Out of hours, urgent or emergency concerns?
Urgent or emergency care is not offered at Prosper Paediatrics
The associated providers see their patients in booked appointments in their sessions during their clinics between 8.30 am and 5.30 am on business days. Most providers practice privately part-time. We will do our very best to organise timely consultations, but like all paediatric services around Australia, we are stretched. Some of the specialists have long wait lists and have closed their books to most new patient referrals.
Health care options for pressing or urgent concerns or outside business hours and Christmas-New Year:
Your family GP
Your family’s General Practitioner is your child’s primary care provider.
The GP manages your child’s general healthcare needs and helps with all the common problems. Your GP is trained to identify when specialist care is needed. Your GP will refer your child to a paediatric specialist and sometimes directly to a paediatric sub-specialist. They can also help with referrals to allied health providers. The specialist then sends a letter back to the GP so that they can understand and follow on with the specialist’s management. GPs are often able to fit a child or baby in quickly and can assess the need for specialist review and advise this to the specialist. Your GP can also advise if attendance at an emergency department is needed.
Hospital Midwives
The hospital where your baby was born provides midwifery care for the neonatal period in outpatient clinics and some home visits.
Child and Family Health Service (CAFHS).
The Child and Family Health Service provides free support for all children from birth to 5 years, living in South Australia.
Virtual Urgent Care Service at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital:
CAVUCS (Child and Adolescent Virtual Urgent Care Service offers video consultation for children from 6 months of age up to 18 years with non-life-threatening conditions)-ph-(08) 8161 7000 to organise a Video Appointment between 9 am-9 pm, 7 days a week, including public holidays.
Paediatric Emergency Departments (PED)
For urgent or Overnight concerns, attend your nearest PED at
Women's and Children's Hospital.
Flinders Medical Centre,
Lyell McEwin Hospital.
phone000 to call an ambulance.
Your nearest PED is the best place for your child if you are uncertain but sense they may need urgent care.
The Emergency Department is able to assess your child, conduct tests and quickly start therapies. It is the best place to be if you are unsure about whether your child is very unwell or if their need is urgent. Even if everything turns out ok and your child is not as unwell as you feared, you will have been in the right place in case it was otherwise.