A–Z Service Directory

Renal Clinics

Patients will be triaged according to their presenting problem and where possible, offered an appointment in a clinic location closest to their home address (subject to appointment availability and waiting times).

Criteria for Referral

Information is available on HealthPathways Melbourne for assistance in managing your patient’s condition. This includes what investigations you need to perform prior to referring to a specialist and what information you need to include in the referral.  If you require login access to HealthPathways, contact info@healthpathwaysmelbourne.org.au.

At Eastern Health, we accept referrals to Renal Medicine for the following as per clinical assessment and need:

• Pre-dialysis, dialysis care
• Kidney transplant recipient assessment and post-transplant care
• Live kidney donor assessment and post-donation care
• Acute kidney diseases including glomerulonephritis
• Renal hypertension
• Renal dialysis patients
• Pregnant women who have specific renal medical issues
  • We prefer to see women with medical conditions prior to conception where possible, to allow time to optimise their management for pregnancy. However, we manage new and old medical issues and see women in the post-partum period until medical stability, before discharging patients to their previous model of care.

For urgent referrals or advice, please discuss with the Renal Registrar or Renal Consultant-on-Call via the Eastern Health call centre: 1300 342 255. There is a Renal Registrar on-call from 8am Monday to 12pm Saturday every week, and there is always a Renal Consultant on-call. This will facilitate admission to the ward or early outpatient review as appropriate.

Good quality information will ensure the referral is appropriately triaged for a timely review in the most appropriate clinic. Please include a statement as to your primary concern, the serum creatinine and other results (MSU, urine protein: creatinine ratio and renal ultrasound). If an interpreter is required, please indicate this as well as the language required.

Making a Referral

For referral information, including how to refer electronically, see Specialist (Outpatients) Clinics.

Referral Concerns

If your patient’s condition deteriorates, please send an updated referral via HealthLink SmartForms selecting the Referral Continuation “Amended referral/update previously sent referral” with additional clinical information. Emergency cases should be sent to the Emergency Department.

Contact Details

For urgent advice or to discuss a referral, contact the Renal Registrar or Renal Consultant-on-Call via the Eastern Health contact centre: 1300 342 255.

Inpatient and Acute Dialysis enquiries should be directed to Ward 8.1, Box Hill Hospital: (03) 8396 8810

All inquiries about dialysis at Eastern Health, including Holiday Dialysis should be directed to the Dialysis Coordinator Ms Peta McLean on (03) 9094 9563

Home Dialysis enquiries should be directed to (03) 9092 6789 or by email: Home.dialysisBHH@easternhealth.org.au

Satellite Haemodialysis Units

Angliss Hospital

Box Hill Hospital

Maroondah Hospital

Peter James Centre