Bendigo Health
 
 

Osteoarthritis Hip and Knee Service

 
 
 
 

What the clinic does 

This service co-ordinates the management of patients with hip and knee pain and helps prioritise patients on outpatient and elective surgery waiting lists.

Booking phone number

5454 7571 or

5454 8896

Contact person          

Liaison nurse

Booking office hours

08:30am to 04:30pm, Mon to Fri

(Closed public holidays)

Clinic frequency/days-of-week

Clinics held three times per week on Monday, Wednesday and Friday

Clinic staff

Theo Kapakoulakis, musculosketal co-ordinator

Clinical information requirements that supplement the referral form

Referral letter should include a reasonable patient history including which allied health services the patient is already linked to and an up-to-date medication list.

 

Notes on any relevant pathology/radiology results with copies of results accompanying the referral letter.

 

Instruct patients to bring in any x-ray films relevant to presenting condition.

 

Please use the hip and knee referral form for those patients with hip and knee pain.

 

Click here for hip and knee referral form. 

Approximate wait time for referred patients

1-4 weeks

Clinic location

Acute Outpatients Department, entrance is beside main Bendigo Hospital entrance, (Lucan St).

Click here for map (reference K6).

 

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