REFERRAL PROCESS

You will require a referral letter from your local GP or another specialist in order to see Dr Maliyasena. The referral is often sent directly to Dr Maliyasena via secure electronic messaging but if this has not occurred, please forward your referral to the rooms to ensure your appointment is prioritised accordingly.

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Dr Maliyasena will review the referral before you are offered an appointment. This is to ensure that referrals are categorised according to clinical urgency, and to ensure that all necessary investigations (such as comprehensive lung function tests, blood tests or imaging) have been arranged prior to your appointment.

PREPARING FOR YOUR APPOINTMENT 

Before your appointment: 

• We will contact you with your appointment date and time, along with the time of your lung function test (if required). Your appointment email will include important information about your consultation, including any forms that need to be completed before your appointment.

• Please complete the Privacy Consent Form and Heidi Health AI Consent Form, and return them promptly by email prior to your appointment. 

• Please take a moment to read our Appointment & Cancellation Policy before attending your appointment 

Please bring the following items with you to your appointment:

• Your Medicare card

• Recent blood test results (if available)

• Chest X-rays films (including current and any previous studies *films preferable to CD)

• CT chest films (including current and any previous studies *films preferable to CD)

• Any other imaging studies of the chest (e.g. V/Q scan)

• A list of your current medications

• Your current inhalers +/- spacers

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Fees and Medicare rebates:

• You will be provided with an estimate of the anticipated consultation fee when your appointment is confirmed. This will also be included in your email confirmation, along with the applicable Medicare rebate.

• Please note that a valid referral from your GP is required to receive a Medicare rebate. 

• Payment is expected and appreciated on the date of service. 

Appointment and Cancellation policy:

• Please take a moment to read our Appointment & Cancellation Policy prior to your appointment.

• This policy includes important information about appointment attendance, cancellations and non-attendance fees.  

THE CONSULTATION

An initial consultation may last up to 60 minutes.  During this time, Dr Maliyasena will take a full medical history and conduct a thorough physical examination.   She will also review any investigations you have had, so please remember to bring your chest x-rays and/or CT scan images (films preferable to CD) to your appointment. Following this, Dr Maliyasena will explain the likely diagnosis and discuss the management plan with you (including follow-up consultations). In some circumstances, you may require further investigations in order to confirm the diagnosis but Dr Maliyasena will discuss these with you during your appointment.  Dr Maliyasena strongly believes in ensuring her patients understand the information they have been provided with, and you will always have an opportunity to ask questions at the end of the consultation.

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