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Orthopaedics Statewide CPC

GCUHRobina Hospital

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 — Orthopaedics.

Wrong door / do not refer

  • Spine / neck → Neurosurgery.
  • Sarcoma → Metro South.
  • Paediatric scoliosis → Queensland Children's Hospital.
  • SUFE → ED. Do not outpatient-refer.

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
Achilles tendon pathology and rupture Name + RYP Open source
Arthritis of the hand and/or wrist Name + RYP Open source
Benign Tumours of the Hand and Wrist Name + RYP Open source
Bow legs Name + RYP Open source
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome / Cubital Tunnel Syndrome Name + RYP Open source
Club foot/feet/inversion (Talipes Equinovarus) Name + RYP Open source
Congenital hand surgery Name + RYP Open source
Developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) Name + RYP Open source
Dupuytren’s contracture (Orthopaedics) Name + RYP Open source
Elbow conditions Name + RYP Open source
Foot and ankle conditions associated with diabetic foot disease Name + RYP Open source
Foot and ankle pain and/or deformity (non-diabetic) Name + RYP Open source
Hand trauma conditions Name + RYP Open source
Heel pain Name + RYP Open source
Hip pain conditions Name + RYP Open source
In-toeing Name + RYP Open source
Knee injury (acute) Name + RYP Open source
Knee pain (chronic) conditions Name + RYP Open source
Knock knees Name + RYP Open source
Limping child/reluctant to weight bear Name + RYP Open source
Lower limb trauma Name + RYP Open source
Osgood-Schlatter disease Name + RYP Open source
Out-toeing Name + RYP Open source
Perthes disease Name + RYP Open source
Shoulder Instability Name + RYP Open source
Shoulder Pain Name + RYP Open source
Slipped upper femoral epiphysis (SUFE) Name + RYP Open source
Stenosing tenosynovitis conditions Name + RYP Open source
Toe-walking Name + RYP Open source
Tumour – bone and soft tissue Name + RYP Open source
Upper limb trauma conditions 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