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For patients transitioning from paediatric to young adult care
The Mater Young Adult Diabetes Transition Clinics are for patients aged between 16 and 18 years of age. The purpose of the clinics is to support the smooth transition of diabetes care from Lady Cilento Children's Hospital (LCCH) and/or other paediatric healthcare providers to the Mater Young Adult Health Centre.
The initial appointment will be with the Diabetes Nurse Educator in the Transition Clinic. The transition clinic offers an extended appointment with the Diabetes Nurse Educator and the opportunity for the patient and their carers to be familiarised with the Young Adult Service in a supportive environment.
Following the initial transition clinic appointment the patient will then be offered ongoing care within the Young Adult Diabetes Clinic which is a multi-disciplinary clinic offering comprehensive care for young people with diabetes. Some patients may be offered an appointment directly with the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) in the Young Adult Diabetes Clinic if the patient's medical history/complex care needs indicate that an earlier MDT appointment may be beneficial.
If referral for care is indicated please list all of the General Referral Information, reason for request, and essential information as indicated below.
Referrals can be sent by:
Digital referrals in your practice software that include templates linked with referral criteria for quality handover for any public hospital
Cloud solution in your practice software that eliminates the need for template management
Medical Objects: HM4101000R8
HealthLink EDI: materref
For fax and secure messaging our latest Mater Adult Referral Form or Antenatal Form are available to embed into most major Practice Management software systems.
Please include all of the General Referral Information and the following information relevant to the patient you are referring. Patients who are referred to the clinic are triaged according to the diabetes and endocrine referral guidelines.
Essential Information (referral will be declined without this):
Additional Information (useful for processing the referral):
There are important principles in the effective transition of young people from paediatric to adult care which include:
Mater Young Adult Services offers patients the opportunity to attend bulk billed clinics. To provide your patient with the opportunity to attend a bulk billed specialist clinic, please provide a named referral to one of our specialists listed above.
If you would like to discuss a referral, including clinical criteria, or update the status of a current patient please contact our priority GP phone line on 07 3163 2200
Pre-Referral Guidelines
We provide up to date data on how long patients are waiting for their first appointment by specialty here
These Mater Referral Guidelines align with standardised best practice tools for referral to publicly funded specialist outpatient services developed in Queensland through the Clinical Prioritisation Criteria project.
Content Last Reviewed: 22 February 2018
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