Referrals to Outpatients - Royal Children's Hospital

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Referrals to Outpatients

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Step 1	Gain a referral from a medical officer such as a General Practitioner.	The referral should include: your child’s name and date of birth and residential address both parents full names, residential address, and all phone numbers, such as home, mobile and business numbers (if a parent’s name is different from the child’s name please include your full names) reason for referral and summary of child’s medical condition treatments and/or investigations previously carried out on your child summary of results as appropriate
Step 2	Post or fax your referral to: NEW CASE APPOINTMENTS Outpatient Service, The Royal Children’s Hospital Level 1, Surgical Building Herston Road, Herston, QLD, 4029 Fax: 07 3636 7811
Step 3	When the RCH Outpatients department receives your referral, it will be assessed and given an urgency ranking for an appointment.
Step 4	The RCH Outpatients Department will telephone you regarding the appointment Send you an appointment in the mail, or Address the referral concern in a letter to the doctor that referred you.	If you have not heard anything about your child’s appointment within three (3) weeks of sending a referral, contact the Outpatient Service on 07 3636 7818.

A full medical history will be taken at the appointment including immunization details. Please have this information at hand.

My child has been to Outpatients before. Do I need a new referral?

You need a referral if:

your child has not been seen within the past 12 months by the same specialty area
your child is being seen for a different specialty area (e.g. your child was seen by a respiratory specialist and now needs to be seen by a renal specialist).

You do not need a new referral if:

How do I find out about my child's appointment?

The RCH Outpatients Department staff will either:

If you have not heard anything about your child's appointment within three (3) weeks of sending a referral, contact us on 07 3636 7818.