Director: Professor John Seymour

REFERRAL GUIDELINE

HAEMATOLOGY SERVICE

Director: Professor JoHN Seymour

Target Audience

Referrers to the Haematology service

Purpose

·  To assist health professionals with the referral process.

·  To ensure all relevant clinical and administrative information accompanies referrals to ensure timely referral processing.

where possible referrals should be made directly to the appropriate tumour stream as follows:

·  Allograft Bone Marrow Transplant: Professor David Ritchie

·  Acute Leukaemia MDS: Dr Ashish Bajel

·  Myeloma/Autografts: Associate Professor Simon Harrison

·  Aggressive lymphoma: Dr Michael Dickinson

·  Indolent lymphoma: Dr Con Tam

·  Myeloproliferative neoplasms: Dr Kate Burbury

·  Non-malignant haematology: Professor Jeff Szer

·  Late effects: Dr Kylie Mason

General haematology referrals should be directed to Professor John Seymour

Haematology Service: Referral requirements

·  A completed Peter Mac referral form, addressed to a named clinician – referral form and further information available at www.petermac.org/referrals

·  Any hard copies of scans.

·  Any bone marrow biopsy results

·  Any biopsies

·  Specific Bloods:

o  Lymphoma: FBE, U&E, LDH, Electrophoresis, Calcium, Urate

o  Myeloma: FBE, U&E, Calcium, ESR, Beta 2 microglobulin, Magnesium, Electrophoresis, SFLC

o  Leukaemia: FBE, U&E, LDH, Coagulation, Urate

o  Skin Lymphoma: FBE, U&E, Skin biopsies, LDH, LFT’s

o  Bleeding Disorders: FBE, Coagulation

HAEMATOLOGY SERVICE CLINICS RUN AT PARKVILLE EACH MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AFTERNOONS, AND WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY MORNING

·  Urgency and clinic allocation are determined by referral content; all referrals will be triaged within 48 hours.

·  All new patient referrals are assessed by multi-disciplinary teams.

·  Referral forms must include all requested information and patients should bring, wherever possible, copies of any diagnostic imaging, preferably on CD, to their first appointment.

·  For all appointment enquiries, or if you are concerned with the appointment time allocated to your patient, phone Patient Registrations on 03 8559 5020 or email

Requesting a second opinion

Please clearly state on the referral form that you are requesting a second opinion and provide a comprehensive summary of all previous treatment including copies of correspondence from previous treating specialists, operation notes, scan reports etc.

FOR ALL HAEMATOLOGY SERVICE ENQUIRIES, CONTACT

Odette Buelens:
Skin Lymphoma Nurse Practitioner
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Phone: 03 8559 7941
Email: / Sharna Moloney:
Lymphoma Nurse Coordinator
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Phone: 03 8559 7941
Email:
Catherine Vassili:
Leukaemia/MPN/MDS Nurse Coordinator
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Phone: 03 8559 7941
Email: / Yvonne Panek-Hudson:
Allograft Nurse Practitioner
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Phone: 03 8559 7941
Email:
Trish Joyce and Hayley Beer:
MM/Transplant Nurse Coordinators
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Phone: 03 8559 7941
Email: / Rebecca Dring
MDS and Non Malignant Haematology Clinical Nurse Consultant
The Royal Melbourne Hospital-City Campus
Phone: 03 9342 7000 (Switch)
Email:
Peter Haywood
Acute Leukaemia Clinical Nurse Consultant
The Royal Melbourne Hospital-City Campus
Phone: 03 9342 7000 (Switch)
Email: / Siobhan Mineely
BMT Clinical Nurse Consultant
The Royal Melbourne Hospital-City Campus
Phone: 03 9342 7000 (Switch)
Email:

Authorised by

Professor John Seymour

Author/Contributors

Odette Buelens, June 2016