Interstate Transfer template for clients from refugee backgrounds, including asylum seekers

Refugee Nurses Australia has developed an Interstate Transfer template for clients from refugee backgrounds, including asylum seekers.  The form was developed in recognition of the fact that many people from refugee backgrounds move between between states and territories within Australia. Use of the form will facilitate information sharing between health services, and assist in linking clients with relevant heath care without delay. Using the form, the client’s basic contact details can be forwarded to the lead nurses in each state, who can email the appropriate Refugee Health Nurses depending on the location of the client’s future settlement. This referral does NOT include client medical records which will only be forwarded after a signed ‘consent for release of information’ has been received from the new health care provider.

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