Haematology and Transfusion - Royal North Shore Hospital

The Department of Haematology and Transfusion Medicine provides a comprehensive clinical and diagnostic haematology service based at Royal North Shore Hospital (RNSH). Our clinicians treat patients with a range of non-malignant and malignant blood disorders including leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma, providing outpatient care through the Northern Sydney Cancer Centre (NSCC).

Day Unit and inpatient therapy on Ward 8E of RNSH

Bone marrow and stem cell transplantation (allogeneic and autologous) are provided by our transplant clinicians and a multidisciplinary team of specialist staff. Stem cell collection, plasma exchange and venesection procedures are performed in a dedicated Apheresis Unit of the NSCC.

• Images / Scans
• Blood Results
• Test Results
• List of current medications
• Referral

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 our service. 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 either face to face or via telehealth - your specialist will let you know what the best option is for you.

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.  

A current referral from a health professional is required before patients can be seen by our team and should be faxed to 9926 4070 or emailed to
[email protected].

All referrals will be promptly reviewed by the on-call staff specialist and patients will be contacted within a week with an appointment date. Referred patients will largely be seen by the on-call specialist for that week, but we may allocate patients to other
doctors with special expertise in their condition.

Urgent haematology cases are seen in NSCC by the Haematology Registrar, and our medical team can be contacted after hours via the hospital switchboard
(02 9926 7111) for emergencies

Referrals require current full blood count results to allow appropriate traige.

Northern Sydney Cancer Centre (nsw.gov.au)

Cancer Council NSW - Cancer Information and Support