Palliative Community Supportive Care Clinic

We are a team of different health professionals including doctors, nurses and allied health professionals which include dietitians, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, psychologists, social workers and speech pathologists).

Our clinic is held on Tuesdays from 8.00 am - 2.00 pm at the Prince of Wales Adult Outpatient Department, Level 2, Campus Centre Building, Prince of Wales Hospital. Phone Number is 9382 0400

You will first see Dr Rebecca Strut, our palliative care specialist doctor. You will also see other health professionals from our team. 

You will need a referral letter from your local general practitioner (GP) or specialty doctor to use this service. Your doctor will need to submit this referral electronically via Healthlink. Your referral will include your medical history, relevant test results, X-ray results and what medicines you are currently taking.

Once we receive this referral and accept it we will send you a letter with your appointment details. We will also send this to your doctor. If we cannot make an appointment for you, we will send you a letter confirming that you are on the waiting list for the next available appointment. If you change your address and/or phone number, please call 02 9382 0400.

If you need to change or cancel your appointment or no longer require an appointment/be on the waitlist, please call 02 9382 0400.

Please make sure you bring:

• Your referral lettter
• Current Medicare or Veterans Affairs card
• Any Health Care Card, Pensioner Concession Card or Commonwealth Seniors Health Care Card
• Recent X-rays or medical images and their reports
• Activities to keep you entertained while waiting, e.g. book, music player, crosswords. 

When you come to our hospital for your appointment, you can check-in using our electronic check-in kiosks. These are located in our Adult Outpatient Department, Acute Services Building (Botany Street), High Street and Barker Street entrances.

We are teaching hospital and you may be asked to be involved in research or for a student to be present at your appointment. You have a right to say no. If you do so, this will not impact in any way on the services we will provide.

Please let us know if you need an interpreter before the date of your appointment. You can contact us telephoning the Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS) on 131 450. Tell the operator what language you speak and then ask the interpreter to set up a telephone conversation between you, an interpreter, and call our Outpatient Department on 03 9382 0400.