General Respiratory & Sleep Medicine

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This service cares for all categories of patients with respiratory or sleep disorders - inpatient and ambulatory.

Clinical service overview

This can involve the use of:

  • non-invasive ventilatory support
  • tracheostomy management
  • oxygen therapy
  • pulmonary rehabilitation
  • all forms of pulmonary and sleep monitoring

We work in close collaboration with the Metropolitan Ambulance Service in addition to Emergency, Intensive Care, Coronary Care, Neurology, General Medicine and General Surgical services at the Alfred.

Exclusion criteria

This service does not routinely offer treatment for the following:

  • Patients who are being treated for the same condition at another Victorian public hospital
  • Children under 18 years of age

Refer your patient

Fax referral to us

We accept GP and specialist referrals to this service. 

All referrals are triaged by the service according to clinical urgency. Patients requiring immediate assessment should be sent to the Emergency & Trauma Centre. 

To refer your patient, complete and fax a referral to us. For urgent referrals, also contact the service Registrar to discuss the case.

To ensure appropriate and timely triage, include all demographic and clinical details as well as relevant investigation results. 

If you are concerned about any delay of the appointment or if there is any deterioration in your patient’s condition, contact the service Registrar on call on (03) 9076 2000.

Referral enquiries

(03) 9076 3600

Referral fax

(03) 9076 3601

Our clinics

Clinic name Campus Location
General Respiratory Clinic The Alfred 99 Commercial Rd, Melbourne VIC 3004
Respiratory Clinic
Tuesdays at The Alfred
The Alfred 55 Commercial Rd, Melbourne VIC 3004
Interstitial Lung Disease Clinic The Alfred 55 Commercial Rd, Melbourne VIC 3004
Sleep Clinic The Alfred 55 Commercial Rd, Melbourne VIC 3004
Pulmonary Hypertension Clinic The Alfred 55 Commercial Rd, Melbourne VIC 3004
Lung Function Laboratory The Alfred 55 Commercial Rd, Melbourne VIC 3004
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