Stroke Clinic

We review people with stroke and cerebrovascular disease, including ischaemic stroke, intracerebral haemorrhage, cerebral venous sinus thrombosis and vasculopathies including arterial dissection, Moya Moya disease and CADASIL.

Key points

Appointments are available via Telehealth
This clinic currently only operates on Friday afternoons

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

Who can use our service

Most patients seen in the clinic will be followed up after having been treated by the RMH inpatient stroke service.

This clinic is suitable for:

Adults (aged 18 years or over) with exception on a case-by-case basis
Patients with a diagnosis of stroke or cerebrovascular disease

This clinic is not suitable for:

Patients whose primary problem is a vascular malformation, including aneurysms and arteriovenous malformations
Patients with a suspected Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA) (these patients are best managed in our TIA Rapid Access Clinic)

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

Statewide referral criteria

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).

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