The department facilitates the development of statewide referral criteria bringing together hospital heads of units, nursing and allied health clinicians with community-based clinicians and Primary Health Network representatives to collaborate and identify statewide referral criteria for each clinical specialty.
Statewide referral criteria for paediatric medicine are under development.
Cardiology
Statewide referral criteria for referrals to public hospital cardiology services for adults
Children's medicine
Statewide referral criteria for referrals to public hospital children's medicine services
Children's orthopaedic
Statewide referral criteria for referrals to orthopaedic services for children
Children's surgery
Statewide referral criteria for referrals to children's surgical services for children
Chronic pain (Health Independence Program service)
Statewide referral criteria for referrals to public hospital Health Independence Program chronic pain service for adults
Dermatology
Statewide referral criteria for referrals to public hospital dermatology services for adults and children
Endocrinology
Statewide referral criteria for referrals to public hospital endocrinology services for adults
ENT
Statewide referral criteria for referrals to public hospital ENT services for adults and children
Food allergies in children
Criteria for referring children to a Victorian public hospital children's service for food allergies.
Gastroenterology
Statewide referral criteria for referrals to public hospital gastroenterology services for adults
General Surgery
Statewide referral criteria for referrals to public hospital general surgery services for adults
Gynaecology
Statewide referral criteria for referrals to public hospital gynaecology services for adults
Joint pain
Statewide referral criteria for referrals related to joint pain to public hospital services for adults
Long COVID
Statewide referral criteria for referrals related to long COVID to public hospital services for adults
Neurology
Statewide referral criteria for referrals to public hospital neurology services for adults
Obstetrics
Statewide referral criteria for referrals to public hospital obstetrics services
Ophthalmology
Statewide referral criteria for referrals to public hospital ophthalmology services for adults
Public fertility care
Statewide referral criteria for referrals for adults for public fertility care.
Respiratory
Statewide referral criteria for referrals to public hospital respiratory and specialist sleep services for adults
Rheumatology
Statewide referral criteria for referrals to public hospital rheumatology services for adults
Urology
Statewide referral criteria for referrals to public hospital urology services for adults
Vascular
Statewide referral criteria for referrals to public hospital vascular services for adults
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