Patients Category
Patients referred by doctors and General Practitioners (GPs) for specialist care may be classified as private or subsidised patients.
Private Patients
You will be classified as a private patient if your first consultation is through:
- Self-referral or walk-in
- Referral letter from a General Practitioner (GP)
- Referral letter from a private hospital
- Referral letter from a restructured hospital under private status
- Referral letter from a restructured hospital with any specification or patient's request (e.g. doctor by name, gender or rank)
- Referral letter from a polyclinic with any specification or patient's request (e.g. doctor by name, gender or rank)
- Industrial accident
- Discharge from inpatient Class A or B1
All resident foreigners and non-residents will be classified as private patients.
Subsidised Patients
You will be classified as a subsidised patient if your first consultation is through:
- Referral letter from a restructured hospital under subsidised status, A&E, polyclinic or SAF
- Discharge from inpatient Class B2 or C
- CHAS card holder and referred by a CHAS doctor
- Without specification or request for a doctor by name, gender or rank, etc.
Subsidy is only applicable for Singapore citizens and permanent residents who are not existing private patients for the same medical condition.
First Visit
Your visit will be treated as the first consultation if:
- You have been discharged from a specialist outpatient clinic.
- Your last consultation in that specialist outpatient clinic has lapsed by more than 12 months.
For more information, please call our appointment line at
(65) 6555 8828.