Get in touch with the right people
Specific enquiries may be addressed using relevant contact details listed below.
Emergencies
- For medical or mental health emergency, please call 000 or present to your local Emergency Department.
Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH) switchboard
- Telephone: (08) 7074 0000
Urgent and serious referrals
If your patient needs an urgent and serious outpatient referral:
- please telephone RAH switchboard: (08) 7074 0000, and
- ask to speak to the specialty on-call registrar for the service required
- discuss details about the referral case with the on-call registrar
- confirm correct clinic fax or email address with on-call registrar before sending directly to the clinic required
- include relevant documentation with referral, requirements are detailed in the ‘health professionals‘ section (of this site) for each specialty condition.
All other outpatient referrals
- View the required RAH outpatient referral criteria web page before sending your referral.
or, call RAH Outpatients Department:
- Telephone: 1300 153 853
or for outpatients (appointments), please email:
Patient enquiry
- Telephone RAH switchboard: (08) 7074 0000
Complaints
To provide feedback about your experience at the RAH, please contact one of the RAH Consumer Advisers during business hours.
- Telephone: (08) 7074 1377
Freedom of information (patients/public)
Requesting medical history or birth information, please email:
- Health.RAHFOI@sa.gov.au
- or visit the freedom of information RAH web page.
Medical records
Health professionals and patients, please email:
Lost property
Patients or visitors, please telephone:
- RAH Security Office: (08) 7074 6000
- or email: RAHSecurityControlRoom@spotless.com.au
Equipment
Referral advice for lending equipment, such as wheelchairs, is managed by the RAH Equipment pool.
- Telephone: (08) 7074 0056 or (08) 7074 0051
Note: Hospital crutches are hired through Independent Living Specialists (ILS).
Please contact ILS directly for all questions about their use.
- Telephone: (08) 8410 7335
- Website: ilsau.com.au
Clinical trials/research
Medical research for treatment of diseases, please email:
- Health.CALHNResearchEthics@sa.gov.au
- or visit the RAH Research Ethics web page.
Billing
- Email: health.rahhbrem@sa.gov.au
- Telephone Hospital billing enquiries:
Telephone: (08) 7117 2377 Private practice billing enquiries
Telephone: (08) 7117 2377- or visit the paying for your bill RAH web page
Careers
For CALHN/SA Health jobs (nurse/medical/admin):
- Career opportunities at the RAH, visit:
Working at the RAH web page - Work experience and clinical placements/internships, visit:
Education and Training web page - Career opportunities within SA Health, visit:
ww.sahealthcareers.com.au web page - Career information, please email:
Health.CALHNHumanResources@sa.gov.au
For Spotless jobs (cleaners/catering/orderly), please visit:
Medical elective placements
University (Australia and overseas), please enquire here:
Tour requests
- RAH Research Fund
Telephone: (08) 7074 1445 - or visit: contactus@rahresearchfund.com.au
Guitar/piano playing and singing in foyer
Please contact RAH Centre for Creative Health:
- Telephone: (08) 7074 1434
- or visit: www.creativehealth.org.au
Distribution lists
Requests to be added to an email distribution list, please email:
Access cards
- Please contact RAH Security by email:
RAHHelpDesk@Spotless.com.au
Volunteer services
For more information please view the RAH Volunteers web page, or contact by:
- Telephone: (08) 7074 1240
- or email: Health.RAHVolunteers@sa.gov.au