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Doctors recommend. Patients choose.
Independent peer recognition

Doctors recommend. Patients choose.

Find Australian doctors recognised by other medical practitioners, with patient information kept separate and transparent.

Peer-informedRecognition starts with verified medical-practitioner nominations.
IndependentDoctors cannot pay to enter or move between recognition bands.
Patient choicePeople’s Choice remains separate from professional recognition.
TransparentFees are optional and sponsored visibility is clearly labelled.
Brisbane pilot

Recognised doctors

Methodology

Recognition reflects referral confidence.

The survey asks clinically relevant questions such as “Who would you refer to for knee replacement?” Doctors may nominate up to three colleagues. Order does not matter.

GPs answer at the level they actually refer—for example cardiology, ENT or general surgery. Specialists answer more specific subspecialty or procedural questions.

Verification, anti-gaming checks and minimum evidence thresholds are applied before publication. Doctors below the publication threshold are simply not listed; there is no negative ranking.

Commercial separation

Earn the band. Buy visibility only inside it.

A doctor may purchase clearly labelled featured placement within the recognition band already earned. Payment cannot change eligibility, score or band. Unfeatured doctors remain alphabetically ordered within the band.

For medical practitioners

Help build a referral guide doctors can actually trust.

Answer a few clinically specific questions about who you would genuinely refer to. Individual nominations remain confidential.