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Perth paediatrician lists can open for a matter of days - or hours. This list is a very whittled down list of those paediatricians and psychiatrists who have kindly shared with me their availability or information shared publicly via their websites.
Finding the right paediatrician can make a huge difference in your family’s journey especially when you’re seeking answers or support for your child’s development, learning, or behaviour. But not all paediatricians offer the same services or have experience with the same conditions.
Every week, over 1,200 families receive reassessment letters, forcing them to prove their child’s lifelong disability still exists—within impossible timeframes. More than 6,000 children under nine have already lost access to the NDIS in the last financial year, despite documented needs.
10,000 WA kids are waiting up to two years to see a paediatrician while the premier splashes cash around in short-sighted handouts.
WA families finally have some good news when it comes to the two plus year long waitlists for paediatricians for the diagnosis and treatment of ADHD. A change to the prescribing code means that families can now use paediatricians located anywhere in Australia via telehealth, opening up availability and hopefully reducing wait times. Families no […]
UPDATE: As on 30 April 2025 The Garden Family Medical Clinic has reached full capacity for paediatric iron infusions for patients aged 13 and under. Due to this they are unable to accept or waitlist any new paediatric patients for infusions at this time. They don’t want to let families down so they have asked […]
There are two types of supplementary funding provided to support students with disability: the Individual Disability Allocation (IDA) and the Educational Adjustment Allocation (EAA).
Finding help just got easier for families living in Western Australia's Great Southern region with the launch of a pilot rural paediatric health hub.
Breakfast is usually the best time of the day for your child to eat as much as possible before the ADHD medication kicks in – so make the most of it.
A review of the PsychProfiler tool Formal assessments are expensive, so how do you know if this is something you should look into? I recently tried out a screening tool called PsychProfiler. In 15 minutes and for $5 you can screen for 14 of the most common neurodevelopmental and mental health conditions found in children […]
