Canberra Health Services has two GP Liaison units (GPLU) that enhance communication and partnerships between our health services and general practitioners. This facilitates a seamless health service delivery and safe clinical handover of patients back to their primary health care provider.
Our GP Liaison Units are located at Canberra Hospital and North Canberra Hospital. They act as a point of contact between health services for GPs, practice staff and other primary health providers for anything related to their patients, health services, referral processes and general advice.
The teams are available to:
- provide clinical support over the phone for GPs
- represent GPs on various hospital committees
- provide input into eHealth related activities
- organise and facilitate the quarterly GP Liaison Network Meeting
- organise and facilitate GP education events
- inform the GP community about CHS services via the GP Liaison newsletters
- maintain the GP provider directory
- liaise with relevant stakeholders across the acute care system and primary care
If you have any feedback or suggestions, please get in touch with us.
Contact us
For Canberra Hospital, University of Canberra Hospital, walk-in centres, mental health and community health facilities please contact:
Address: Building 1, Level 10, Canberra Hospital, Yamba Drive, Garran
Phone: (02) 5124 4183
Email: gpliaison@act.gov.au
Fax: (02) 5124 5935
For North Canberra Hospital and Clare Holland House please contact:
Address: Cnr Belconnen Way and Haydon Dr Bruce ACT 2617
Phone: (02) 5103 6815
Email: nch.gpliaison@act.gov.au
Fax: (02) 5103 7223
Urgent review services
Canberra Health Services run a number of urgent review clinics, which are listed below.
To refer your patient to any of these clinics please contact the specialty registrar or intake officer via the Doctor Direct line on (02) 5124 2000 at Canberra Hospital or (02) 5103 6111 for North Canberra Hospital.
You must include the name of the registrar you spoke with on your referral.
- Access Mental Health – Community health
- Acute Gynaecology Clinic – Canberra Hospital
- Early Pregnancy Assessment Unit (EPAU) - Canberra Hospital
- Emergency Department - North Canberra Hospital
- Emergency Department - Canberra Hospital
- Hospital in the Home (HITH) - North Canberra Hospital
- Hospital in the Home (HITH) - Canberra Hospital
- Maternity Assessment Unit – Canberra Hospital
- Ophthalmology – Canberra Hospital
- Orthopaedics Registrar Review Clinic – Canberra Hospital
- Plastic Surgery Registrar Review Clinic – Canberra Hospital
- RADAR Service – Canberra Hospital
- Geriatric Rapid Acute Care Evaluation (GRACE) Service – North Canberra Hospital
Elective Surgery waitlist data
We publish Elective Surgery waitlist data for operational management purposes. Data is updated every two weeks.