To access our services and facility, you generally need a referral.
Referrals can be made by:
Referrals are reviewed by our Intake Clinician and then, the admitting psychiatrist. Our review includes confirmation of private or other health insurance arrangements (or self-funding), and clinical suitability screening.
Referrals should be addressed to your chosen psychiatrist in the team. Alternatively, you are welcome to address your referral to “Dear Psychiatrist” or “Sunshine Clinic Private Hospital Psychiatry Team” so that our triage team can allocate the patient to the best-suited and soonest-available psychiatrist.
Patients can be admitted under the following Medicare Item numbers:
We see the following types of patients, including:
For anything urgent in nature, we recommend you contact our intake officer on (03) 7004 0068 to discuss the patient directly, and they can be evaluated and triaged accordingly.
To access our unit, patients must:
Sunshine Clinic offers psychiatry consulting services, as well as inpatient and outpatient programs tailored to support recovery, resilience, and long-term wellbeing.