Renal Medicine
Patient information
The Alfred Health Renal service provides inpatient services to patients across the spectrum of acute and chronic kidney disease, as well as dialysis, renal transplant and consultancy services.
What we do
We provide:
- Care for people with problems relating to their kidneys
- Care for patients who are in hospital and require specialised renal management, including dialysis
- Assessment for those requiring dialysis
- Dialysis programs, with an emphasis on home-based therapies for those requiring ongoing dialysis for chronic kidney disease
- Specialised opinion and management in one of our outpatient clinics
- Specialised kidney transplantation service (live donor and deceased donor).
How to access this service
Referral from your GP
You need a referral letter from your GP or medical practitioner to access this service.
Your doctor will need to fax your referral letter to us. We will be in contact with you in clinically recommended times, depending on waiting list length. If there is no waiting list, you will receive an appointment booking letter or we will contact you to arrange a suitable time.
What to bring
Every time you come
- Medicare card
- Health Care Card and/or concession card (if you have one)
- Private health insurance card (if applicable/if you want to use it)
- Adverse drug alert card (if you have one)
- Previous X-ray films, scans, ultrasounds or any other test results or reports
- Medicines you need to take while you are here
- List of medicines you are currently taking (or the boxes), including medicines you have bought without a prescription, such as herbal supplements and vitamins
- Glasses, hearing aid(s) and/or walking frame if needed
For a day procedure
- Responsible adult carer to stay with you to hear instructions, help you and take you home
- Comfortable day clothes, such as a tracksuit
For an overnight (or longer) stay
- Dressing gown and slippers, or comfortable day clothes and shoes
- Personal hygiene items, such as shampoo, shaving equipment, toothpaste and deodorant
- Something to do, like a book to read, a magazine or an iPad or tablet with headphones
What not to bring for an overnight (or longer) stay
- Your handbag, wallet, purse or large amounts of cash
- Valuables, such as jewellery or watches
Our clinics
Clinic name | Campus | Location |
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Kidney General Clinic Monday afternoon at The Alfred |
The Alfred | 55 Commercial Rd, Melbourne VIC 3004 |
Kidney MBS Clinic Tuesday mornings at The Alfred |
The Alfred | 55 Commercial Rd, Melbourne VIC 3004 |
Kidney General Clinic Wednesday afternoons at The Alfred |
The Alfred | 55 Commercial Rd, Melbourne VIC 3004 |
Kidney Post Transplant Clinics Monday to Friday mornings at The Alfred |
The Alfred | 55 Commercial Rd, Melbourne VIC 3004 |
Kidney General Clinic - Caulfield Friday afternoons fortnightly at Caulfield Hospital |
Caulfield Hospital | 260 Kooyong Rd, Caulfield VIC 3162 |
Kidney General Clinic - Sandringham Friday afternoon fortnightly at Sandringham Hospital |
Sandringham Hospital | 193 Bluff Rd, Sandringham VIC 3191 |
Kidney Home Therapies Wednesday mornings at The Alfred |
The Alfred | 55 Commercial Rd, Melbourne VIC 3004 |
Kidney Pathways Tuesday afternoons at The Alfred |
The Alfred | 55 Commercial Rd, Melbourne VIC 3004 |
Resources
All patient resourcesKidney Health Australia
National Kidney Foundation
Services, resources, fact sheets, research, news and FAQs on kidney disease and transplantation
Renal Society of Australasia
A not-for-profit professional association which aims to advance the care of people with kidney disease
Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology
Education, research and grants, employment, meetings and contacts
ANZDATA and ANZOD
Statistics relating to the outcomes of treatment of those with ESRF, and data on all organ donors after death
Kidney Donor Health Screening Questionnaire
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