Respiratory
+ Emergency
If you believe your patient requires immediate attention please phone 000 or refer your patient to the emergency department.
+ Are you referring to the right service?
- West Moreton Health offers a Nursing led Lung health program. Please consider referral to this service for management of Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and Asthma. Phone 3413 5770
+ Urgent referrals
To request an urgent outpatient appointment, please phone the Ipswich hospital’s switchboard on 3810 1111 and ask to speak to the Respiratory Registrar on-call.
Conditions seen at West Moreton Health
+ 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 public 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.
Out of catchment
West Moreton Health is responsible for providing a public health service to people who reside within its catchment area. To appropriately manage demand for service we do not accept referrals from outside this catchment area. If your patient does live outside the West Moreton Health area and it is deemed socially or clinically necessary for their care to be received in the West Moreton Health Service, inclusion of information regarding their particular medical and/or social factors will assist with the triaging of your referral.
Feedback
To provide feedback about contents on this website or general referral questions please email WM-CPC@health.qld.gov.au or phone 3413 7402.
Last updated: Thursday, December 20, 2018
