Frequently Asked Questions

• A referral from your GP is generally valid for 12 months from the date it is written.
• A referral from another specialist doctor is valid for 3 months.

Please bring your:

• Medicare card
• Health Fund membership details
• Any concession or pension cards
• An up-to-date list of your medications

As we are a private billing practice, all accounts need to be settled on the day of your appointment. We do offer reduced fees for concession and pension card holders.

(Valid cards include – Blue/Purple Pension Card, Green/Yellow Health Care Card)

• Joondalup Health Campus – public and private
• Mount Hospital
• St John of God, Subiaco
• St John of God, Murdoch

Your doctor can refer you for a private sleep study alone, without a pre-study consultation.

To qualify for a rebate from the study, you must meet certain criteria set by Medicare. This is to identify patients at higher risk of symptomatic Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA), conditions for which a home study may not be appropriate and non-OSA conditions that may require specialist management.

No. Dr Claxton’s knowledge and experience enables him to see anyone with a respiratory condition or sleep disorder, no matter how simple or complex.  Sometimes more specialised management or investigation is required, and Dr Claxton may refer you to a different specialist in that area. Some conditions require multidisciplinary management (e.g. lung cancer), in which case there would be a team of doctors caring for you.