Referral Letters
GP Referral Letter Triage
Please note: you can download direct access diagnostics forms below.To facilitate effective triage, GPs are recommended to include the following information in referral letters. Please would referrers check referral requirements for individual services.
- Specialty/sub-specialty that patient is being referred to
- Referrer details
- GP Name
- Practice name
- Address
- Telephone number
- Date of referral
- Patient details
- Name
- Sex
- Date of birth
- NHS number
- Address
- Telephone number (daytime or mobile if possible)
- Medical history
- Current medication
- Significant history, including previous consultations for the same condition, name of consultant seen previously
- Active problems
- Clinical information
- Referral priority (urgent/routine)
- Reason for referral
- Preliminary investigations and results
(including management appropriate to reason for referral) - Information regarding special/social circumstances
(Does patient have hearing, visual, mental health difficulties or mobility impairment? Is an interpreter needed?)