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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