII Jubilee Hospital	eReferrals accepted	(07) 3275 6228	(07) 3275 6278
Logan Hospital		(07) 3299 8953	(07) 3299 8981 (07) 3299 8672
Redland Hospital PO Box 585 Cleveland Q 4163 E-referrals (preferred), facsimile or post new referrals to service director Endoscopy Patient Assessment Form	eReferrals accepted	(07) 3488 3767	(07) 3488 3715

Urgent referrals

Should a patient need to be seen urgently, contact the outpatient department and ask to speak to the Clinical Nurse.

Where are the services located?

• Princess Alexandra Hospital
• QEII Jubilee Hospital
• Logan Hospital
• Redland Hospital - Weippin Street, Cleveland - enter main entrance of Redland Hospital and make your way along the corridor. Service is located on right side, opposite pathology department.

Hours of Service

• Princess Alexandra Hospital
• QEII Jubilee hospital
• Logan Hospital
• Redland Hospital - Monday to Friday, 08.00 am to 4.30 pm.

What patient must bring

• Medicare card
• Any concession cards (e.g. Pension, Health Care, DVA, PBS Safety Net, ADF, etc)
• Copy of referral from GP or hospital

Bulk Billed Clinics

 

• Queensland Health now offers private (bulk billed) services in many outpatient clinics.  This means that your patient has the right to choose to be treated as a private patient and can be bulk billed for the service with no gap.  To refer your patient privately, please include a named referral to one of the staff specialists with Right of Private Practice. 
  
  To find the name of a staff specialist with Right of Private Practice:
  
  Princess Alexandra Hospital Private Practice, Phone:  (07) 3176 2721
  QEII Jubilee Hospital Private Practice, Phone:  (07) 3275 6392
  Logan Hospital Private Practice, Phone (07) 3299 8590
  Redland Hospital specialists with Right of Private Practice

 

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