Referral Form

The Ambulatory Surgery Initiative (ASI) is for low risk patients who would like the opportunity to have their minor procedure done earlier in a non-teaching hospital. Low risk patients are patients that are under 75 years of age, do not weigh over 120kg and do not have multiple co-morbidities. Essentially the ASI allows doctors to do additional private work in public hospitals. Patients are bulk billed and therefore receive no out-of-pocket expenses for the procedure. Please remember the aim of the ASI is to reduce the public hospital waiting list.