Ophthalmology

Statewide Referral Criteria

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• Cardiology
  • Cardiology
  • Atrial fibrillation
  • Chest pain
  • Hypertension
  • Lipid disorders
  • Palpitations
  • Syncope or pre-syncope
• Chronic pain (Health Independence Program service)
  • Chronic pain (Health Independence Program service)
  • New persistent or chronic pain related to COVID-19 infection
  • Pain that requires complex medication management
  • Persistent or chronic neuropathic pain
  • Persistent or chronic pain in cancer survivors
  • Persistent or chronic post-surgical or post-traumatic pain
  • Persistent or chronic primary pain
  • Persistent or chronic secondary headache or orofacial pain
  • Persistent or chronic secondary musculoskeletal pain
  • Persistent or chronic visceral pain
• Endocrinology
  • Endocrinology
  • Diabetes-related food complication
  • Hyperthyroidism
  • Hypothyroidism
  • Metabolic bone disease - endocrinology
  • Thyroid mass - endocrinology
  • Type 1 diabetes - endocrinology
  • Type 2 diabetes
• ENT
  • ENT
  • Acute nasal fracture
  • Bilateral or asymmetrical hearing loss
  • Discharging ear
  • Dysphagia - ENT
  • Hoarse voice (dysphonia)
  • Neck mass or lumps
  • Obstructive sleep apnoea
  • Recurrent tonsillitis
  • Rhinosinusitis
  • Salivary gland disorder or mass
  • Thyroid mass - ENT
  • Tinnitus
  • Vertigo - ENT
• Gastroenterology
  • Gastroenterology
  • Chronic refractory constipation
  • Chronic refractory diarrhoea
  • Cirrhosis
  • Coeliac disease
  • Constipation with sentinel findings
  • Diarrhoea with sentinel findings
  • Dysphagia - diagnostic gastroscopy
  • Dysphagia - gastroenterology
  • Gastroesophageal reflux
  • Hepatitis B
  • Hepatitis C
  • Inflammatory bowel disease
  • Persistent iron deficiency
  • Positive faecal occult blood test (FOBT) - diagnostic colonoscopy
  • Rectal bleeding - gastroenterology
• General surgery
  • General surgery
  • Abdominal wall and groin hernias
  • Advice on inherited breast cancer (high- risk patients)
  • Assessment for breast reconstruction surgery
  • Breast lumps and other conditions
  • Breast reduction surgery
  • Carpal tunnel and other nerve compression syndromes
  • Dupuytren’s contracture
  • Gallbladder stones and polyps
  • Hand fractures and infections
  • Hiatus hernia
  • Known or suspected upper gastrointestinal malignancy
  • Known or suspected hepatobiliary malignancy
  • Melanoma
  • Perianal lumps
  • Rectal bleeding - general surgery
  • Skin lesions and other skin cancers
  • Stenosing tenosynovitis including trigger finger
  • Suspected or confirmed breast cancer
• Gynaecology
  • Gynaecology
  • Contraception
  • Dysplasia/abnormal cervical screening test
  • Endometriosis
  • Ovarian and other adnexal pathology
  • Persistent or unexplained intermenstrual bleeding
  • Persistent pelvic pain
  • Persistent, heavy menstrual bleeding
  • Post-coital bleeding
  • Post-menopausal bleeding
  • Pregnancy choices
• Joint pain
  • Joint pain
  • Osteoarthritis of the hip
  • Osteoarthritis of the knee
  • Osteoarthritis of the shoulder
  • Other hip conditions
  • Other knee conditions
  • Other non-traumatic shoulder conditions
  • Progressive lower back pain
  • Shoulder trauma
• Long COVID
• Neurology
  • Neurology
  • Epilepsy and seizures
  • Headache
  • Motor weakness or paraesthesia
  • Movement disorders and dystonia
  • Stroke or transient ischaemic attack
  • Vertigo - neurology
• Obstetrics
  • Obstetrics
  • Congenital anomalies
  • Fetal growth restriction
  • Maternal isoimmunisation
  • Maternal medical conditions
  • Multiple gestation
  • Obesity
  • Placenta accreta
  • Pre-eclampsia
  • Shortened cervix
  • Type 1 diabetes - obstetrics
• Ophthalmology
  • Ophthalmology
  • Age-related macular degeneration
  • Assessment for cataract surgery
  • Corneal conditions
  • Diabetic eye disease
  • Glaucoma
• Respiratory
  • Respiratory
  • Adult sleep disorders (specialist sleep services)
  • Assessment of asthma management
  • Persistent cough
  • Suspected or confirmed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
  • Suspected or confirmed interstitial lung disease
  • Unexplained chronic breathlessness
• Rheumatology
  • Rheumatology
  • Ankylosing spondylitis (inflammatory back pain)
  • Crystal arthritis (gout)
  • Inflammatory arthritis
  • Metabolic bone disease - rheumatology
• Urology
  • Urology
  • Haematuria
  • Lower urinary tract symptoms
  • Prostate cancer (suspected or confirmed)
  • Recurrent, uncomplicated urinary tract infection
  • Renal mass
  • Renal tract stones or renal colic
  • Scrotal abnormalities
  • Urinary incontinence
• Vascular
  • Vascular
  • Aortic aneurysm
  • Carotid artery disease
  • Deep vein thrombosis
  • High-risk foot ulcers
  • Hyperhidrosis
  • Lymphoedema
  • Non-healing or chronic lower leg ulcers
  • Varicose veins