Kidney Care Centre

How we can help you

We provide appointments with specialist renal doctors (nephrologists) for adults with all types of kidney disease including chronic kidney disease.

Chronic kidney disease means your kidneys are damaged and can’t filter blood the way they should. The disease is called “chronic” because the damage to your kidneys happens slowly over a long period of time. This damage can cause wastes to build up in your body and other health problems.

We also care for people with high blood pressure, people with end stage kidney disease, people on dialysis and those who have had a kidney transplant

We specialise in the care of patients with:

High blood pressure and find it difficult to control
High blood pressure who require 24 hour blood pressure monitoring
Proteinuria/albuminuria (protein or albumin in your urine)
Reduced kidney function
Recurrent kidney stones
Fluid or electrolyte imbalances, or
Haematuria (blood in your urine).

Who we are

Our health care team includes specialist Doctors (nephrologists), transplant and access surgeons, anaesthetists, nurses, allied health (social work, dieticians, pharmacists) and administration staff.

Clinic times

Clinic	Day	Time	Specialist
General Nephrology Clinic	Every day	8.30 am - 11.30 am 12.30 pm - 3.30pm	All
Resistant Hypertension Clinic	1st and 3rd Wednesday of every month	2.00 pm - 4.00 pm	Dr Kang & A/Prof Kotwal
Acute Kidney Injury Clinic	Every Friday morning	9.00 am - 11.00 am	Prof Endre, Dr Erlich, A/Prof Kotwal and Dr Kang

How to make or cancel an appointment

You will need a referral letter from your local general practitioner (GP) or specialty doctor to use this service. Your doctor will need to submit this referral electronically via Healthlink. Your referral will include why you are being referred, your medical history and any relevant test results including imaging.

Once we receive this referral and accept it we will send you a letter with your appointment details. We will also send this to your doctor. If we cannot make an appointment for you, we will send you a letter confirming that you are on the waiting list for the next available appointment.

We aim to see our patients as quickly as possible. We prioritise appointments for patients who have an urgent need based on their condition. Urgent cases are generally given an appointment within 7 days of receiving the referral. Non-urgent conditions may need to go on a waiting list and may take up to 3 months to receive an appointment.

We will contact you when an appointment has become available.

We will call you from the hospital which will come up on your phone as a private number. If we cannot reach you, we will send you an SMS with further instructions on how to contact us directly.

Please call (02) 9382 4442 to update any changes to your contact details.

If you need to change or cancel your appointment, no longer require an appointment, or wish to be removed from the waitlist, please contact (02) 9382 4442.

If you are unable to get through to our administration staff, please leave a clear voicemail with your name and contact details so they can call you back as soon as possible.

Research, training and education

We are a teaching hospital and you may be asked to be involved in research or for a student to be present at your appointment. You have a right to say no. If you do so, this will not impact in any way on the services we will provide.

Do you need an interpreter?

Please let us know if you need an interpreter. You can contact us telephoning the Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS) on 131 450. Tell the operator what language you speak and then ask the interpreter to set up a telephone conversation between you, an interpreter, and the healthcare professional you want to speak with.

Resources

For more information on treatments visit: Kidney Health Australia.