Nutrition and DieteticsAllied Health
Please note: This service currently only accepts referrals from internally referring clinicians. Please refer to the 'Are you referring to the right service' section if you are a GP or external referrer to determine alternate referral pathways.
Urgent Advice
- To discuss an urgent referral or gain urgent advice, please contact Nutrition Department Robina on 5668 6488
Are you referring to the right service?
- The Home Enteral Nutrition (HEN) Outpatient Clinic service is provided for all Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service patients requiring ongoing home enteral nutrition support (oral/enteral).
- The Home Enteral Nutrition (HEN) Outpatient Clinic service currently only accepts internal referrals
Conditions
Out of Scope Services
The following conditions are out of scope for this service:
- Patient requiring gastrostomy or parental nutrition
- Patient accessing other GCHHS specialised dietetic community or outpatient service
- Patient accessing dietetic services through a non-government organisation
- Patient accessing services through an NDIS package
- Residents of RACF or patients requiring home visits
- Patients requiring advice on weight management, healthy eating and other conditions not requiring enteral nutrition support
Out of Catchment
Gold Coast Health is responsible for providing public health services to the people who reside within its boundaries. Special consideration is made for patients requiring tertiary services or for services that are not provided by their local hospital and health service district. If your patient lives outside the Gold Coast Health catchment area and you wish to refer them to one of our services, please indicate relevant medical or social information that will assist with the processing of your referral.
Notes
Please note that where appropriate and where available, the referral may be streamed to an associated public allied health and/or nursing service. Access to some specific services may include initial assessment and management by associated allied health and/or nursing, which may either facilitate or negate the need to see the public medical specialist.
- A change in patient circumstance (such as condition deteriorating or becoming pregnant) may affect the urgency categorisation and should be communicated as soon as possible.
- Please indicate in the referral if the patient is unable to access mandatory tests or investigations as they incur a cost or are unavailable locally.
- If your patient consents to telehealth, please indicate in the body of the referral.
Patient Must Bring
- Medicare card
- Any concession cards (e.g. Pension, Health Care, DVA, PBS Safety Net, ADF, etc.)
- Current medication list
- Reading glasses, hearing and mobility aids
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Smart Referrals
Not Available
Secure Web Transfer
Not Available
Internal Referrals
Allied Health Robina - Dietetics (E-Blueslips)
Fax
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Internal Referrals only
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If you would like to send a named referral, please address it to the specialist listed above, who will allocate a suitably qualified specialist to see the patient. Alternatively, you can view a full list of our specialists.