This page provides information on referring patients to the Mater Hospital and includes outpatient consultant services, pathology, radiology, emergency services, ECMO, renal medicine, and respiratory medicine.
GP & hospital referrals
Select your referral type
Please select your referral type by clicking on one of the below options and the relevant information will be displayed for you.
Consultant outpatient clinics
All GPs can now refer to all consultants/specialties using Healthlink.
How does this work?
Electronic GP Referrals are sent in from the GP practice via HealthLink and integrated into our hospital system within 24 hours by our Central Referrals Office. We are the first hospital in the country to have this integrated system in place. Once a referral has been processed to our hospital system, an acknowledgement of receipt of referral is automatically communicated back to the GP via Healthlink.
What happens next?
When the referral has been triaged by the consultant, the following is communicated electronically to the GP:
- If a patient is for an outpatient appointment, an outpatient procedure or to be placed on an inpatient/daycase waiting list
- The triage status of the patient
- Average wait time of specialty/consultant as per the triage status
- Return to referrer - if an outpatient referral is to be returned to the GP, the reason for this will also be communicated back.
What if I am not signed up to Healthlink?
If you are not yet signed up to Healthlink, referrals can be sent as normal through the postal service and will be processed via our Central Referrals Office. This will apply for an interim period only as the ultimate aim is to manage all referrals electronically through Healthlink.