In an emergency, call 000 or go to your nearest Emergency Department. This website and the email addresses below are not monitored for urgent medical problems.
Patients
For appointments, or to change or cancel an appointment, call Western Health Outpatient Enquiries on (03) 8345 6490.
You need a referral from your GP or another doctor to be seen in the orthopaedic clinic. See For Patients for what to expect.
GPs and Referrers
- Urgent referrals, call the Western Health switchboard on (03) 8345 6666 and ask for the orthopaedic registrar.
- Adult routine referrals, email adultoutpatientreferral@wh.org.au.
- Paediatric routine referrals, email wandcclinics@wh.org.au.
Referral criteria, templates and what to include are on the For GPs & Referrers page.
Fellowships
For fellowship enquiries and applications, email lidia.carbone@wh.org.au, stating the fellowship and the term you are interested in. Details of each program are on the Fellowships page.
Research
For research enquiries, student and trainee projects or collaboration, email our research coordinator Libby Spiers at libby.spiers@wh.org.au. More about our work is on the Research page.
Feedback and Concerns
Email feedback@wh.org.au, call 1800 319 631 (Monday to Friday, 9 am – 3 pm, excluding public holidays) or use the Western Health feedback form.
Our Hospitals
- Footscray Hospital, 89 Ballarat Road, Footscray VIC 3011
- Sunshine Hospital and Joan Kirner Women’s and Children’s, 176 Furlong Road, St Albans VIC 3021
- Williamstown Hospital, Railway Crescent, Williamstown VIC 3016
Western Health switchboard (03) 8345 6666. For parking, visiting and general enquiries, see Western Health Contact Us.