If you want to refer a patient to us for care, make sure to include all required and requested information in your referral. This allows us to review and triage your request as efficiently as possible.
You can download our referral form or use a template from your own system:
Include in every referral
As outlined by the Department of Health, referral requests should include:
- Patient demographic information
- Referrer demographic information
- Reason for referral
- Presenting problem
- Service(s) requested
- Required referral information specified by statewide or local referral criteria
- Current patient management
- Impact of the problem on the patient
- Name of the consultant and provider number (for Medicare clinics)
- Investigation reports related to the referral
Other requested information
Some services may request other information to complete the referral, such as imaging scans or pathology test results.
Check the referral instructions on the specific service or clinic page for details.
Named referrals
Referrals to the RMH must be directed to a preferred doctor or practitioner. This is a requirement for Medicare.
We have included our heads of department in the 'Department' drop-down in our standard referral form (PDF) to make this easier. Alternatively, you can name a different practitioner from our list of RMH doctors and write it in the 'Practitioner's name' field.
Please note that the practitioner named on your patient’s referral may not be the same practitioner who provides care at the RMH.
Incomplete referrals
We will send you a letter if a referral doesn't include all the information we need.
You can then submit another referral with all the updated information.