Patient resources
We produce useful resources to help inform patients and their families about their care and encourage involvement in making decision about treatment.
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| Radiology Info for patients | Website | |
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        Rainbow Network
        
         
          LGBTIQA+ information and resources
         
        
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      Website | |
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        Raising Children Network
        
         
          Provides free, reliable, up-to-date information to help your family grow and thrive together
         
        
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      Website | |
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        Reach Out
        
         
          A website for getting young people through tough times
         
        
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      Website | |
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        RealEstate.com.au
        
         
          Realestate.com.au is the number one place for people to come together to explore and research Australian property. With an average of over 12 million visitors each month we are the leading property resource in Australia.
         
        
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      Website | |
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          Red drinks off display: A green light for healthy consumption
          
           
            Back in 2010, we launched Healthy Choices - a program to encourage people to choose healthier food and drinks at Alfred Health sites.
           
          
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        442 KB | Brochure | 
| Refusal of Treatment Certificate - agent or guardian of incompetent person | 35 KB | Form | 
| Refusal of Treatment Certificate - competent person | 34 KB | Form | 
| Registration of Interest for the Ngamai Wilam Program | 240 KB | Form | 
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        Renal Society of Australasia
        
         
          A not-for-profit professional association which aims to advance the care of people with kidney disease
         
        
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      Website | |
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        Royal Children’s Hospital transition booklet and fact sheets
        
         
          Support and assistance in developing and coordinating optimal transition and transfer processes and pathways
         
        
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      Website | |
| Royal College of Occupational Therapists - How to manage your energy levels | Website | |
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        Royal Women’s Hopsital
        
         
          Booking and care options when you are pregnant
         
        
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      Website | |
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        Sacred Heart Mission
        
         
          Find out more about the services offered by Sacred Heart Mission to combat homelessness
         
        
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      Website | |
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        Safe Steps - Family Violence Response Centre
        
         
          Victoria’s statewide first response service for women, young people and children experiencing family violence.
P: 1800 015 188 (24/7)
         
        
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      Website | |
| Safer Care Victoria Mild Traumatic Brain Injury - Fact Sheet | Fact sheet | |
| Sandringham Ambulatory Care Centre Screening Clinic map | 438 KB | |
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        Sane Australia
        
         
          An organisation helping all Australians affected by mental illness
         
        
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      Website | |
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        SBS - Coronavirus information in your language
        
         
          News and information about coronavirus (COVID-19) translated to over 60 languages and in a variety of formats.
         
        
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      Website | |
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        Scleroderma Foundation
        
         
          Resources for patients and healthcare professionals
         
        
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      Website | |
| Self Efficacy for Managing Chronic Disease (SEMCD) | 244 KB | Form | 
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        Sexual Assault Crisis Line
        
         
          The Sexual Assault Crisis Line Victoria (SACL) is a statewide, after-hours, confidential, telephone crisis counselling service for people who have experienced both past and recent sexual assault
         
        
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      Website | |
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        Single Assessment Systems Organisations
        
         
          Single Assessment System Organisations by service area, region & state
         
        
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      Website | |
| Sleep Health Foundation | Website | |
| Smart Traveller | Website | |
| Smokefree Victoria | Website | |
| Social Work: Counselling & Casework - CCHS | Brochure | |
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        Social Work: Promoting Quality of Life and Participation in Care
        
         
          Find out about the services that Social Work can provide.
         
        
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      Brochure | |
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        Southern Melbourne Integrative Cancer Service
        
         
          Connecting cancer care, driving best practice and improving patient outcomes. A joint initiative of Alfred Health, Cabrini Health, Penninsula Health and Southern Health
         
        
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| Specialist Clinic Wait Times Routine Referrals | 161 KB | |
| Specialist Clinic Wait Times Urgent Referrals | 160 KB | |
| Speech Pathology Brochure - CCHS | Brochure | |
| Speech Therapy for Children - CCHS | Brochure | |
| Spine Health Questionnaire | 281 KB | Form | 
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        Spleen Australia
        
         
          A national registry and education resource for people without a spleen
         
        
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      Website | |
| STOP BANG and OSA50 Questionnaires | 265 KB | Form | 
| STOP-BANG Questionnaire for Obstructive Sleep Apnoea | 168 KB | Form | 
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        Stroke Foundation
        
         
          A website dedicated to stroke recovery and support
         
        
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      Website | |
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        Study Melbourne
        
         
          A state government source of information for those considering studying in Melbourne
         
        
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      Website | |
| Sun Smart | Website | |
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        Survivorship - during and after treatment: American Cancer Society
        
         
          Information and tips on staying active and healthy during and after cancer treatment. 
         
        
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      Website | |
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        Survivorship Care Plan: OncoLink
        
         
          This free and easy to use program provides cancer survivors with information regarding the health risks they face as a result of cancer therapies.
         
        
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      Website | |
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        Survivorship: Cancer.net
        
         
          Cancer.Net's survivorship section provides helpful information for cancer survivors and their friends and family.
         
        
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      Website | |
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        Survivorship: National Cancer Institute
        
         
          Adjusting to physical and emotional changes after cancer treatment and tips on coping with fear of recurrence.
         
        
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      Website | |
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        Tame the Beast
        
         
          Freely available, non-commercial education space that hopes to inspire research-based action in the treatment of pain. At the moment, Tame the Beast is an animation, a question-and-answer and it'll soon host a podcast series.
         
        
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      Website | |
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        Tandem
        
         
          Representing family and friends supporting people living with mental health issues, Tandem provides information, advocacy, research and community awareness about caring for people experiencing mental ill-health.
         
        
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      Website | |
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        Telehealth user guide
        
         
          Information sheet for telehealth
         
        
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      Brochure, Fact sheet | |
| Teletrial Brochure | 246 KB | Brochure | 
| Testing positive for COVID-19 | Website | |
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        The Alfred - After an eye injection
        
         
          Information for patients who have had an eye injection at The Alfred
         
        
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      Fact sheet |