The prescriber handover, in plain English
When you become a Golden Ratio patient, your new doctor takes clinical responsibility for any ongoing prescription from the date of your first consultation with us. Here's what that actually means.
How it works
Clinical decisions stay with the doctor
Australian prescribing operates one practitioner at a time: your previous prescriber is responsible for any prescription they wrote, and your new prescriber is responsible for any prescription they write. There is no concept of a prescription that lives independently of the doctor who authored it.
Practically, that means three things for you when moving to Golden Ratio:
- 1Continue to follow the plan from your current prescriber while we organise your first consultation with a Golden Ratio doctor. Don't stop or change anything on your own.
- 2In your first consultation, the Golden Ratio doctor reviews your history and makes their own clinical assessment. What they prescribe — or don't — is their decision, considered against your full circumstances.
- 3From that consultation forward, the Golden Ratio doctor is your prescribing clinician. Repeat assessments, dose reviews, and any future prescription decisions happen inside our practice.
Typical timeline
Pre-screen call within one business day. First doctor consultation usually within a week of pre-screen. Continuity managed end-to-end by our nursing team.
A consultation is not a guarantee
The outcome of a doctor consultation is determined by the doctor following clinical assessment. We can't promise any specific outcome before that consultation has happened.
Start with a free pre-screen call
No commitment. A registered nurse walks you through what moving practices looks like, in your specific situation.
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