Key messages

• Wait times
• Paper Referral Switch Off
• Devon patient choice statement for seeking an alternative provider when the 18-week referral to treatment (RTT) is breached
• Devon patient choice statement
• Consultant to Consultant referrals
• Patient wishing to expedite their appointments
• Hydroxychloroquine Retinopathy
• Referral Top Tips
• NDHT Pre-choice Triage/Advice & Guidance
• RD&E Pre-choice Triage/Advice & Guidance
• Consultant to Consultant referrals

Referral updates

• December 2019: Updated referral guideline for Speech and Language Therapy - Northern Locality
• December 2019: Updated referral guideline for Speech and Language Therapy - Eastern Locality
• December 2019: Updated referral guideline for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service - Northern Locality
• December 2019: Updated referral guideline for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services - Eastern Locality
• December 2019: Updated referral guideline for Autistic Spectrum Disorders in children and young people - Northern Locality
• December 2019: Updated referral guideline for Autistic Spectrum Disorders in children and young people - Eastern Locality

Referral feedback

• To contact the Clinical Referral Guideline Support Team