Clinical networks
Perinatal Statewide Consultant Advice Line
On 19 October 2009 the SA Maternal & Neonatal Clinical Network established the SA Perinatal Advice Line.
South Australian healthcare providers requiring urgent or emergency obstetric and neonatal clinical advice are encouraged to phone the SA Perinatal Advice Line to receive perinatal clinical advice from an Obstetrician or Neonatologist consultant.
Please note: The telephone number for the SA Perinatal Advice Line has changed. The telephone number is now:
SA Perinatal Advice Line telephone: (08) 8161 9999
This service should only be used when it is considered that the patient’s clinical condition warrants urgent advice, retrieval or transfer. General enquiries about perinatal matters should be directed through the usual lines of communication, as outlined in the SA Perinatal Practice Guidelines.
The Perinatal Statewide Consultant Advice Line will make a perinatal consultant available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to assist in the urgent or emergency care of the perinatal patient.
A flow chart outlining the process for medical officers calling the advice line is available for download:
The new Perinatal Statewide Consultant Advice Line service will be monitored by the SA Maternal and Neonatal Clinical Network, and formal evaluation of the service will be undertaken early in 2010.
