Cat 1 · 30 days
appointment within 30 calendar days. - Skull fracture - Traumatic brain injury - Ongoing CSF leak post trauma - CT proven contusions
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Non-acute skull fracture/ non-acute traumatic brain injury
Copied from the official Gold Coast Health condition page (27 Aug 2026). Hospital triage assigns the official category. Live source: Refer Your Patient — Non-acute skull fracture/ non-acute traumatic brain injury.
CPC windows
Cat 2 · 90 days
appointment within 90 calendar days. - Post trauma requirement for cranioplasty
Cat 3 · 365 days
appointment within 365 calendar days. - No category 3 criteria
Essential referral information
Referral will be returned without this. If a mandatory test cannot be obtained, say so in the referral.
- CT results - Mechanism of injury - Neurological deficits
Out of scope / wrong door
The following conditions are out of scope for this service: The following are not routinely provided in a public Neurosurgery service. - Fusion for back pain due to degenerative disease without correlating clinical symptoms or signs of neural compression - Back and neck chronic pain – degenerative changes without acute neurology [https://www.goldcoast.health.qld.gov.au/referrals/services/neurology] - degenerative changes without acute neurology (please refer to Spinal CPC) (Chronic pain is defined as any pain lasting more than 6 months) - Non-specific headache without concerning features or not requiring surgical intervention should be referred to Neurology. - Acute spinal trauma with neurological deficit should be referred to the Spinal Injury Service at Metro South. [https://metrosouth.health.qld.gov.au/referrals/spinal-cord-injury] - Pathology of the sacrum: refer to orthopaedics
Parent service: Neurosurgery
Send outpatient referrals to
- Smart Referrals preferred (Best Practice or Medical Director)
- Medical Objects GQ42150009Z (lookup qh → QHEALTH, GOLD COAST HEALTH OUTPATIENT)
- HealthLink EDI Qldgchsd
- Fax (07) 5687 4497 — Booking and Referral Centre
- Post: Booking and Referral Centre, Gold Coast University Hospital, 1 Hospital Boulevard, Southport QLD 4215
- Clinic enquiries 1300 559 083
HealthPathways
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