Referral

Royal Devon University Healthcare NHSFT - Advice & Guidance

NHS Devon Clinical Commissioning Group and Providers are looking at developing the most effective way of providing GPs with clinical advice for non-urgent cases.

Advice and Guidance (A&G) - A two-way communication channel in the e-Referral Service (e-RS) directly linking the GP team and Specialist team.

A&G allows the GP to authorise the Consultant to directly convert the A&G request to a referral if clinically indicated. Please authorise conversion to referral to streamline the patient pathway, and ensure the patient is content with the selected provider. Please see the NHS A&G toolkit for further information on how to use e-RS A&G Advice and guidance toolkit for the NHS e-Referral Service (e-RS) - NHS Digital

The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provide Advice and Guidance using the e-Referral system for the below specialties.

Advice & Guidance Service provided on eRS
AllergyNo
Biochemistry (Diagnostic Pathology/Blood Test)Yes
CardiologyYes
Clinical Genetics CancerYes
Clinical GeneticsYes
Child & Adolescent - MedicalYes
Child & Adolescent - Orthopaedics

No

Child & Adolescent - Community PaediatricsYes

Colorectal

No
DermatologyYes
Diabetic MedicineYes
ENTNo
EndocrinologyYes
General MedicineNo
Geriatric MedicineNo
Upper GIYes
Lower GINo
Gynaecology

Yes

Gynaecology - FertilityNo
HaematologyYes
ImmunologyNo
Immunology - Primary Immune Deficiency onlyNo
Microbiology (Infectious Diseases/NOS)Yes
NephrologyYes
NeurologyYes
NeurosurgeryNo
OphthalmologyNo
Orthopaedics - Foot & AnkleNo
Orthopaedics - Hand & Wrist

No

Orthopaedics - HipNo
Orthopaedics - Knee

No

Orthopaedics - Shoulder & ElbowNo
Orthopaedics - SpineNo
Pain ManagementYes
Podiatry - DiabetesYes
RespiratoryYes
RheumatologyNo
Surgery BreastNo
Surgery - Not Otherwise Specified
No
Surgery PlasticsNo
Surgery VascularNo
Surgery Vascular - LymphoedemaNo
Urology
Yes