New Patient Referrals & obtaining Appointments

 

We ask that you read the information provided in this section of the website and follow the appropriate links for more details.

Our staff resources are required for administration services for current patients.

Our reliance on the website, written communication, use of online forms and our intake process are characteristic of our general reception and administrative approach, policies and procedures. The use of email for essential communications, online information, and request forms will be an ongoing feature of your engagement with the reception and administrative team at Prosper Paediatrics. This approach allows us to provide excellent services cost-effectively, efficiently, accurately and consistently and together with the referral requirements will help the providers keep their books open and care for as many children as possible. 

Information for Referrers- Professional Correspondence
Information for GPs -New Patient Referral
 

New Patient Referrals- information for families

  • Please ask your referrer to address the referral by name and send it by Healthlink (or other Secure Messaging).

  • Some specialists have closed their books.

  • Most specialists’ books are open, but not all referrals can be accepted.

Closed books:

Paediatric Neurologist Dr Romain Briest

Paediatric Endocrinologist, Dr Jessical Harbsion

Paediatrician Dr Josie Nozza

Open books

Neonatologist: (infants to about two years of age): Dr Lydia Kennedy and

Paediatricians: All associated paediatricians except Dr Josie Nozza.

Referrals to associated paediatricians or neonatologist.

-for important information about referral, the intake process, and wait times, please go to:

New Patient Referral to an associated specialist doctor-More Information
Who is a new patient? more information
 

Your Provider’s Fees

More information is provided about your provider’s fees here. When we send an email offering an appointment or confirming a booking, a link to your provider’s fee schedule is always included.

Providers do not offer bulk billing, and fees must be paid on the day immediately following your child’s appointment. Information about your provider’s fee policies is available here: fee payment, bookings, fees & cancellations, as well as Medicare rebates.

Please ensure you understand and accept these requirements, terms and conditions if you wish to request or accept an appointment.

Concerns regarding Fees:

As a private practice, services are funded only by patient fees. Your fees allow us to work efficiently to help your doctor provide excellent, enhanced continuity of care with budgets that are substantially less than those provided by the government in the public system.  Unfortunately, concessions cannot be offered to New or Returning Patients. Medicare provides substantial assistance, but we understand that some families will prefer or need to seek free public health or lower-cost ​services. If so, ask your GP, as soon as possible, ​to redirect the referral to the appropriate public paediatric health service for your area, whether that is the Women's and Children's, Flinders, Lyell McEwin or Modbury Hospitals​ or a lower-cost private service. The providers do not offer bulk billing and, unfortunately, concessions cannot be offered.