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Specialist Palliative Care Assessment
Copied from the official Gold Coast Health condition page (27 Aug 2026). Hospital triage assigns the official category. Live source: Refer Your Patient — Specialist Palliative Care Assessment.
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Cat 1 · 30 days
appointment within 30 calendar days. - The patient has a progressive, life limiting disease (malignant and/or non-malignant) and any of the following:
- Anticipation of complex palliative care needs in the foreseeable future.
- Pain or symptoms which the primary care team require further advice to manage optimally.
- The patient and/or their family has complex psychological, social, spiritual, or cultural needs that require palliative care support.
- The patient is dying, and the primary care team requires additional support and/or advice
Cat 2 · 90 days
appointment within 90 calendar days. - Patient, family, or referring clinician requests palliative care support, with no identified urgent palliative needs.
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.
- Reason for referral
- Patient’s and family’s consent to referral – and reason why if patient / family have not given consent
- Current goals of care
- Current ceiling of care
- Confirmed diagnosis and treatment to date
- Detailed history of present signs and symptoms
- Past medical history/pertinent social history
- Anticipated prognosis
- Current medications and allergies
- Available radiology reports (past 12 months) relevant to primary diagnosis
- The following pathology from the past 3 – 6 months
- FBC results
- U&E results
- LFT results
- LDH results
- Patient’s physical ability to attend an outpatient appointment at the hospital or home visit required
Out of scope / wrong door
There are currently no out of scope conditions for this service.
Parent service: Community Palliative Care
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
How to refer — full order
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