Cancer Care Services
Emergency referrals
General Practitioners requiring urgent clinical advice procedures are requested to use the contact information available.
Referral requirements
A referral may be rejected without the following information.
Medical oncology
Care of patients with diagnosed malignant conditions (excluding leukaemia, myeloma, lymphoma) requiring the care of a medical oncologist. Please do not refer undiagnosed cancer cases – refer to appropriate surgical or medical services for histological diagnosis.
Please forward all investigations including histology, cytology, radiology and pathology results which led to referral.
Locations
- Redcliffe Hospital (patients being referred must have confirmed diagnosis of malignancy)
- Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
- The Prince Charles Hospital
Radiation oncology
A service for all diagnosed malignant and non malignant conditions requiring the care of a radiation oncology specialist.
Please forward all investigations including histology, cytology, radiology and pathology results which led to referral.
Locations
- Caboolture Hospital
- Redcliffe Hospital (consult only)
- Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
- The Prince Charles Hospital (consult only)
Haematology
For the care of patients with all malignant and non malignant haematological disorders. See the Haematology page for referral information.
Locations
- Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
- The Prince Charles Hospital
Bone marrow transplant
Care for patients requiring haemopoietic progenitor cell (HPC) transplantation and all associated treatments and procedures on adult and adolescent patients including autologous HPC transplantation, sibling and unrelated donor allogeneic HPC transplantation and collections for donor registries.
Please forward all investigation results which led to the referral.
Locations
- Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
Out of catchment
Metro North Health is responsible for providing public health services to the people who reside within its boundaries. Special consideration is made for patients requiring tertiary care or services that are not provided by their local Hospital and Health Service. If your patient lives outside the Metro North Health area and you wish to refer them to one of our services, inclusion of information regarding their particular medical and social factors will assist with the triaging of your referral.
- Impact on employment
- Impact on education
- Impact on home
- Impact on activities of daily living
- Impact on ability to care for others
- Impact on personal frailty or safety
- Identifies as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- To establish a diagnosis
- For treatment or intervention
- For advice and management
- For specialist to take over management
- Reassurance for GP/second opinion
- For a specified test/investigation the GP can’t order, or the patient can’t afford or access
- Reassurance for the patient/family
- For other reason (e.g. rapidly accelerating disease progression)
- Clinical judgement indicates a referral for specialist review is necessary
- Presenting symptoms (evolution and duration)
- Physical findings
- Details of previous treatment (including systemic and topical medications prescribed) including the course and outcome of the treatment
- Body mass index (BMI)
- Details of any associated medical conditions which may affect the condition or its treatment (e.g. diabetes), noting these must be stable and controlled prior to referral
- Current medications and dosages
- Drug allergies
- Alcohol, tobacco and other drugs use
- Full name (including aliases)
- Date of birth
- Residential and postal address
- Telephone contact number/s – home, mobile and alternative
- Medicare number (where eligible)
- Name of the parent or caregiver (if appropriate)
- Preferred language and interpreter requirements
- Identifies as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- Full name
- Full address
- Contact details – telephone, fax, email
- Provider number
- Date of referral
- Signature
- Willingness to have surgery (where surgery is a likely intervention)
- Choice to be treated as a public or private patient
- Compensable status (e.g. DVA, Work Cover, Motor Vehicle Insurance, etc.)
Specialists list
Send referral
Hotline: 1300 364 938
Medical Objects ID: MQ40290004P
HealthLink EDI: qldmnhhs
Mail:
Metro North Central Patient Intake
Aspley Community Centre
776 Zillmere Road
ASPLEY QLD 4034
Health pathways
Access to Health Pathways is free for clinicians in Metro North Brisbane.
For login details email:
healthpathways
Login to Brisbane North Health Pathways:
brisbanenorth.
Locations
Medical oncology
Radiation oncology
- Caboolture Hospital
- Redcliffe Hospital (consult only)
- Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
- The Prince Charles Hospital (consult only)