Consults

Which specialties do we have at Fairfield Hospital?

  • General Medicine (Ward 1A)
    • Cardiology
    • Infectious Diseases
    • Neurology
    • Nephrology
    • Geriatrics
    • Respiratory
  • General Surgery (Ward 2B)
  • Geriatrics + Rehabilitation (Ward 1B)
    • Braeside Hospital is also a psychogeriatric + rehabilitation centre across the road.
  • Orthopaedics (Ward 2B): Only from 8AM – 4PM
    • If calling AH, please contact LVH Orthopaedics.
  • Hand Surgery (Ward 2B)
  • Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Ward 2D)
  • Paediatrics (Ward 1C)

How do I make a referral to geriatrics / rehabilitation?

  • Fill out the referral form / consult form. It should be in an A4 sized pad near the ward clarks of each ward.
  • Either ask the ward clark to fax across, or fax to this number : 9616 8461
    • Important: You need to add a 0 in front of all fax numbers when faxing. ie: 096168461
  • Put the original form in the front of the folder
  • The geriatrics / rehabilitation consultant will come around a few times a week to consider TOC’s. Their decision / consult will be written in the original form
    • Hint: If hand-writing is difficult to read, go to the last line. If it says “… 1B” then your TOC was likely successful.

How do I figure out who’s on take?

  1. Call switch OR
  2. Go to intranet -> rosters -> VMO.

How do I make a referral to LVH for the specialties outside of the ones at FFH?

Call the registrar on call at LVH. For rheumatology, see below.

How do I make a rheumatology consult?

Unfortunately, FFH does not offer our own rheumatology specialty service. Furthermore, LVH rheumatology does not give phone advice to FFH.

  1. Ask for advice from the gen med consultant on take OR
  2. Fax a normal FFH referral form across to rheumatology clinic for outpatient follow-up.