IMPORTANT: This referral e-Form is for doctors’ use only. If you are a patient or caregiver, please approach your doctor for a referral to any Hospice and Palliative Care services.

Common Referral Form （Dec 2024）

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Care Type*

Home Care

Inpatient Care

Day Care

Name of Service Provider*

Check Home Hospice Capacity HERE

Assisi Hospice

Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation (Singapore) ¹

Dover Park Hospice ²

HCA Hospice Limited

Metta Hospice Care ³

MWS Home Care & Home Hospice

Singapore Cancer Society

St Andrew’s Community Hospital ⁴

Star PALS ⁵

Tsao Foundation ⁶

To enquire for more details/service:
¹ Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation (Singapore) – Covers West Singapore only.
² Dover Park Hospice – Tan Tock Seng Hospital referrals only.
³ Metta Hospice Care – Covers East and North-East Singapore only.
⁴ St Andrew’s Community Hospital – Supports non-cancer patients in East Singapore only.
⁵ Star PALS – For all Star PALS referrals, clinicians must complete an additional document attached (PaPaS) for eligibility assessment mandated by MOH.
⁶ Tsao Foundation – Supports non-cancer patients in South-Central Singapore only.

Is this a compassionate discharge?*

(previously known as terminal discharge)

Yes

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ComD

For referrals to Star PALS only: Click here to complete an additional document before proceeding to fill up the e-form below.

Name of Service Provider*

Assisi Hospice

Dover Park Hospice

Outram Community Hospital

Ren Ci Hospital

Sengkang Community Hospital

St Andrew’s Community Hospital

St Joseph’s Home

St Luke’s Hospital

Woodlands Health Community Hospital

Yishun Community Hospital ¹

¹To enquire for more details/service:

Only accepts referrals and admissions on weekdays.
Only for readmissions of prior Compassionate Discharge (ComD) from YCH pall ward and referrals from any hospital teams.

Name of Service Provider*

Assisi Hospice

Dover Park Hospice ¹

HCA Hospice Limited

To enquire for more details/service:
¹Central area (Tan Tock Seng Hospital referrals) only.

Patient Details

Full Name*

NRIC*

Citizenship*

Gender*

Male

Female

Date of Birth*

DD slash MM slash YYYY

Age*

Race*

Race (Others)*

Language/Dialect Spoken*

You can select more than one.

English

Mandarin

Malay

Tamil

Cantonese

Hokkien

Hainanese

Hakka

Teochew

Others

Language/Dialect Spoken (Others)*

Dialect Group*

You can select more than one.

Cantonese

Hokkien

Hainanese

Hakka

Teochew

Others

Dialect Group (Others)*

Religion*

Religion (Others)*

Marital Status*

Occupation*

Address*

Street Address ZIP / Postal Code Country

Present Location*

Home

Hospital

Contact Number (Primary)*

Contact Type*

Home

Mobile

Office

Contact Number (Secondary)

Contact Type

Home

Mobile

Office

Name of Hospital*

Ward Tel*

Ward/Bed*

Expected date of discharge*

DD slash MM slash YYYY

Key Family Contact or Main Caregiver at home

(If main caregiver is a domestic helper, please indicate the best person to contact)

Full Name*

Relationship*

Language/Dialect Spoken*

You can select more than one.

English

Mandarin

Malay

Tamil

Cantonese

Hokkien

Hainanese

Hakka

Teochew

Others

Language/Dialect Spoken (Others)*

Contact Number (Primary)*

Contact Type*

Home

Mobile

Office

Contact Number (Secondary)

Contact Type

Home

Mobile

Office

Referral Details

Please do not use initials

Referring Consultant/Registrar/GP*

Hospital/Dept*

Other Consultants involved*

Patient/Family agreed to referral*

Yes

Primary Diagnosis*

Histopathological Diagnosis*

Yes

Histopathological Diagnosis*

Sites of Metastases*

Yes

Sites of Metastases*

Date of Diagnosis*

Prognosis*

0-6 days

1-7 weeks

2-3 months

4-6 months

7-12 months

> 12 months

Present Condition*

Stable

Deteriorating

Is a MSW involved?*

Yes

Name of MSW*

Hospital Palliative Care team involved?*

Yes

Is patient currently under a hospice service?*

Yes

Name of Service*

Reason(s) for referral*

(more than 1 selection is allowed)

Pain & symptom control

Psychosocial support

Shared Care

Terminal care

Drug titration

Others

Others (specify)*

Drug titration (specify)*

Has patient been informed of diagnosis?*

Yes

Has family been informed of diagnosis?*

Yes

Has patient been informed of prognosis?*

Yes

Has family been informed of prognosis?*

Yes

Summary of Medical History

Name of Patient*

Summary of Medical History*

Please include relevant investigations e.g. CT/MRI/bone scan

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Max. file size: 128 MB.

For referrals to Star PALS, please attach the form here

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Max. file size: 128 MB.

Submission of the PaPaS form is mandatory for Star PALS referrals. If you haven’t downloaded the form in Step 1, please download it here. If you have trouble uploading the form, email to [email protected]

Current Problems*

To add a new row, click on the “+” icon

Current Functional Status

(more than 1 selection is allowed for each section)

Mental status*

Alert

Drowsy

Comatose

Orientated

Confused

Demented

Mobility*

Independent

Ambulant with supervision

Ambulant with support

Chair-bound

Bed-bound

Feeding*

Independent

Needs supervision

Partially dependent

Totally dependent

To note*

Feeding tube

Intranasal O2

Cope loop

PCN

Tracheostomy

Colostomy

Ileostomy

Urinary catheter

Nil

Others

Feeding Tube

Ryle’s/Freka/PEG

Intranasal O2

(L/min)

Cope loop

(Site: ________)

PCN

RT/LT/Bilateral

Others*

Current Medications

Drug Allergy*

Yes

Drug Allergy Description*

Current Medications*

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Name of Drug/Dose/Frequency

Reason Prescribed

Social Background

Please attach Social Report and Means Test if available.

Social Report and Means Test if available

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Accepted file types: pdf, png, jpg, gif, Max. file size: 20 MB, Max. files: 2.

Family Tree

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Accepted file types: pdf, png, jpg, gif, Max. file size: 20 MB, Max. files: 2.

Patient's concerns

Family's concerns

Referral Information

Name of doctor completing this form*

MCR No.*

Email*

Mobile No.*

Is this the first referral for the patient?*

Yes

Please indicate the number of times this patient has been referred*

Reason for previous rejection(s)*