New Patient Referral
Wait times & book closures regarding new patient referrals.
Reserves are kept in the associated specialists’ appointment books for more urgent referrals.
New patient wait times can still be significant, but every effort is made to offer more urgent new patients earlier appointments where possible. We hope to be able to bring most patients forward by a little or, if urgent, by many months.
Please send all referrals by Healthlink or other Secure Messaging.
This helps us keep books open and allows us to allocate more resources to managing patient needs and cancellation lists.
Books closed
Dr Jessica Harbison, Paediatric Endocrinologist
Dr Harbison has wound up her private practice, finishing consulting on 19/9/25. She has taken up an additional position at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital in her area of special interest.
Dr Romain Briest, Paediatric Neurologist- books closed
Dr Soliman closed her practice at the end of July 2025 and is in a full-time position at Flinders Medical Centre.
Specialists with open books, but limited capacity to take referrals.
Approximate wait times for non-neonate, non-urgent referrals:
Brian Conway -over 12 months.
Marianne Yanni, - 6 months (additional clinics recently added)
Rebecca Holst, Jane Smith, Rishi Agrawal, Kavita Rasiah - 8 months.
Thu Kent (under 5 years) -over 12 months and pausing new referrals currently, except for siblings.
Dr Lydia Kennedy, Neonatologist (under 2 years)- 3 months.
These specialists can only consider acceptance of a very detailed referral sent to them personally (addressed to them by name).
They request that referrals be sent via Secure Messaging:
Due to capacity constraints, the associated paediatricians, who are independent sole practitioners, cannot consider unnamed referrals or referrals to another paediatrician. Prosper Paediatrics does not employ or direct them, nor provide health services, nor consider or triage referrals. We cannot advise on whether a doctor will accept a particular referral or which paediatrician has the earliest availability, as this may vary due to differences in the size of their private practices, other professional and personal responsibilities, and practice styles.
The use of Secure Messaging will help the associated providers keep their books open.
The doctors and their administrative team have been managing a huge number of new patient referrals and requests with no funding. We ask that you do not send any referrals or other patient correspondence via email, fax, post or by hand delivery and use ONLY SECURE MESSAGING.
Their capacity to accept new patient referrals is limited, but they may consider acceptance if significant or serious clinical concerns are detailed together with
a need for specialist paediatrician assessment, diagnosis and management regarding
medical concerns in infants, children and adolescents.
infant, toddler & preschooler developmental concerns.
and the referral fully details previous, current, or planned clinical or allied health assessments, management, or therapeutic pathways, as well as referrals and interventions for the concern.
Other referral options and pathways
Please consider other referral options and pathways instead of or concurrently with referral to a paediatrician, including Mental Health Care Plans and Team Care Plans, psychology assessment and therapy for developmental, mental health, behavioural and learning concerns and ADHD and ASD; audiology for hearing or learning or attention concerns; play therapy for under 11; allied health for developmental assessment and therapy (including for ASD and ADHD concerns), online and community programs and appropriate paediatric medical or surgical subspecialist referral.
For patients aged 17 years or more, consider adult subspecialist referral.