Vascular Surgery Clinic

Our Vascular Surgery Clinic sees patients who require surgery in relations to circulation problems.

How to access this clinic

You will need a referral letter from your GP or medical practitioner to access this service.

Your doctor will need to fax your referral to us send it electronically. When your referral is received it will be reviewed by the consulting team and categorised based on clinical urgency.

We will then notify you of the outcome of the specialist review, what your clinical urgency category is, and the expected waiting time for your appointment.

While every attempt will be made to provide you with the earliest possible appointment, the most urgent patients are given priority.

What to bring

  • Your appointment letter
  • A list of medications that you are currently taking
  • Any relevant test results or x-rays from services outside Bendigo Health
  • Any relevant cards (Medicare Card, Health Care Card, Aged Pension, DVA).

Your Appointment

Our Clinics are located on Level 1 in the Bendigo Hospital. We have an automated check-in system. You can either scan your appointment letter or Medicare card at the check-in kiosk to register your arrival. You will be directed to provide a contact mobile phone number. This will enable us to inform you via text message when your appointment is drawing near.

Patients are seen strictly in order of appointment time. We do our best to run to time, however delays do occur and we therefore recommend that you allow at least two hours for your appointment.

Our clinics are conducted by a team of doctors, you may not be seen by the Consultant whose name appears on your appointment letter.

If you need to reschedule or cancel you appointment you should contact 03 5454 8896.

Automated check-in system

Head of Department

Mr Anthony Gray

Specialist Clinics

Level 1 Clinics, Bendigo Hospital

Location

100 Barnard Street
Entry via Mercy Street, Bendigo, VIC, 3550

How to refer your patient

This clinic accepts eReferrals (preferred) and faxed referrals.

  • This clinic at Bendigo Health is registered as a MBS clinic. If you are referring to these clinics please include the following information:

- Be addressed to one of the relevant clinician
- Recent investigations (pathology, histology and medical imaging)
- Relevant history
- The date of referral
- The referring Doctors name, address, provider number and signature

Please click here for more information.

Use of eReferral enables secure electronic transmission of referrals to Bendigo Health. eReferral (SeNT/Valida) is available to practices using Medical Director or Best Practice. 

Referrals can be faxed to 03 5454 8922

From 1 November 2019 triage of new referrals to Vascular Clinic for the following conditions will be assessed against the Victorian statewide referral criteria (SRC) for Vascular Clinics

 

Aortic aneurysms (adult)

 

Statewide referral criteria link

MPHN HealthPathways link

Carotid artery disease (adult)

 

Statewide referral criteria link

MPHN HealthPathways link 

Deep vein thrombosis (adult)

 

 

 

Statewide referral criteria link

MPHN HealthPathways link 

MPHN HealthPathways link Anticoagulant therapy for DVT 

High-risk foot ulcers (adult)

 

Statewide referral criteria link

MPHN HealthPathways link 

Hyperhidrosis (adult)

 

Statewide referral criteria link

 

Lymphoedema (adult)

 

Statewide referral criteria link

MPHN HealthPathways link 

Non-healing or chronic lower leg ulcers (adult)

 

Statewide referral criteria link

MPHN HealthPathways link

Varicose veins (adult)

 

Statewide referral criteria link

MPHN HealthPathways link

 


Patients will not be provided with an appointment or placed on a waiting list unless a complete referral compliant with the statewide referral criteria has been received.

Both you and your patient will be notified of the outcome of the referral.

The demand on specialist clinics is high. Consequently, waiting times for some specialties can be quite lengthy.

Should you have any queries regarding your patient’s referral, please contact the Clinic Nurse Liaison via the dedicated GP only telephone number (if you do not have access to this, please email [email protected] to request same).

Our Service

Our Vascular Surgery Clinic sees patients who require surgery in relations to circulation problems.

Head of Department

Mr Anthony Gray

Specialist Clinics

Level 1 Clinics, Bendigo Hospital

Location

100 Barnard Street
Entry via Mercy Street, Bendigo, VIC, 3550