New Spine Clinic

We provide assessment and management for people referred to the neurosurgery service with degenerative spine conditions

Clinical service overview

Our clinic is co-located with neurosurgeons and run by Advanced Practice Physiotherapists liaising closely with the neurosurgery unit.

We provide the initial New Spine assessment and management advice for patients with degenerative spine conditions. These may include radicular pain and radiculopathy, spinal stenosis, and spondylolisthesis where instability is a concern. There is liaison with the medical team to facilitate surgical opinion.

Refer your patient

Fax referral to us

We accept GP and specialist referrals.

The New Spine clinic is part of the Neurosurgery outpatient service. All referrals should be sent to the Neurosurgery service. The service will triage appropriate patients to the New Spine Clinic.

All referrals for degenerative spine conditions must include the completed Spine Assessment attached to the referral.

To ensure appropriate and timely triage, please 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 to discuss the case

Referral enquiries (03) 9076 2025
Referral fax (03) 9076 6938
Email emailoutpatient@alfred.org.au (or newspineclinic@alfred.org.au if the enquiry is specific to this clinic)

Referral enquiries

(03) 9076 2025

Referral fax

(03) 9076 6938

Specialist Consulting Clinics Referral Form

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Spine Assessment (Neurosurgery Spine Clinic)

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Neurosurgery referral guideline

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