Request for Patient Information

Western Health is committed to providing health information to general practitioners for the purpose of providing further care and treatment.

 
If you need urgent information about your patient, please contact the registrar of the treating unit, or the Health Information Department at the relevant hospital. 

Site	General Phone Number	Health Information Ph  Number	Health Information Fax Number
Sunshine Hospital	8345 666	8345 1642	8345 6337
Western Hospital Footscray	8345 6666	8345 6353	8345 1648
Williamstown Hospital	9393 0100	9393 0110	9393 0158

If you need

• an outpatient letter
• a discharge summary
• an emergency department discharge letter or
• test results

Please complete a Request for patient information form.pdf (46KB) with the patient's signature and fax to the relevant Health Information Department.

 Western Health Service Directory

Quick reference guide.pdf (63KB) - a list of frequently used contact numbers 

 Outpatient Clinics Directory - A list of clinics and contact details for Western Health Outpatient Clinics. Further Western Health departments and services will be added to the directory in the near future.

Patient Information

For general patient information visit the patient and visitors section of the Western Health webpage http://www.wh.org.au/Patients_and_Visitors/index.aspx