Referrals
Patients get referred via 2 routes. Normally your General Practitioner will refer you direct to us usually via the Choose and Book system. This mainly applies to patients from our local area in London although with the Choose and Book system, any GP can refer their patient anywhere in the country they feel appropriate. The other route is called a Tertiary referral. The patient has already been referred by their GP to the local hospital consultant. However if the medical condition is too complex or specialised then the hospital consultant can refer direct to the Institute...