Electronic Referral for SESLHD Expansion

South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) continues to expand Electronic Referrals (eReferrals) as the preferred referral pathway into Outpatient services.

The next implementation across SESLHD will focus on the remaining services at Sutherland Hospital, planned to go live from Wednesday, 20 May 2026.

Stage 4b – (planned 20th May 2026)
Sutherland Hospital
Aged Care (South Care)	Palliative Care
Allied Health PhysiotherapySpeech Therapy Nutrition and Dietetics

Important Update – Antenatal Referral Pathway Change

SESLHD’s latest eReferral implementation introduces a notable change to Antenatal referral pathways across SESLHD.

A GP referral is now required for patients to access Antenatal care with required supportive information outlined on the Antenatal eForm.
Patients will no longer be able to self‑refer to Antenatal services.
Flexibility will be applied in specific circumstances, particularly around gestation or clinical considerations, where timely access to care is required.

Preferred Referral Method – Healthlink

As part of SESLHD’s commitment to improving the safety, efficiency, and timeliness of managing patient referrals:

All practitioners with Healthlink access are strongly encouraged to submit referrals electronically via the Healthlink platform when referring to Outpatient services across SESLHD.
SESLHD is progressively moving away from paper‑based referral pathways, including fax and email.

The services listed below apart of SESLHD previous implementation are now accepting eReferrals as the preferred referral method. In addition, there are more than 115 services already live and accepting eReferrals across SESLHD.

Stage 4a (Services accepting eReferrals from 22 April 2026)
St George Hospital	Royal Hospital for Women
St George Hospital – Antenatal	Royal Hospital for Women’s – Breast clinic
St George Hospital – Gynaecology	Royal Hospital for Women’s – Women’s Health Physiotherapy
St George Hospital – Colposcopy	Royal Hospital for Women’s – Maternal Fetal Medicine
St George Hospital – Fertility	Royal Hospital for Women – Discharged Newborn Follow up clinic
St George Hospital – Menopause	Royal Hospital for Women – Discharged Royal NICU Development clinic
St George Hospital – Early Pregnancy Assessment Service	Sutherland Hospital
St George Hospital – Genetics (Non-Cancer)	Sutherland Hospital – Renal
Prince of Wales Hospital	Sutherland Hospital – Antenatal
Prince of Wales Hospital – Orthotics	Sutherland Hospital – Paediatrics
Prince of Wales Hospital – NeuRA Mitochondrial Disease clinicMovement Disorders clinicNeuRA Neuro Genetics clinicParkinson’s Disease (Parkinson & Atypical)	Sutherland Hospital – Children’s Acute Review Service