Information for GPs
Contact our Medical Nurse Unit Manager on 02 4944 3709
Contact our Rehabilitation Nurse Unit Manager on 02 4944 3745.
Direct Admissions
With one phone call to Hunter Valley Private Hospital, your eligible patients can avoid long wait times in ED and be admitted directly to our hospital.
About direct admissions
- GP enquiries and referrals accepted 24/7
- Patients are admitted Mon-Fri during business hours
- We contact your patient to arrange admission date & time
- Onsite pathology and Xray
- We can arrange inpatients to attend external imaging provider
Eligible patients
- Non-emergency medical or surgical patients
- Patients needing an inpatient or day rehabilitation program
- Privately insured I DVA, CTP & Workcover I Self-funded
How to make a direct admission
Rehabilitation
- P 02 4944 3745
- E huntervalleypreadmissions@healthscope.com.au
Outpatient rehabilitation only
Medical or surgical
- P 02 4944 3709
- E huntervalleypreadmissions@healthscope.com.au
Common direct admissions
- Acute medical
- Airway disease
- Blood/iron transfusion anaemia-investigation
- Dehydration
- Ulcers & Cellulitis
- Chronic pain management
- Diabetes
- Falls with nil suspected head injury
- Heart disease not requiring cardiac monitoring
- Heart failure
- Infectious diseases
- IV medication therapy/infusions
- Palliative care
- Parkinsons
- Pneumonia
- UTI (requiring IV antibiotics)
- Gastrointestinal issues
- Wound management (IV antibiotics, dressing)