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Referral guides
Please send all referrals via Healthlink (ID: westerly) and include the following information:
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Note: For the time being, stimulants can only be commenced by Dr Ferguson for young people aged 18 years and under. Ongoing prescription can then occur until their 25th birthday.
Service requested
- Diagnostic assessment
- Shared care with GP
- Transition from paediatric care
History
- Medical
- Psychiatric
- Developmental
Examination
- Heart rate and blood pressure
Weight & height measures
- Current & pre-morbid measures
- Highest & lowest weights (with heights if available)
- Timing of weight loss (if any)
Investigations
- Adolescents: SNAP-IV questionnaire
- Young adults: ASRS questionnaire
Other information
- Other clinicians involved (current and past)
- Previous clinical or psychometric assessments/reports
Eating Disorders
Service requested
- Eating Disorder Treatment Plan (EDP)
- MBS Review of Eating Disorder Plan (EDR)
- Comprehensive assessment
- Shared care
History
- Medical history
- Onset of menarche and recent menstrual history
- HOPC and current diagnosis
Examination
- Postural heart rate and blood pressure
- Temperature
Weight & height measures
- Current & pre-morbid measures
- Highest & lowest weights (with heights if available)
- Timing of weight loss
Investigations
- All patients: FBE, UEC, CMP, LFT, Oestradiol (if female sex), 12-lead ECG
- New diagnosis: ESR, TFT, Coeliac Screen
- Nutritional testing (if not done in the last 6 months): Iron Studies, B12, Folate, Zinc and vitamins A, C & D
- Bone mineral density scan (if not done in the last 12 months)
Other information
- Other clinicians involved (current and past)
- Medications
- History of hospitalisation / presentations to emergency department
- Copy of most recent EDP (if applicable)
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We are interested in partnering with GP clinics, medical specialists and allied health teams. Partnership would involve enhanced communication and collaboration around complex patients. Please get in touch if you would like to explore this further with us.
