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Services & Clinics
About us News
Hospital map Parking Visitor information Transport Amenities Admission Hospital rooms Nearby accommodation Outpatient appointments Getting ready to leave Health checks Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Concerns for your care Disability support and services Interpreters and cultural support Social work department Spiritual care Volunteer support Freedom of information Overseas patients Patient privacy Paying your bill Preparing for surgery Private patients Rights and responsibilities

What we do

We are a specialist unit focused on the prevention of foot and lower limb amputations in patients with complex medical conditions.

The Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH) is the triage hub for all inpatient and outpatient podiatry, Multidisciplinary Foot Clinic and Telehealth Foot Services referrals, including for regional, rural, remote and isolated locations.

Where to find us

Outpatient clinic located on Level 3F (ground floor), Royal Adelaide Hospital.

Check appointment information and screens on arrival at the RAH, for the specific location.

Other locations

  • The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
    Allied Health Building (Ground floor)
    The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
    28 Woodville Road
    Woodville SA 5011
  • Hampstead Rehabilitation Centre
    207 – 235 Hampstead Rd
    Northfield SA 5085

Who we are

  • Cathy Loughry - Director

Information for Patients

Allied health services accept GP, private specialists, allied health and other health professional referrals.

Once your referral has been received it will be triaged according to clinical urgency.

If your referral is accepted, you will either:

  • receive a letter, phone call or text message confirming your appointment time, date and location
  • receive a letter confirming you have been waitlisted for an appointment.

If the referral is declined, your GP or referring medical practitioner will be notified.

Your outpatient appointment

Contact us to:

  • change your appointment time
  • cancel your appointment
  • find out triage status
  • general outpatient enquiries.

If you need to cancel or change your appointment time, let us know as soon as possible.

Information for referrers

Podiatry services are provided across all metropolitan local health networks, only patients who reside in CALHN catchment will be issued with an appointment.

Patients requiring immediate assessment (outside of business hours) should be sent to the Emergency Department.

We have Rapid Access (same day) appointments available Monday- Friday. These appointments are triaged based on clinical urgency.

Telehealth appointments are available as co-consult with a local clinician and the patient for those who are unable to attend face-to-face.

Referral criteria

Referrals should include:

  • patient details - address, date of birth and contact phone number
  • reason for referral
  • relevant clinical history of the patient
  • list of current medications
  • current treatment regimen
  • recent relevant test results – X-ray, pathology, Duplex US etc
  • your details.

Referrals are triaged daily and allocated to services based on inclusion criteria. Referrals are accepted from medical, nursing, and allied health.

Inclusion critera

Urgent
Semi-urgent
Send to ED

Foot wound deep to tendon/boneFoot wound in the absence of pedal pulsesFoot wound not healing after 4 weeks of appropriate treatmentKnown or suspected acute Charcot neuroarthropathyLocal (moderate) foot infection (e.g. cellulitis/osteomyelitis)

Foot wound with no signs of clinical infection
Ingrown nail in high-risk patient (non-infected)

Foot wound with systemic signs of illness (e.g. sepsis)
Critical Limb Ischaemia

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