Referrals

Advice and referral (A&R) is for GPs and other referrers only. Please refer to the GP handbook for guidance on how to make an A&R request and for answers to some frequently asked questions. 

Patients should use the contact details in their hospital appointment letter or information leaflet, or call the Trust switchboard. 

The following services have switched to using only A&R: 

• Cardiac arrhythmia 

• Cardiac surgery (all Trust sites) 

• Cardio risk and lipids (all Trust sites) 

• Complex blood pressure and autonomic cardiovascular disorders (all Trust sites) 

• Difficult asthma (St Bartholomew's hospital) 

• Elderly care (The Royal London, Newham and Whipps Cross Hospitals) 

• Endocrine (Newham, St Bartholomew's and Whipps Cross hospitals) 

• Gastroenterology (The Royal London Hospital) 

• General paediatrics (Newham, The Royal London and Whipps Cross hospitals) 

• Haematology (all Trust sites) 

• Haemostasis & thrombosis (all Trust sites) 

• Infectious diseases (all Trust sites) 

• Interstitial lung disease (St Bartholomew's, The Royal London and Mile End Hospitals) 

• Memory (Newham hospital) 

• Paediatric trauma and orthopaedics 

• Paediatric allergy (RLH) 

• Plastics (all Trust sites) 

• Rheumatology (Mile End, The Royal London, Newham and Whipps Cross hospitals) 

• Sleep (St Bartholomew's and The Royal London hospitals) 

• Specialist breathlessness (Mile End Hospital) 

• Thoracic surgery (all Trust sites) 

• Tuberculosis (Mile End Hospital) 

GPs using A&R must select ‘advice’ on eRS. Before submitting the request, please give permission to the provider to allow for the request to be converted into a referral. Click ‘yes’ when prompted to do this. 

The following services, separated by site, can all be accessed via eRS using advice and guidance (A&G), the directly bookable service (DBS) or the referral assessment services (RAS). 

If the service you require is not listed above please contact them directly via the hospital switchboard. 

Clinical consortia are being established for each speciality to evaluate the effectiveness of A&R. If you would like to take part, please contact Melanie Dalby. 

Newham Hospital 

• Cardiology   

• Diabetic medicine 

• General medicine 

• Geriatric medicine 

• GI and liver (medicine and surgery) 

• Gynaecology 

• Neurology 

• Ophthalmology 

• Respiratory medicine 

• Surgery - breast 

• Surgery - not otherwise specified 

• Urology 

St Bartholomew’s Hospital   

• Cardiology 

• Diabetic medicine  

• Gynaecology  

• Pain management  

• Respiratory medicine  

• Surgery - vascular  

The Royal London and Mile End hospitals   

• Cardiology 

• Dermatology   

• Diabetic medicine 

• Ear, nose and throat  

• Geriatric medicine   

• GI and liver (medicine and surgery)   

• Gynaecology   

• Immunology   

• Neurology   

• Oral and maxillofacial surgery  

• Orthopaedics   

• Respiratory medicine   

• Surgery - not otherwise specified 

• Surgery - Plastic   

• Surgery - vascular   

• Urology 

Whipps Cross Hospital 

• Cardiology   

• Dermatology 

• Diabetic medicine   

• Ear, nose and throat   

• GI and liver (medicine and surgery) 

• Gynaecology 

• Nephrology   

• Neurology  

• Ophthalmology  

• Orthopaedics   

• Pain management   

• Respiratory medicine   

• Sleep medicine 

• Surgery - vascular   

• Urology 

 

 

 The numbers below are direct contact numbers for specific services or appointment booking lines.

If the service you need is not detailed below or you are unable to get through, please contact the hospital’s switchboard.

Newham Hospital

• Cardiology - Arrhythmia: 0203 765 8646, General Cardiology: 0203 765 8715, Grown up congenital heart disease: 0203 765 8765, inherited cardiovascular disease: 0203 765 8611

• Diabetes: 020 3594 6058

• Fertility: 020 346 56093 / 55098

• Oncology  -  07940499062

• All other services: 0203 765 8000  

Whipps Cross Hospital  

• Appointment call centre (for all queries unless outlined below): 0208 535 6768

• Breast clinic services: 020 8535 6933

• General  Surgery: 020 8539 5522, bleep number 2900

• Gynaecology - emergency gynaecology unit: 0208 535 6499, gynaecology SpR: 020 8539 5522, bleep number 2203, obstetric SHO: 020 8539 5522, bleep number 2429, obstetric SPR: 020 8539 5522, bleep number 2430, gynaecology secretaries: 020 8539 5522, extensions  5181 and 6591.  

• Haematology - anticoagulation: 020 8535 6815, general haematology: 0208 535 6687, haemoglobinopathy (sickle cell and thalassaemia): 020 35941877  

• Maternity: 020 8535 6861

• Pain: 020 8539 5522, extension 5360

• Paediatric Services: 020 8539 5522, bleep number   2137

• Oncology: 07703469211

• Ophthalmology: 020 8539 5522, extension 6888

• Urology: 020 8539 5522, bleep number 2500 

Referrals 

Please use the NHS e-Referral Service (eRS) for all GP referrals into Barts Health, including urgent two week waits.

Information and links to referral forms can be found on the dedicated webpage.

Written and exception referrals 

Some specialist or urgent services may be exempt from Paper Switch Off. Please check our website page on a regular basis for details. 

Urgent cancer referrals 

All cancer two week wait services are available on eRS and must be sent this way.

Urgent care centres, out-of-hours primary care providers, hospital clinicians, dentists and optometrists are advised to use the MS Word version of the Pan-London Suspected Cancer Referral Forms to refer patients with a suspected cancer.  When referring a patient, a copy should also be sent to the patient’s GP.  

Dental referrals 

To help dentists refer to our services, we have set out  careful guidelines and special referral forms which must be read carefully and used appropriately.