Refer your patient

Information for GPs and other health professionals to help you refer patients to our services.

Refer your patient

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Rapid Access Services
Metro North Health is piloting and developing new Rapid Access Clinics and Services. Rapid Access services provide an alternative to an emergency presentation. Local GPs can refer patients requiring escalation of care to these services for assessment and treatment.

Satellite Hospitals
Satellite Hospitals are being rolled out across Metro North Health with the first opening in Caboolture in August 2023.

Specialist outpatient services

Specialist services are coordinated through the Central Patient Intake.

Central Patient Intake GP Enquiry Line: 1300 364 938

The phone numbers on this page are for referrers only and not available to patients.

Community health services

Enquiry hotline:

1300 658 252

Fax: 3360 4822

Clinical advice services

Virtual EDMetro North Virtual ED
1300 847 833

Monday to Sunday 8am-10pm


Metro North Clinical Advice Line
1800 569 099

Monday to Friday 8.30am-4pm


Behavioural Emergency Response Team
1300 024 404

7 days per week 24 hours

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.

BERT is an interdisciplinary outreach and crisis response team, who works collaboratively with the person with a disability who has complex and challenging behaviour and their carers/ service providers to better manage their behaviours and primary health needs.

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.

A referral is not required for most services.

View Sexual health and HIV service for more information.

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

Clinicians in the North Brisbane region can now access these pathways online. They provide the user with point of-care guidance for the assessment and management of medical conditions.

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Oral Health services

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.

Mental Health services

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.

Sexual Health and HIV services

A referral is not required for most services.

View Sexual health and HIV service for more information.

Alcohol and Drug Service

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.

Residential Aged Care District Assessment and Referral Service

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.

Brisbane North HealthPathways

Clinicians in the North Brisbane region can now access these pathways online. They provide the user with point of-care guidance for the assessment and management of medical conditions.

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