Website information can support understanding, but it cannot replace a personal assessment by a qualified healthcare professional.
Information on this website is general and educational. It does not consider an individual’s full history, examination, investigations, medications, allergies, preferences or circumstances. Do not start, stop or change a medication or treatment based only on website content.
A written referral from a physician or nurse practitioner is required for every new specialist consultation. A referral must be reviewed and accepted before an appointment is arranged. Sending information to the clinic does not itself create a physician-patient relationship or guarantee an appointment.
Virtual care is offered only when it can support a safe and effective specialist assessment and is appropriate for the patient’s needs. An examination, investigation, procedure, urgent assessment or referral to another service may require in-person or hospital-based care.
This non-procedural virtual practice does not manage end-stage kidney disease or dialysis-dependent kidney failure, provide dialysis or kidney biopsy, or provide creation, assessment or management of dialysis vascular access, including arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) and tunneled or non-tunneled dialysis catheters. A hospital-based nephrologist or regional renal program should be considered when these services are required or likely soon to be required.
This clinic and website do not provide emergency assessment. Call 911 or attend the nearest emergency department for a medical emergency. Acute or unstable concerns should use the appropriate local urgent or hospital pathway rather than wait for a routine virtual consultation.
Medical evidence and professional guidance evolve. Although the clinic aims to review educational material regularly, no website can address every clinical circumstance or guarantee that all information remains applicable to a specific person.
Referring clinicians may submit relevant clinical information through the clinic’s referral pathway.