New Patients- Referral to an associated paediatrician.
We ask that you read the information provided.
The information has been made available to assist as much as possible, but without any funding. Further administrative service is beyond our capacity to provide.
Check this website for updates.
We recommend that you make an appointment with your GP to work through and discuss this information, if you need further support.
Please review other referral or care options and resources if
Your child’s referral is not accepted or
There will be a long wait for an appointment.
Paediatricians -new patient referrals:
Dr Josie Nozza and Dr Noha Soliman have closed their books.
Referrals sent to these doctors will not be reviewed and will be returned. Dr Soliman is now winding down her private practice and intends to close it by mid-2025, as she is a full-time staff specialist at Flinders Medical Centre.
The following Paediatricians’ books are open, but referral should be by Secure Messaging:
Brian Conway, Marianne Yanni, Rishi Agrawal, Dr Kavita Rasiah, Rebecca Holst, Jane Smith and Dr Thu Kent
Wait times vary as each paediatrician varies in their practice style and the number of clinics they conduct.
Currently, most of the associated paediatricians’ non-urgent new patient appointments are being booked in the first half of 2026.
Every effort is made to bring appointments forward where possible. More urgent appointments are prioritised, but generally we hope to offer most families an earlier appointment. However, notice of cancellations can be short, sometimes as little as 24 hours.
To help the doctors keep their books open, avoid cybersecurity and privacy risks and keep administrative costs down, please, ask your referrer to send the Referral by Secure Messaging (Healthlink, Argus, Medical Objects, ReferralNet).
Referral clinical criteria that may be considered for acceptance:
These paediatricians may consider acceptance of a referral if
it details significant or serious clinical concerns and a need for specialist paediatrician assessment, diagnosis and management regarding
medical concerns in infants, children and adolescents*.
infant, toddler & preschooler developmental concerns.
and previous, current, or planned clinical or allied health assessments, management or therapeutic pathways, referrals, and interventions for the concern.
*Dr Kent will generally accept new patient referrals of this kind for children under 5 years of age.
Dr Rasiah is also happy to accept referrals for paediatric infectious disease concerns.
Doctors Conway, Rasiah, Kent, Holst and Yanni also accept private neonate referrals for care following birth at Burnside, Calvary North Adelaide and Ashford Hospitals.
Referrals about Autism. ADHD, mental health and behaviour? If for children from school age through to adolescence, these referrals are not likely to be accepted currently.
Your doctor can provide a named referral to more than one paediatrician.
We cannot advise which paediatrician has sooner availability due to variations in the size of their private practices, other professional and personal responsibilities, and practice styles.
Each paediatrician’s decision to accept a referral will be based on their professional discretion and judgement regarding their capacity, practice scope and style and current patient responsibilities.
Wait times for non-urgent appointments.
Wait times vary, but each paediatrician also has their own practice style and number of clinics they conduct each week or month.
Generally, most of the associated paediatricians can currently offer non-urgent bookings in the first half of 2026.
Every effort is made to offer patients earlier appointments where possible. Appointments which have been triaged as more urgent by the doctor will be prioritised, but where families ensure they are contactable, can be flexible and accept cancellations offered with short notice, it is likely their appointment can be brought forward by a little or a lot.
To be on a cancellation list, your child must have an appointment booked.
Appointments may be cancelled later.
Your paediatrician may unexpectedly need to delay or cancel your child’s appointment due to illness or other circumstances or may unexpectedly close their private practice at Prosper Paediatrics. In this circumstance, other associated doctors may be able to offer an appointment, but there may be further delay, or an appointment may no longer be possible. Each associated provider practices independently and is not directed by Prosper Paediatrics. They alone make decisions about their practice and the acceptance of new patient referrals.
New Patient referral to a paediatrician- intake steps.
We receive your child’s referral.
Your referrer sends a valid, detailed and comprehensive referral to one of the associated paediatricians whose books are still open,
addressed to them by name.
by Secure Messaging (Healthlink, etc) wherever possible.
2. If a new patient, we encourage you to submit the Appointment Request Form.
To do so, you will have reviewed the policies, especially regarding Privacy, Communication & Contact and Respect & Trust and ensured you are happy to proceed in accordance with them. You can review these in the website menu “Policies” and in the policies summary.
Current and Returning Patients do not need to complete this form, but should review the policies.
3. The referral is reviewed
The nominated Paediatrician reviews the referral in the next several weeks (at least) and will either
DECLINE the referral and notify the referrer.
ACCEPT the referral and
TRIAGE it to decide on the level of need for priority when offering earlier appointments that may become available.
OFFER AN APPOINTMENT.
4. If the referral is accepted, we send you an Appointment Offer
We send this by SMS and, if we have your email address, a Booking Offer Email providing
The appointment details
The link to our webpage explaining how to accept this offer and a place on the Cancellation List.
5. To accept the offer, you must, within seven days, submit the requested forms.
Carefully review the policies, terms and conditions of the appointment and healthcare relationship offer.
If you are happy to proceed in accordance with these, complete and submit the
6. If the appointment offer is not accepted
If not accepted within seven days, the Appointment Offer will be withdrawn, and the intake process for your child will be closed. If you decline or do not accept this offer but wish to consider a further appointment offer, please advise us by email.
How do Appointments become available to New Patients?
The Doctors’ appointment books have reserved times for various needs, including urgent patients. If these times are no longer needed or families cancel their appointments, we may then offer the time to new patients. Sometimes, these appointments become available at quite short notice.
We take great care to avoid appointments being wasted and to bring appointments forward wherever possible. Generally, we expect to move many appointments forward, a little or a lot, depending on urgency, over the next several years.
Your Provider’s Fees:
We routinely send you a link to your doctor's fee schedule in your Booking Emails. 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 linked here: fee payment, bookings, fees & cancellations, and Medicare rebates.
Please ensure you understand and accept these requirements, terms and conditions if you wish to 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. 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.
To request an appointment with one of the associated paediatricians,
ensure your GP has sent a referral to them by Secure Messaging
please complete and submit the Request Appointment Form: