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Page contents: Patient-centred surgery: Strategic directions for surgical services in Victoria's public hospitals, 2010–2015 | Elective Surgery Access Policy (ESAP) | Patient brochure | Ordering the brochure | Elective Surgery Access Service (ESAS) | Circumcision GuidelinesThis page contains information and links to policies and resources for improving the provision of surgical services in Victorian public hospitals.
Patient-centred surgery: Strategic directions for surgical services in Victoria's public hospitals, 2010–2015
Patient-centred surgery: Strategic directions for surgical services in Victoria's public hospitals in 2010-2015 sets out how Victoria's public hospital surgical services will be developed over the next five years. The strategic directions are about meeting patient and community needs. Successful implementation of the strategic directions will result in better access and shorter waiting times for patients needing surgery.
Elective Surgery Access Policy (ESAP)
The Elective Surgery Access Policy (ESAP) - July 2009 provides policy direction for managing elective surgery patients across Victorian public hospitals.
The following resources have been developed to assist health services to implement the policy amendment.
- Why treat in turn works - This paper provides information about the benefits of treatment in turn and includes a case study.
- Self-assessment tool - This checklist focuses on four key areas: processes, people, data, and communication and reporting, for health services to assess themselves against the implementation of the Treatment in Turn policy.
The following templates support health service's management of elective surgery patients:
- Template letter not ready for care clinical reasons
- Template letter not ready for care personal reasons
- Template letter patient notification of removal from the waiting list
- Template letter patient notification placement on the waiting list
- Template letter referral consent for surgery form
Patient brochure - What do I need to know about my elective surgery
Hard copies of the patient brochure What do I need to know about my elective surgery brochure are available for Victorian Health Services.
Ordering the 'What do I need to know about my elective surgery' brochure
What do I need to know about my elective surgery - Order form
Hard copies of the brochure can be ordered by downloading the word document filling out all of the requested details, then save the document for your records and send either via the post or as an attachment to an email to:
The Accounts Manager
WFDS Pty Ltd
47-53 Hallam Valley Road
Dandenong South VIC 3175
ltavian@wfds.com.au
Please note: The brochure can only be ordered in a box of 1,000. Multiple boxes can be ordered. Please note we do not ship outside of Victoria. Information provided by you is not forwarded to any other party for other purposes.
Elective Surgery Access Service (ESAS)
Elective Surgery Access Service (ESAS) aims to provide a streamlined system for transferring
elective surgery patients from health services that are unable to treat them within clinically appropriate
timeframes, to health services with the capacity to offer rapid treatment.- The information provided in the Elective Surgery Access Service business rules should be read in conjunction with the Elective Surgery Access Policy 2009.
Circumcision Guidelines
From 2007 Victorian public hospitals have provided circumcision of males for medical reasons only. Public hospitals will continue to provide male circumcision where there is an identified need for surgery to improve the patient's physical health.
The medical reasons for male circumcision include:
- Phimosis - A condition that prevents the retraction of the foreskin, which is either congenital or the result of infection.
- Recurrent Balanoposthitis - A generalised inflammation of the penis occurring as a complication of bacterial or fungal infection.
- Paraphimosis - A condition characterised by an inability to replace the foreskin in its normal position after it has been retracted, which is caused by a narrow or inflamed foreskin.
Further information
Parents and health care professionals can request hard copies of the resources provided on this page by calling Information Victoria on: 1300 366 356. For more information parents can contact the Elective Surgery Access Line on: 1300 781 821
- For Health professionals
- Guidelines for male circumcision in the Victorian public hospital system - information for health professionals
- For Parents - English versions
- Guidelines for male circumcision in the Victorian public hospital system - information for parents
- For Parents - Languages other than English
- Guidelines for male circumcision in the Victorian public hospital system information for parents Albanian
Guidelines for male circumcision in the Victorian public hospital system information for parents Amharic
Guidelines for male circumcision in the Victorian public hospital system information for parents Arabic
Guidelines for male circumcision in the Victorian public hospital system information for parents Bosnian
Guidelines for male circumcision in the Victorian public hospital system information for parents Dari
Guidelines for male circumcision in the Victorian public hospital system information for parents Oromo
Guidelines for male circumcision in the Victorian public hospital system information for parents Somali
Guidelines for male circumcision in the Victorian public hospital system information for parents Tigrinya
Guidelines for male circumcision in the Victorian public hospital system information for parents Turkish
- Additional resources
- Circumcision techniques
Circumcision cost
Victorian private hospitals where circumcisions are performed
Guidelines for male circumcision
For further information about elective surgery policies and guidelines from the Department of Health Victoria contact:
The Surgical Services and Critical Care Program
Department of Health
50 Lonsdale Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
Telephone: (61 3) 9096 7589
