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State-wide referral criteria

State-wide referral criteria (SRC) are clinical decision-support tools that give health professionals the referral criteria they need to refer their patients to public specialist outpatient services across NSW.

SRC helps people who need to see a health professional in a NSW public specialist outpatient service to be referred and prioritised in a safe and timely way. They support patients and the health professionals looking after them to make a referral, and assist NSW public specialist outpatient services with screening and triaging these referrals.​​

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Additional state-wide referral criteria coming in 2026

NSW Health is pleased to announce additional state-wide referral criteria will be released in late 2026 for the following specialties:

  • Cardiology
  • Nephrology
  • Respiratory and Sleep Medicine

For more information, please contact MOH-Outpatients@health.nsw.gov.au.

​​Additional information​

Important information for referring health professionals

​General practitioners and other referring health​ professionals may refer patients to specialist outpatient services. This can be for a diagnosis, procedure, assessment, treatment and/or education. If there is a change to a patient’s condition while waiting for their appointment, referring health professionals​ may further investigate and manage the situation, send an updated referral to the outpatient service, check HealthPathways for urgent/same day advice or contact the relevant clinical team.​

Health professionals can also refer patients to the Get Healthy S​ervice​ for free health coaching to reach their healthy eating and active living goals, and/or the ​Quitline​​ for professional support with smoking or vaping cessation.

 

Please provide the following details, where applicable, to facilitate accurate referral and patient identification. This information may also help identify any additional considerations or supports needed for patients accessing outpatient services.

Patient details

  • ​​Full name (including any aliases or former names)
  • Date of birth
  • Legal sex
  • Sex assigned at birth (if applicable)
  • Current gender identity
  • Medicare number (if eligible)
  • Contact number(s) and email address
  • Residential and postal address
  • Country of birth
  • Preferred language
  • Requires interpreter services
  • Suitable for virtual care or telehealth
  • Is an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person
  • Identifies as LGBTIQ+
  • Identifies as bodily diverse (including intersex)
  • Disability status
  • Identifies as a person with a diagnosis or medical condition
  • Refugee, asylum seeker, visa, or other immigration status
  • Employment status
  • Emergency contact (including next of kin)
  • Legal Guardian
  • Experience of or currently in out-of-home care
  • Experiencing or at risk of homelessness
  • Requires mobility assistance or other reasonable adjustments
  • Requires gender-affirming or transition-related care
  • Currently transitioning from paediatric to adult care (i.e. transition care)
  • Currently in or recently exited custody​
  • Enduring a complex mental health condition and/or need
  • Any safety concerns in relation to self-harm risk, suicidality risk, risk of being harmed by others and/or risk of harming someone else​
Referring health professional detai​ls​​
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  • Full name (including any aliases or former names)
  • Professional designation(s)
  • Medicare Provider Number
  • Contact number(s) and email address
  • Practice address
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Contact us

If you would like to provide feedback or have a question that is not listed in the FAQs, please submit an enquiry to a SRC program representative at NSW Health.

Submit an enquiry​

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Current as at: Monday 23 March 2026
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