Spinal Cord Injury Liaison Service (SCILS)Outpatient
Urgent Advice
For urgent advice, please contact the Spinal Cord Injury Clinical Nurse Consultant (07) 5687 7205 (Mon-Fri 7-3.30) or our GP Only Enquiry Line 5687 0003.
Are you referring to the right service?
- Adult patients with spinal cord damage from traumatic and non-traumatic causes, experiencing complications directly related to their spinal cord injury
- Assistance in planning for procedures for patients with Spinal Cord Injury
- Recurrent skin areas of concern
- Bladder management education
- Bowel management education
- Changes in or concerns with functional ability, transfers, mobility and activities of daily living, or with use of equipment
- Improvement or non-emergent worsening of functional ability, strength, sensation, pain or deconditioning
- Consideration of further rehabilitation as inpatient or outpatient
- Concerns or changes in use of equipment such as wheelchairs, ADL equipment, urinary catheters
- Assistance establishing community supports or linking to Queensland Spinal Cord Injury Service
- Assistance negotiating transitions in life stages, lifestyle, parenthood, aging or accommodation (for example, transition to Specialist Disability Accommodation, Supported Independent Living or Residential Aged Care)
Conditions
Out of Scope Services
The following conditions are out of scope for this service:
- Under the age of 16 years
- Routine urinary catheter care/changes
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.
Send Referrals To
Smart Referrals
Preferred Method
About Smart Referrals
Secure Web Transfer
Gold Coast Health Service District
Internal Referrals
Spinal Cord Injury Liaison Service (E-Blueslips)
Fax
Post
Rehabilitation Outpatients
Gold Coast University Hospital
1 Hospital Boulevard
Southport QLD 4215
Enquiries
Service Availability
Facilities
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.