The Royal Melbourne Hospital GP Liaison Unit

Our GP Liaison team helps GPs and other health professionals to navigate services at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and works to improve communication between the hospital and primary care.

Located at the Royal Park Campus, the GP Liaison Unit works across all areas of the Royal Melbourne Hospital to improve communication and collaboration with community based providers.

Some of the activities we are involved in include:

Improving communication with GPs through outpatient letters, discharge summaries and notification of patient events such as admissions and discharges, outpatient appointments and elective surgical waitlist additions.

Advocating for the needs of General Practice when planning new services or programs and ensuring that new initiatives are communicated to General Practice in a timely manner.

Assisting GPs and other community based primary care services to access appropriate services (inpatient, outpatient, emergency) for their patients by responding to phone and email enquiries.