Supportive Care Service (SCS) - for Patients and Families
How can we help?
Our clinic can help you if you are living in the community with a life-limiting or progressive illness. The clinic aims to help you and your family to ensure you are as comfortable as possible and have the best quality of life you can.
We can help with:
- managing your pain or symptoms
- your nutrition
- swallowing and communication
- mobility and safety at home
- psychological and social support
- referrals to other services or places that can help you to manage at home.
We are a team of different health professionals including doctors, nurses and allied health professionals including dietetics, occupational therapy, pharmacy, physiotherapy, psychology, social work and speech pathology.
| Palliative Care Specialist | |
| Supportive Care Specialist | Dr Clare Jones Locum for Dr Isuru Ratnayake |
| Nursing | |
| Clinical Nurse Consultant | Monita Mesuria |
| Allied Health | |
| Dietitian | Jade Kearsey |
| Occupational Therapist | Jacqueline Burgess |
| Pharmacist | Irene Stafidas |
| Physiotherapist | Sharon Power |
| Psychologist | Ieva Zakrevska |
| Social Worker | Rebecca Thornley |
| Speech Pathologist | Val Maynes |
| Administration | |
| Jo Conn | |
Room 5, 4 North, Tower Block Building,
Gray Street, St George Hospital, 2217
Refer to our campus map.
| Clinic Name | Clinic Day | Clinic Time |
|---|---|---|
| St George Supportive Care Service | Tuesday | 8.00 am - 4.30 pm |
You will first see Dr Isuru Ratnayake, our specialist, and Monita Mesuria our Clinical Nurse Consultant. Depending on availability there may be other health professionals present at your appointment.
To be eligible to use our service you must need the care of many different health professionals from our team.
If you live in the St George region and have a life-limiting illness such as lung disease, heart failure, kidney failure, liver disease or neurological disease you may be referred by your local family doctor or a medical specialist to use our services. Please ask your doctor to send us a referral letter together with relevant medical history and a list of all your current medication.
Once we have received a completed referral, we will contact you by phone which will tell you where your appointment is located and what information you should bring with you.
If you need to change or cancel your appointment, please phone during business hours on the clinic phone number (02) 9113 4182
Please make sure you bring:
- Your referral letter
- Current Medicare or Department of Veterans Affairs card
- Any health care card, pensioner concession card or Commonwealth seniors’ health care card
- Recent X-rays or medical images and their reports
- Medication list
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. We are committed to the ongoing development of health resources and encourage research and student teaching when appropriate. You have a right to say no. If you do so, this will not impact in any way the services we provide.
Please let us know if you need an interpreter. We will arrange for an interpreter to be present or on the phone during your appointment.