How to Enrol in the BPR

To enrol in the BPR you must be eligible for PBS-subsidised bosentan. Also your prescribing physician must be from a Health Insurance Commision (HIC) approved designated centre. A designated centre is a hospital which has been approved by the HIC to prescribe PBS subsidised bosentan.

In order for patients to enrol on the BPR, the designated centre your prescribing physician is from must also have received ethics approval to enrol patients on the BPR.

The current list of hospitals that are designated centres and have given ethics approval for the BPR are:

Victoria

The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne
Royal Childrens Hospital, Parkville
Austin & Repatriation Medical Centre, Heidelberg
St Vincents Hospital, Melbourne
Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne

New South Wales

John Hunter Hospital, New Lambton Heights
Royal Prince Alfred, Camperdown
Westmead Hospital, Westmead
Childrens Hospital Westmead, Westmead
St Vincents Hospital, Darlinghurst

Queensland

Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane
Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane

South Australia

Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide
Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide

Western Australia

Royal Perth Hospital, Perth
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth

Tasmania

Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart

Australian Capital Territory

The Canberra Hospital, Canberra