What role do medical practitioners play in the wish journey?
As a medical practitioner, we will need you to complete a medical eligibility form to determine if your patient is eligible to receive a wish.
Make-A-Wish grants wishes to children who are living with a critical illness. Critical illnesses include, but are not restricted to:
Read more about our criteria HERE.
Any questions? Please get in touch with Laurie, our Medical Outreach Specialist.
Make-A-Wish represents so much beyond the beauty of a no-strings-attached gift. It becomes a therapy in itself giving hope for a better day. More than that, it’s something the child has control over. In their world, where so much is taken out of their hands, Make-A-Wish remains their chance to choose, to plan and to dream – often only things the child themselves would think of.
Dr Tim Prestidge, Paediatric Haematology-Oncology, Starship Child Health