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Neurosurgery Statewide CPC

GCUH

Statewide CPC applies — hospital triage assigns the official category. Open the live Refer Your Patient page for condition-level Cat 1/2/3. <a href="/cpc">Category windows</a>. Live source: Refer Your Patient — Neurosurgery.

Wrong door / do not refer

  • Spine / neck referred from Orthopaedics comes here.
  • Acute spinal trauma with deficit → Metro South.
  • Scoliosis → Metro South.

SOPD / clinic enquiries

1300 559 083

Usual specialist outpatient enquiry number unless an exception is listed.

Conditions

Condition pages include published Cat 1/2/3 and essential tests where Refer Your Patient had them.

ConditionThis siteOfficial RYP
Back and/or Neck Pain Name + RYP Open source
Brain tumours (intracerebral, meningioma, skull base, pituitary) Name + RYP Open source
Brain/ spinal tumours Name + RYP Open source
Cranial malformations – arachnoid cyst (cranial and spinal) Name + RYP Open source
Cranial malformations – chiari Name + RYP Open source
Cranial malformations – hydrocephalus Name + RYP Open source
Hydrocephalus and VP shunt Name + RYP Open source
Neurovascular disorders (aneurysm, AVMs, other) Name + RYP Open source
Non acute skull fracture/ non acute traumatic brain injury Name + RYP Open source
Non-acute skull fracture/ non-acute traumatic brain injury Name + RYP Open source
other-neurosurgical-conditions Name + RYP Open source
Peripheral nerve compression including carpal tunnel syndrome, ulnar nerve entrapment neuropathy, common peroneal and lateral cutaneous nerve of thigh compression syndromes Name + RYP Open source
Spinal malformations Name + RYP Open source
Spine Name + RYP Open source
Trigeminal neuralgia and other cranial nerve abnormalities Name + RYP Open source
Vascular disorders – AVM or aneurysm Name + RYP Open source

How referrals are sent

HealthPathways

Sign in for localised assessment and management. HealthPathways does not send the referral. Register: gchealthpathways@health.qld.gov.au

goldcoast.communityhealthpathways.org

Official sources