Criteria to access public outpatient services

CategoryCriteria
Category 1
Recommended to be seen within 30 calendar days.

Newly diagnosed, structural club foot.

Category 2
Recommended to be seen within 90 calendar days.

  • Positional talipes or metatarsus adductus not responding to physiotherapy treatment.
  • Recurrent club foot affecting ambulation.

Category 3
Recommended to be seen within 365 calendar days.

Recurrent club foot not affecting ambulation.

Information to include within a referral

Required

  • Reason for referral.
  • Details of the presenting condition, including evolution of symptoms and their duration.
  • Provisional diagnosis.
  • Patient health summary (such as relevant medical history, relevant investigations, current medications and dosages, immunisations, allergies and/or adverse reactions), including specifically passively correctable or positional club foot.

If available

  • If the patient identifies as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
  • If the patient is considered 'at risk' or among a vulnerable, disadvantaged or priority population.
  • If the patient is suitable for virtual care or telehealth.
  • If the patient has special needs or requires reasonable adjustments to be made.
  • If the patient requires an interpreter (if so, list preferred language).

Important information for referring health professionals

If there is a change to a patient’s condition while waiting for their appointment, referring health professionals may further investigate and manage the situation, or send an updated referral to the outpatient service. Where there are significant concerns about a patient's condition, referring health professionals may check HealthPathways for urgent/same day advice or contact the relevant clinical team.

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Current as at: Monday 17 June 2024
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