Referral Access Criteria (RAC) are clinical decision support tools that will standardise the referral process for public outpatient services in Western Australia (WA).
RAC will be used by referring practitioners when referring into the WA public outpatient system and the Central Referral Service to assess and allocate referrals to the appropriate hospital.
Referrals will only be accepted if all ‘mandatory referral information’ is included with the referral.
RAC have been developed to:
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
A
Acute and chronic otitis externa – Adult
Acute hearing loss – Adult
Acute onset or progressive blurred vision – Adult
Acute visual distortion – Adult
Age related macular degeneration – Adult
Allergic eye disease – Adult
C
Cataracts and assessment for cataract surgery – Adult
Chalazion / meibomian cyst – Adult
Chronic hearing loss – Adult
Chronic middle ear disease – Adult
Cognitive dementia and memory – Adult
Colonoscopy (direct access) - Adult
D
Diabetic retinopathy / diabetic eye disease – Adult
Diplopia – Adult
Dizziness / vertigo – Adult
Dysphonia / hoarseness – Paediatric
E
Ear drum perforation – Adult
Ear wax – Adult
Ear wax – Paediatric
Ectropion – Adult
Entropion – Adult
ENT – Adult
ENT – Paediatric
Epilepsy and seizures – Adult
Epiphora (watery eyes) - Adult
Epistaxis – Adult
Epistaxis (recurrent) – Paediatric
F
Facial nerve palsy / Bell's palsy – Adult
G
Gastrointestinal endoscopy (direct access) - Adult
Gastroscopy (Direct Access) - Adult
Giant cell arteritis / temporal arteritis – Adult
Glaucoma (chronic open angle glaucoma) – Adult
H
Haematuria / Bladder lesion – Adult
Head and neck mass (ENT) – Adult
Headache or migraine – Adult
Hearing loss – Paediatric
L
Lid lesions – Adult
Lower urinary tract symptoms – Adult (female)
Lower urinary tract symptoms – Adult (male)
M
Movement disorders including Parkinson’s disease and dystonia – Adult
N
Nasal fracture – Adult
Nasal fracture (acute) – Paediatric
Neck mass – Paediatric
Neurology referral criteria – Adult
O
Obstructive sleep apnoea – Adult
Ophthalmology – Adult
Oral and pharyngeal lesions – Adult
Otitis externa – Paediatric
Otitis media with effusion (OME) or Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media (CSOM) – Paediatric
P
Penile, scrotal and testicular abnormalities – Adult
Peripheral neuropathy – Adult
Plaquenil / hydroxychloroquine screening – Adult
Progressive loss of neurological function – Adult
Posterior capsular opacity – Adult
Progressive corneal disease (including fuch’s dystrophy and keratoconus) – Adult
Prostate cancer (suspected/confirmed) – Adult
Pterygium – Adult
Ptosis – Adult
R
Recurrent acute otitis media with or without perforation – Paediatric
Recurrent, uncomplicated urinary tract infection (UTI) – Adult
Renal mass – Adult
Retinal vein occclusion – Adult
Rhinosinusitis – Adult
Rhinosinusitis – Paediatric
S
Salivary tumour, disorder or sialolithiasis (salivary stones) – Adult
Sleep disordered breathing / Obstructive sleep apnoea – Paediatric
Strabismus (squint) – Adult
Stridor – Paediatric
Stroke / transient ischaemic attack (TIA) – Adult
T
Thyroid associated orbitopathy – Adult
Thyroid mass – Adult
Tinnitus – Adult
Tonsillitis (recurrent) or tonsillar enlargement – Adult
Tonsillitis (recurrent) – Paediatric
U
Upper Aerodigestive Tract Problems including Dysphagia, Dysphonia and Globus – Adult
Urinary incontinence – Adult (female)
Urinary tract calculi – Adult
Urology – Adult
V
Vasectomy
Email: DOHSpecialistRAC@health.wa.gov.au