Contact information for GPs and GP Newsletter

Telephone switchboard 03 9929 8666 and ask for the Eye or ENT admitting officer.

Mail referrals: Patient Services and Access (PSA), Locked Bag 8, East Melbourne, 8002

Fax: PSA on 03 99298404

Urgent referral: mark as “URGENT” (triaged within 48 hours) or telephone PSA on (03) 9929 8500 to notify them you are sending an urgent referral.

Requests for information about your patients can be faxed to Health Information Services

Fax: 03 9929 8228

All requests must be received in writing on your clinic letterhead.

If you are not the referring doctor, your request will need to be accompanied by the written consent of the patient. Please complete and return the  Authority for Release of Details from a Patient’s Medical File form.

For further information, please contact Health Information Services on 03 9929 8230.

Please direct these enquiries to Patient Services and Access, noting that the Eye and Ear has a GP priority line.

Phone: 03 9929 8500 (you can leave a message, if not answered)

Email: info@eyeandear.org.au for a response within 2 working days.

Go to our pre-referral guidelines or referral forms for additional information.

Dr Lina Nido (works one day per week, usually Thursday)

Email:  gpliaison@eyeandear.org.au

Phone: 03 9929 8187

Our Consumer Liaison Officer manages the resolution of concerns raised by patients and their carers, and their GPs, in relation to care received by hospital services.

Email: feedback@eyeandear.org.au

Phone: 03 9929 8225 (Monday-Friday).

Our pharmacists are happy to take calls from GPs with general queries regarding Ophthalmic or ENT medications and specific patient medication enquiries.

Phone: 03 9929 t203 (Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm).

If your patient is already on our surgical waiting list, phone 03 9929 8553.

To be put on an email list to receive notifications of upcoming GP education events, please email gpliaison@eyeandear.org.au

Find out more information about upcoming GP Education events.

To apply to do clinical attachments in our Emergency Department or outpatient clinics, please send an expression of interest, including your availabilities and your learning objectives by email to Kerryn.Baker@eyeandear.org.au or phone (03) 9929 8525.

Please refer to our GP Observership brochure and GP Medical Observer Request Form .* For more information, visit the GP Clinical Observership information page.

 

*Please note that we not currently offering clinical attachments due to Covid19*