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Outpatient services

Community services

Outpatient services​​

Outpatient clinics are available to support people with supportive and palliative care needs in Northern Sydney.

Reasons for referral include complex symptom control and connecting with supportive and palliative care services.  

RNSH palliative medicine outpatient clinics

There are three palliative medicine clinics based at RNSH occurring on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. 

The clinics support people that have ongoing specialist palliative care needs but who do not yet require care at home.

A Nurse Practitioner led palliative care oncology outpatient clinic based at RNSH supports patients with supportive and palliative care needs.

Cardiac Supportive Care

The Cardiac Supportive Care Service provides support for adult patients living with advanced heart failure in Northern Sydney. A Nurse Practitioner leads the service, which coordinates between cardiology and supportive care services.

The Nurse Practitioner can see patients in outpatient clinics at Royal North Shore,Hornsby, and Ryde Hospitals. They can also visit patients at their homes.

The Nurse Practitioner provides a comprehensive and holistic assessment. They also offer symptom management, psychosocial support, and advanced care planning.

Renal Supportive Care ​

Renal supportive care is part of the extended services provided by the renal services based at RNSH and Hornsby Hospital. There are weekly clinics based at RNSH and monthly clinics based at Hornsby Hospital.

NSLHD Supportive and Palliative Care Occupational Therapists work collaboratively with inpatient Occupational Therapists and the multidisciplinary team. Their goal is to support the transition of patients from hospital to home for end-of-life care, ensuring that functional status and discharge needs are addressed.

Speak to your medical team about a referral to the Supportive and Palliative Care Occupational Therapists.

​Community services

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Community supportive and palliative care services are available to provide community-based palliative care to people in Northern Sydney.

Community supportive and palliative care services aim to support individuals and their carers maintain quality of life, comfort, and dignity in their own homes.

This care is provided by HammondCare and Northern Sydney Home Nursing Service. And works with the person’s General Practitioner and primary health care providers.

Community Palliative Care Nursing, Northern Sydney Home Nursing Service

Nursing care is provided to individuals with supportive and palliative care needs and their families/carers, within the comfort of their homes and clinic settings across Northern Sydney.

Speak to your General Practitioner or Specialist for a referral into the service. Self-referrals are also accepted through the Health Contact Centre.

Contact the Health Contact Centre: 1300 732 503 within the hours below:

• Monday to Friday: 07:30am - 18:30pm
• Saturday to Sunday: 08:00am - 16:30pm

Specialist Multidisciplinary Community Palliative Care, HammondCare

HammondCare provides specialist community palliative care services and outpatient clinics within Northern Sydney.

The service supports people with complex and specialist palliative care needs, where a team of multidisciplinary specialist professionals will work together to address these concerns.

Care is provided in the most appropriate setting for the individual.

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