New Patient Referrals

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New Patient Referrals

• Which referrals are being considered for acceptance?

  • Referrals must be sent by Secure Messaging.

  • Referrals to paediatricians may be accepted, but many must be declined.

  • Referrals to subspecialists are considered and often accepted.

• Triage and wait times

  • Subspecialist wait times are moderate and between 3 to 6 months for non-urgent referrals

  • Paediatrician appointments may have waits of several years, but earlier appointments may be offered for more urgent cases.

The Subspecialists’ books are open-

• Paediatric Endocrinologist Dr Jessica Harbison.

• Paediatric Neurologist Dr Romain Briest

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

Referrals to associated paediatricians

Due to extremely long wait times and very tight bookings, the associated paediatricians have no or only very limited capacity to accept new patient referrals.

Some of the Paediatricians have closed their books currently to all new patient referrals.

Other associated Paediatricians’ books are open, but referral must be by Secure Messaging only and they will only be able to accept a very few referrals.