Referral Directory
To select the right adult service, there are three guiding principles listed below:
1) For continuity of care, patients are advised to return to the spinal unit and associated services where they were treated after their initial spinal cord injury.
2) For patients not associated with either spinal unit, referrals are based on residential address.
Royal North Shore Hospital /Royal Rehabilitation Centre Sydney accepts new referrals from the northern part of metropolitan Sydney and northern NSW.
This area is within the boundaries of the following Area Health Services - Northern Sydney Central Coast, Greater Western, Hunter New England and North Coast.
Prince of Wales Hospital accepts new referrals from the southern part of metropolitan Sydney and southern NSW.
This area is within the boundaries of the following Area Health Services, Sydney South West, South Eastern Sydney and Illawarra, Greater Southern, and the Australian Capital Territory.
3) Patients may choose to change spinal services, however it is strongly advised that this be done in consultation with the spinal service to which the client has established links. Generally this is the spinal service that provided services to the client after their acute injury.
Adult Referrals
North
Royal North Shore Hospital (RNSH) Spinal Cord Injury Unit
RNSH offers a full range of specialist services for people with newly acquired and established spinal cord injuries.
Pressure Area Referral Flowchart
Spinal Plastics Service Patient Information brochure
Phone - (02) 9926 7111
The Royal Rehabilitation Centre Sydney (RRCS) Spinal Cord Injury Unit (02) 9808 9269
Northern Sydney Central Coast Area Health Service Assistive Technology & Seating Service (02) 9808 9292
South
Prince of Wales Hospital (POWH) Spinal Cord Injury Unit (02) 9382 2222
POWH offers a full range of specialist services for people with newly acquired and established spinal cord injuries.
Spinal Plastics Care Clinic - (02) 9382 8338
Spinal Outpatients - (02) 9382 4723
Seating Services - (02) 9382 5206
Sydney South West (Eastern Zone) and Northern Sydney Central Coast Area Health Services (02) 9926 5599
Professional support for community nurses: Clinical Nurse Consultancy support is available to community nurses providing services to people with a spinal cord injury or other disabilities.
