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Elective Surgical Waiting List Enquiries You are here:HomeHealth ProfessionalsElective Surgical Waiting List Enquiries GP Hotline for elective surgery waiting lists at St Vincent's How long is my patient likely to wait for their surgical procedure? Are they actually still on a waiting list? These are common issues for General Practice. GPs and Practice Nurses can now directly ring a Waiting List Officer at St Vincent's to check on this important information for their patients. Where the condition of your patient worsens while they are waiting you can now directly contact our Surgical Liaison Nurses to notify them and seek to have their case brought forward. For information on elective surgery wait times, please phone the appropriate Waiting List Officer as listed below. If you are unable to contact the surgical liaison nurse please contact the Elective Surgery Manager on (03) 9231 3203. In the meantime, if your patient’s condition worsens, notify the Surgical Liaison Nurse and seek to expedite the procedure. For urgent attention contact the relevant surgical registrar through switchboard on (03) 9231 2211. Surgical Unit Waiting List Officer Surgical Liaison Nurse Cardiothoracics, Respiratory Waiting List Officer: 9231 2270 Surgical Liaison Nurse: 9231 4853 Colorectal Waiting List Officer: 0417 914 943 Surgical Liaison Nurse: 9231 2322 Department of Surgery, Breast, Endocrine Waiting List Officer: 0417 914 943 Surgical Liaison Nurse: 9231 2401 Endoscopy 9231 2272 Surgical Liaison Nurse: 9231 4232 ENT, Head and Neck Cancer Team Waiting List Officer: 9231 2924 Surgical Liaison Nurse: 9231 2755 Lithotripsy Waiting List Officer: 9231 1983 Surgical Liaison Nurse: 9231 1985 Hepatobiliary/Upper GI, Bariatric Waiting List Officer: 9231 2976 Surgical Liaison Nurse: 9231 2401 Neurosurgery Waiting List Officer: 9231 2273 Surgical Liaison Nurse: 9231 3884 Orthopaedics Waiting List Officer: 9231 1973 Surgical Liaison Nurse: 9231 1977 Plastics, FaxMax and Hand Waiting List Officer: 9231 2271 Surgical Liaison Nurse: 9231 3883 Urology & Flexible Cystoscopy Waiting List Officer: 9231 2459 Surgical Liaison Nurse: 9231 3881 Vascular Waiting List Officer: 9231 2270 Surgical Liaison Nurse: 9231 4853