Context
Patients under ROPP in a Clinic must ‘elect’ for the duration of their referral according to our LHN guidelines. If they cannot ‘elect’ because of an absence of a named referral, we understand their ‘public’ status infect (for want of a better term) downstream requests and reports: e.g. Pathology in a public or private pathology system — YES: public e.g. Imaging in a public or private imaging service – YES: public e.g. PBS Scripts for outpatient treatment – NO: remains eligible for PBS if meet criterial However what about for other Procedures – Steroid injection by a Rheumatologist in outpatient public or private clinic (referred by name from Public clinic) – Flex-sig by a Gastroenterologist in a outpatient public or private clinic (referred by name form Public clinic) – Chemotherapy infusion by same Public oncologist self-referred to Public or Private chemotherapy infusion centre
