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Geriatric Outpatient Clinics – Northern Beaches

Mona Vale Hospital
18 Coronation Street
Mona Vale

2103

 

Brookvale Community Health Centre (BVCHC)
624 Pittwater Road
Brookvale

2100

Geriatric Outpatient Clinics – Northern Beaches

Contact us

General enquiries 

Referrals 

 

We accept eReferrals from GPs via HealthLink. For more information go to: Electronic Referrals for Outpatient Clinics​ - Northern Sydney Local Health District (nsw.gov.au) 

Opening hours

Monday to Friday: 08:00 – 16:30

 What we do

We provide the following outpatient services:

  • Memory & cognition clinic
  • Comprehensive geriatric assessment
  • Hospital follow up after Mona Vale Rehabilitation inpatient admission, if required

 

For consideration for admission to our inpatient Geriatric Evaluation and Management Unit, see here.

 What to bring

  • Your referral letter from your GP/Specialist
  • Your Medicare/DVA Card
  • List of current medications and drug allergies, or your blister pack
  • Recent scans/blood test results, if you have them

 When to visit us

Your GP or non-GP specialist is always your first step in seeking treatment for any condition. You will be referred to our service if your treating doctor feels that your treatment requires the input of a Geriatrician. Once we receive the referral it will be reviewed by a doctor and you will be notified of the outcome and next steps. Please allow at least 4 weeks for this process to be undertaken. We see patients face to face, although telehealth is sometimes utilised at the discretion of the geriatrician.

 


Please note that phone calls from the hospital will appear as a blocked number.  Please answer our call if you can and/or turn on voicemail to allow us to leave you a message.  


 
Please allow a full morning or afternoon for your appointment. Some patients require a longer review and delays can occur. 

 How to visit us

Mona Vale: When travelling north along Pittwater Rd, turn right at Coronation St. When travelling south along Pittwater Road, turn left at Coronation Street. Parking is available on site.

 

BrookvaleWhen travelling south along Pittwater Rd, the Community Health Centre is located on the left hand side opposite Warringah mall, just before the turn off for William Street. Parking is available.

Mona Vale: Bus route 155 alights in front of the hospital, while routes 151, 160X, 188, 188X, 189X, 190X and 199 stop at the intersection of Pittwater Road and Coronation Street.

 

BrookvaleNumerous bus routes, including B1 and 199, stop at the bus terminal directly outside the Centre. 

Mona Vale: The walk from the bus stop at the intersection of Pittwater Road and Coronation street is approximately two minutes or 250m.

 

Brookvale: If coming from the Warringah Mall side of Pittwater Road, use the Pedestrian bridge to cross the street. The bridge has lifts to accommodate  passengers, bicycles, wheelchairs and prams

Mona Vale: Free parking is available at Mona Vale Hospital for all visitors and staff within the designated car parks on the hospital grounds. There is two-hour street parking also available surrounding the hospital grounds.

 

Brookvale:  There is designated parking at the Community Health Centre (free on the ground floor, paid parking on levels 1-5 of multi-storey car park).

Please note, our clinics are held in three locations, depending upon the Doctor your appointment is booked with:

  • Assessment and Rehabilitation Unit Building (Gate 1, Mona Vale Hospital) 
  • Mona Vale Community Health Centre (Gate 3, Mona Vale Hospital)
  • Brookvale Community Health Centre

 Referral information

To ensure that our resources are directed towards those in most need we have a selection criteria to determine what problems can be seen in our clinic. The below information is mainly for GPs and other referring clinicians. 

 

Inclusion Criteria

  • Patients aged > 65 years with geriatric issues including frailty.
  • Patients aged > 16 with cognitive concerns. 


Exclusion Criteria

  • Urgent medical review required

 

Out of NSLHD

  • Referral may not be accepted. If you are requesting out of area review, reason must be stated explicitly eg
  • Resident of other LHD that does not provide the clinical service 
  • Continuing care of existing condition already managed by NSLHD 
  • Demonstrated complexity requiring services of NSLHD 
  • Compassionate circumstances, e.g. family, proximity, staff 

 

The following information must be included for referral to be accepted:

  • Patient history and co-morbidities
  • Current medications
  • Recent blood test or other pathology results
  • Relevant imaging or scans or other investigation results

 

Providing more information will aid the triage process and make it more likely that your patient will be seen in the most timely manner possible. 

Please submit referrals using the eReferral system through HealthLink, which can be accessed through most clinical software systems.

 

Patients may be seen at any of the following three locations, depending on whom the referral is addressed to and/or the respective doctors' wait list:

 

Referrals will be triaged and your patient will be notified of the outcome as soon as possible. This process may take between 1-4 weeks. You will be contacted if more information is needed.  

 Other information

Please note that the patient will be booked to the next available geriatrician. Requests for a specific doctor cannot be accommodated.


Geriatricians include Dr Ben Chua, Dr Margaret Beazley and the geriatric advanced trainee. Rehabilitation physician Dr Iain Rodger is also available at certain times to provide geriatric/ memory review.