CHASING REFERRALS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TIMES
BSUH Booking Hub – 0300 303 8360
Acknowledgement message within 48 hours
- Allergy
- Cardiology
- Children and adolescent services (not mental health) paediatrics
- Dietetics
- ENT
- Endocrinology
- General Surgery (hernias, lumps and bumps)
- Gastroenterology and Hepatology
- Gynaecology
- Haematology
- Immunology
- Infectious Diseases
- Neurology/Neurosurgery
- Nephrology
- Ophthalmology
- Oral & maxillofacial
- Respiratory
- Urology
Park Centre for Breast Care 01273 664773
Acknowledgement message within 48 hours
Dermatology 01273 665140
Acknowledgement message within 4 weeks
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME Referrals Haywards Heath 01444475799
Acknowledge receipt of referral (usually same day as we receive the emailed referral) supported with a brief handout for the patient.
Triage is usually carried out within 5 days and the patient is sent a set of questionnaires to complete.
Once completed and returned and provided we have everything we need from the surgery (missing bloods, reports etc), the patient will then go on a wait list for an assessment appointment.
Psychiatry UK Right to Choose – 03301 241980
Acknowledgement message within 10 days
Seaside View Development Centre: 01273 265791
Acknowledgement message within 4 weeks
Memory Assessment Service (MAS)
Pts will be contacted in due course
Vasectomy
Stanford Medical Centre (01273 560109)
Community Phlebotomy Service – 01273 265580
Community Respiratory Service – 01273 265593
Paediatric Physiotherapy
Royal Alexander Hospital (01273 523153 ext 3153)
Southlands/Worthing Hospital – 01903205111
HERE: 0300 303 0500
- Diabetes Care For You – routine referrals their timeframe of 8 weeks
- Memory Assessment Service
MSK: 0300 303 8063
Please visit their website for details – https://sussexmskpartnershipcentral.co.uk/wait-times/
- Orthopaedic referrals
- Pain management
- Physiotherapy
- Rheumatology
ATS: 0300 304 0079
Acknowledgement message within 4 weeks
Wellbeing: 03000 020060 and CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service) 01273 718680
Acknowledgement message within 3-4 weeks
PODIATRY: 01273 242184 (NOT MSK REFERRALS)
Acknowledgement message within 1 week
DEXA Scan Referrals (Bone Density) County Oak Medical Centre – 01273 430022
Pts will receive a text to advise their referral has been received and currently the waiting time for an appointment is approx. 4 -6 months.
SEDS/FEDS Eating Disorder Teams – 03003 040090
Acknowledgement message within 4 weeks
GIC 020 8938 7590
Once they have received the referral an acknowledgement letter is sent out to the patient.
They are currently booking appointments for people who were referred to the service in September 2017. These individuals have had to wait on average 33 to 36 months.