
How To Refer
The Southport Private Hospital accepts referrals from hospitals, medical specialists and general practitioners as well as self-referrals.
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Waiting period exemption for psychiatric care benefits
The Federal Government’s private health insurance reforms now allows eligible consumers an
instant policy upgrade to cover a private psychiatric hospital admission without serving a waiting period*. The changes, which make it easier for policy
holders to access mental health services when they need it, came into effect on 1 April 2018.
*The waiting period does not apply to upgrades where consumers have already served their 2 month
waiting period on lower cover policies.
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New COVID-19 screening system
We have introduced a new screening process to protect the safety and wellbeing of our visitors, patients, employees, doctors and contractors.
The new system requires a person to scan a unique QR code – using the camera function on their smart phone – before they enter the facility.
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