Refer your patient
Refer your patient
Referral guidelines are changing across Metro North. Make sure you’re familiar with the latest criteria when referring patients.
Does your patient reside in the Metro North Health catchment?
In most cases, referrals are only accepted from patients residing in the Metro North Health catchment.
COVID advice and referrals to COVID Virtual Ward for GPs
Metro North Virtual ED can support GPs with clinical advice or assist with referrals to manage COVID-19 patients.
This service is for patients who live in the Metro North HHS catchment. Find out more about this service >
Referral guidelines:
GP Referral Enquiry hotline:
(Central Patient Intake)
8.30am – 5.00pm
Monday – Friday
1300 364 938
Fax: 1300 364 952
Make sure you’re familiar with the latest criteria when referring patients.
1300 847 833
8:00am to 6:00pm, seven days a week
If you are a patient, you cannot use this service. You may be eligible for our Patient Virtual ED.Referral hotline:
1300 300 850
Fax: (07) 5433 8577
Oral health services are delivered at our dedicated oral health facilities, hospitals, community outreach clinics and schools.
Adult referral hotline:
1300 MHCALL (1300 64 2255)
Mental health services in Metro North
Child and Youth Mental Health Services (CYMHS) for persons under the age of 18.
A referral is not required for most services.
View Sexual health and HIV service for more information.
Contact us:
1800 177 833
Fax: (07) 3837 5914
Call Adis 24/7 Alcohol and Drug Support for 24-hour, 7 day a week confidential support for people in Queensland with alcohol and other drug concerns, their families and health professionals.
View Alcohol and Drug service for more information.
1300 0 RADAR (1300 0 72327)
RADAR Rapid Response (RR) is a multi-disciplinary team led by emergency and geriatric consultants, nurse practitioners, nurse navigators and pharmacists. The service is a QAS co-responder ED substitution service. It also works in conjunction with the local RADAR teams to facilitate the access to hospital-based outreach services for acutely unwell and deteriorating people living within residential aged care facilities in the Brisbane North area.
RADAR RR is a single point of contact for QAS officers, GP’s and after hours RACF staff focused on improving the health of older persons residing in RACFs by providing a comprehensive acute care consultative nursing, medical and pharmacy outreach, or telehealth service.
We are available 0800 – 1600
7 days a week.
Upcoming events
Common challenges in primary care: Personality Disorders Webinar
Date: Thursday 12 May 2022
Time: 6.30 pm – 8.30 pm
Venue: Online webinar, Zoom
Metro North Hospital and Health Service and Brisbane North PHN invite GPs to join us and our panel of experts for an evening of education and discussion.