New appointments
A specialist clinic is a unit within a hospital that provides planned, non-admitted services.
A new appointment at a specialist clinic is recorded when a person is seen by that particular clinic for the first time.
The graph below shows data about new appointments. You can filter by specialty clinic and health service.
Scroll further down for more information about the data (measures).
Data for some health services from 1 July 2023 has been impacted by IT vendor service interruption. Data presented here may be incomplete and should be treated with caution. Data will be updated with the next release. Please contact [email protected] if you require further information about this interruption.About the data:
About new appointments by specialty
One patient may have multiple new appointments. This occurs when a patient from one specialist clinic is also seen for the first time by a clinician from another specialist clinic. For example, a patient with diabetes may be referred to an endocrinologist and a dietician, and will have a new appointment for each specialty.
Notes
- Data source: Victorian Integrated Non-Admitted Health Dataset (VINAH). Data extracted on 16 January 2024
- Results for the current financial year are preliminary and may change from quarter to quarter, final results will be available in November. Results from the previous financial year have been finalised
- From 6 February 2023, Monash Health commenced providing maternity services at Sandringham Hospital, replacing The Women's.
- On 23 February 2023, Monash Health opened the Victorian Heart Hospital.
- No data submitted for the Oct–Dec 2023 period for Western Health. Results for Western Health exclude Bacchus Marsh and Melton campuses.
- Care needs to be taken when assessing results and comparing them to prior periods
- * No results are available.