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This page contains information for general practitioners on how to refer patients aged 16 years and over Palliative Care services at Mater Hospital Brisbane.
The Pallative Care service at the Mater Cancer Care Centre provide management for patients with active, progressive, life-limiting disease for whom the prognosis is limited and the focus of care is the quality of life (cancer and non-cancer diagnosis). The Palliative Care team consists of medical specialists and two dedicated Clinical Nurse Consultants. The Clinical Nurse Consultants provide education, assessment, telephone follow up, discharge planning and linkage to supports to patients and their families. Patients also have access to allied health services including physiotherapy, psychology, social work, occupational therapy and dietetics.
The Palliative Care service have strong links to clinical trails, with a dedicated Clinical Trials Coordinator.
How to send a referral
Essential information (Referral will be declined without this)
Additional referral information (useful for processing the referral)
Other useful information for management (not an exhaustive list)
Categorisation
Available appointments are provided to our patients based on clinical priority. A process of categorisation ensures safety and equity of access.
Category 1 – urgent
Clinically recommended timeframe for initial appointment is 30 days
Category 2 - Priority
Clinically recommended timeframe for initial appointment is 90 days
Category 3 - Routine
Clinically recommended timeframe for initial appointment is 365 days
Patients seen within 7 days
Patients seen within 30 days
No category 2 criteria
No category 3 criteria
Mater Health offers patients the opportunity to attend bulk billed clinics. To provide your patient with the opportunity to attend a bulk billed clinic, please provide a named referral to one of the specialists listed above.
If you would like to discuss a referral, including clinical criteria, or update the status of a current patient please contact our priority GP phone line on 07 3163 2200
We provide up to date data on how long patients are waiting for their first appointment by specialty here.
These Mater Referral Guidelines have been developed locally by GPs and specialists to support safe and quality referral to publicly funded specialist outpatient services.
Content last reviewed: 13 December 2023
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