NSLHD Virtual Palliative Care Navigator Service GPs do you need support or advice navigating or accessing appropriate palliative care or symptom management for your patients?
Eligibility: The Virtual Palliative Care Navigator Service helpline is open to GPs, medical specialists, and other community healthcare providers. Referrals: • Contact a Virtual Palliative Care Navigator Clinical Nurse Consultant on 0429 894 357 to discuss. • The Virtual Palliative Care Navigator Service operates between 9am-5pm Monday to Friday . Feedback We aim to improve communication between the hospital and primary care; improve patient experience of outpatients and ensure patients arrive back at their GP with adequate information to plan their ongoing care. We welcome your feedback on this information about the clinics at Royal North Shore. Please let us know if the format or content can be adjusted to better communicate the services available at the hospital. Email NSLHD-GPLO@health.nsw.gov.au
The NSLHD Virtual Palliative Care Navigator Service provides virtual access to a palliative care clinical nurse consultant between 9am and 5pm Monday to Friday via a helpline. The service offers consultation and care navigation regarding supportive and palliative care services across NSLHD for patients and carers. The Virtual Palliative Care Navigator Service can: • Navigate palliative care pathways between community services and acute settings • Support GPs regarding acute issues in supportive and palliative care for patients in the community • Enhance access to supportive and palliative care advice and referrals to reduce unnecessary ED presentations and acute hospital admissions • Connect community-based palliative care management to ensure the right care in the right place.
Feedback
We aim to improve communication between the hospital and primary care; improve patient experience of outpatients and ensure patients arrive back at their GP with adequate information to plan their ongoing care. We welcome your feedback on this information about the clinics at Royal North Shore. Please let us know if the format or content can be adjusted to better communicate the services available at the hospital. Email: NSLHD-GPLO@health.nsw.gov.au
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