<h5>Caboolture Hospital is entering a new and exciting era, expanding through a redevelopment project and growing the services offered to the local community.</h5>
<p>Caboolture Hospital Surgical Services would like to introduce their specialist surgical team. It's important that patients are treated close to home, and the team at Caboolture Hospital encourage local GPs to refer to our specialist surgeons.</p>
<p>Keep reading for information on the referral process or scroll down to meet the team. </p><h5><strong>The referral process</strong><br /></h5>
<p>You and your patient can choose to direct your referral to Dr Hendahewa, as the Director of the department, if you are unsure who to send your referral to within the department.</p>
<p>Please review the outpatient referral guidelines found under <a href="https://metronorth.health.qld.gov.au/specialist_service/refer-your-patient" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Specialist Outpatient Services</a> prior to completing your referral. This is to ensure you have included all essential information and investigations prior to referral to triage your patient correctly.</p>
<p>When referring to outpatients we encourage GPs to refer electronically; GP Smart Referrals makes this easy. It advises GPs of essential clinical information required in a referral, allows you to attach images to your referral and indicates current outpatient wait times in each facility.</p>
<p>For assistance setting up on GP Smart Referrals contact your Brisbane North PHN <a href="{entry:14774@1:url||https://brisbanenorthphn.org.au/practice-support/primary-care-liaison-officers}" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Primary Care Liaison Officer</a>. If you don’t use GP Smart Referrals, you can also use e-referral templates using <em>Medical Objects</em> to send a referral to the Metro North HHS Central Patient Intake Unit.</p><h5><strong>Need specialist advice before making a referral?</strong><br /></h5>
<p>There are several specialist advice services available to GPs, including the ED Specialist Advice Line (Virtual ED) and the Residential Aged Care District Assessment and Referral Service (RADAR).</p>
<p>To find all the specialist advice options available to GPs, please visit the <a href="https://metronorth.health.qld.gov.au/refer-your-patient/gpadvice" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Metro North Health website</a>.</p>