Immunology and Allergy

We provide treatment, care and support for people with allergic diseases, immunodeficiency diseases and autoimmune diseases.

Key points

We provide specialised services such as immune deficiency diagnosis and treatment
The allergic diseases we treat may be linked to allergens such respiratory triggers, food, drugs and stinging insects

Patients need a referral from their GP or healthcare provider. Access referral information

What we do

We provide excellent, evidence-based care in the management of patients with:

Allergic diseases (rhinitis and asthma, food allergy, stinging insect allergy, anaphylaxis, urticaria and angioedema and drug allergies)
Immunodeficiency diseases (both inherited and acquired)
Autoimmune diseases (vasculitis and other connective tissue diseases)

We offer a Telehealth service to country patients after their initial appointment in an allergy clinic. Telehealth appointments are Medicare bulk billed.

Find out more about allergic diseases.

Find out more about our specialised services.

Our clinics

Clinic name	Location	Options
Allergy Nutrition Clinic
Allergy Clinic		Medicare Telehealth
Allergy Clinic		Telehealth
Immunogenetics Clinic	The RMH Parkville	Medicare
Subcutaneous Immunoglobulin Clinic	The RMH Parkville

Our clinics

Allergy Nutrition Clinic

Allergy Clinic

Medicare Telehealth

Allergy Clinic

Telehealth

Immunogenetics Clinic

The RMH Parkville

Medicare

Subcutaneous Immunoglobulin Clinic

The RMH Parkville

For patients

For health professionals

Referrals

We accept GP and specialist referrals:

Use the RMH referral form or a template from your own system
Complete and fax your referral to Specialist Clinics (Outpatients) on (03) 9342 4234

We do not accept email referrals.

What to include in your 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

Urgent and after-hours support

Referrals are triaged based on priority. In an emergency, patients can go to the Emergency & Trauma Service at any time.

For advice, urgent referrals and out of hours support, call The RMH Switchboard on (03) 9342 7000 to page our registrar on call.

View Dept of Health guidelines

Special referral instructions

HealthPathways Melbourne provides guidance on best practice assessment and management of common medical conditions, including when and where to refer patients.

Parkville Connect is a secure web-based portal providing GPs, specialists and other health professionals with information in the Parkville electronic medical record (EMR).

Research and education

We apply evidence-based clinical practice benchmarked by published research and active participation in teaching and clinical governance facilitated by links with our precinct partners including The University of Melbourne, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute and the Royal Children’s Hospital.

We are accredited by the Joint Specialist Advisory Committee (JSAC) of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and The Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia to train specialist doctors in Clinical Immunology & Allergy and in Immunopathology.

Links & documents

Australian and New Zealand Anaesthetic Allergy Group

Australasian Patient Organisation for Hereditary Angioedema

The Australasian Mastocytosis Society

Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia

Asthma Australia

Need to change or cancel your appointment?

Do one of the following:

Access Health Hub to change the appointment yourself
Complete our online form and we'll change it for you
Call Specialist Clinics (Outpatients) on (03) 9342 7393 and we'll help you over the phone

What to bring

Every time you come

Every time you come in for a test, day procedure, surgery or treatment, you should bring:

Medicare card
Health Care card (if you have one)
Concession card (if you have one)
Adverse drug alert card (if you have one)
Medications you are currently taking, including any that you have bought without a prescription
X-ray films, scans, ultrasounds or any other test results you have which are related to your procedure
Private health insurance card (if you want to use it)
Aids (glasses, hearing aid, walking frame)