| Advice Line |
Call 020 3447 9783, Monday-Friday 9am-5pm. Staff in the Operations Centre will arrange for the appropriate clinician to phone back as required.
Call 077 6831 3980, out of hours. The A&E nurse in charge will contact the registrar or the consultant as required. |
| Advice Line |
Call 020 3447 9783, Monday-Friday 9am-5pm. Staff in the Operations Centre will arrange for the appropriate clinician to phone back as required.
Call 079 0825 0947, out of hours.The duty medical registrar can contact the consultant as required. |
| Urgent referrals |
Call 020 3447 9599 or fax 020 3447 9932, Monday-Friday 9am-5pm. Patients will be offered an appointment within two weeks. |
| Advice Line |
Call 078 5222 0600, Monday-Friday 9am-5pm |
| Rapid access clinic |
For patients with new or recent onset of exertional chest pain suggestive of ischaemic heart disease (IHD) or worsening symptoms in a patient with known IHD who is not under active follow up by a cardiologist. Referral criteria are on the official referral form and are in line with NICE guidance issued in April 2010. Patients are seen within two weeks. |
| Location |
University College Hospital, First Floor |
| Opening hours |
Tuesday and Thursday, 8.30am-12.00am |
| Making a referral |
Fax 0203 456 6247 using the Rapid Access Chest Pain form. |
| Contact |
Call 020 7504 8900, Monday-Friday 9am-5pm |
| Rapid access clinic |
Emergency assessment of children and young people under 18 who are referred by their GP, community midwife, health visitor, or social services (including rapid access seizure*). Patients can be seen on the same day the referral is made. |
| Location |
Children and Young Person's Unit, Zone A Ground Floor, EGA Wing |
| Opening Hours |
Monday-Friday 10am-12pm |
| Making a referral |
Fax 020 3447 9381 and confirm receipt by calling 0845 155 5000 ext 76539 or 020 3447 9871 or 079 4396 2602. An appointment on the same day (or another date if requested) will be allocated over the phone. Out of hours patients should contact A&E on 0845 155 5000.
*rapid access seizure referrals will be triaged to the appropriate consultant clinic |
| Contact |
Call 0845 155 5000 ext 76539 or 020 3447 9871 or 079 4396 2602, Monday-Friday 9-5pm |
| Advice Line |
078 0385 3567 |
| Rapid access clinic |
For patients experiencing acute exacerbation of diagnosed COPD. The clinic offers respiratory specialist medical and nursing input including access to same day tests e.g. Chest X-ray, spirometry and blood gas analysis. |
| Location |
UCH Outpatients Department |
| Opening Hours |
Monday 08.30am-12pm
Wednesday 12.30-4pm
Friday 08.30-12pm |
| Making a Referral |
Call 079 6122 1848 or fax 020 3447 9476 |
| Advice Line |
079 6122 1848, Monday-Friday 9am-5pm (This is a pilot service.) |
| Rapid access clinic |
For the urgent review of patients with problems in early pregnancy. |
| Location |
The Gynaecology Diagnostic and Outpatient Treatment Clinic 3, Lower Ground Floor, EGA Wing, Grafton Way |
| Opening hours |
Monday-Friday, 9am-12pm and 2pm-4.30pm
Saturday-Sunday, 9am-12.30pm (via A&E only) |
| Making a referral |
Emergency Gynaecology patients should be referred by calling 0845 155 5000 and asking switchboard to bleep the on-call gynae team on bleep 5226 or 5805. You can also send a referral letter by fax to 020 7691 5861 or ask your patient to present directly to Clinic 3 with a referral letter. |
| Contact |
Call 020 3447 9411 and choose option 3, Monday-Thursday 9am-5pm and Friday 9am-4.30pm |
| Contact |
0845 155 5000 ext 9716, Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm |
| Contact |
020 3447 9573, Monday-Saturday 8am-8pm
0845 155 5000 bleep 5227, out of hours |
| Rapid access clinic |
For older patients referred by their general practitioner requiring urgent medical assessment including those with falls and complex needs. |
| Location |
UCH Outpatients Department |
| Opening Hours |
Monday 08.30am-12pm
Tuesday 12.30-4pm
Friday 12.30-4pm |
| Making a Referral |
Fax 020 3447 9652 |
| Contact: |
Call 020 3447 8070 |
| Contact |
020 3447 9515, Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm
0845 155 5000, out of hours |
| Contact |
020 3456 1266/7, Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm |
| Advice Line |
If stroke symptoms appeared less than 4.5 hours ago call 999 immediately as thrombolysis might be possible. For symptoms with a longer history of onset contact the stroke registrar on 077 5373 9286 for advice on the appropriate referral contact. |
| Contact |
Call the clinical nurse specialist on 079 4387 1067 or 078 5222 0228, Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm |
| Clinic |
TIA Triage Service operates 7 days a week and is consultant-led. (This clinic is not aimed at stroke patients. Recent strokes are dealt with through the Hyperacute Stroke Unit and GPs should access this by calling 999 or sending the patient into hospital) |
| Location |
Hyperacute Stroke Unit, 7th Floor, UCH |
| Opening Hours |
Daily at 8.30am |
| Making a referral |
Please use this form and follow the instructions on the referral form to assess the patient's risk and access the appropriate pathway. |
| Advice Line |
Call the stroke registrar on 077 5373 9286, Monday-Sunday, 24h |
| Walk-in clinic |
For travellers who have returned from the tropics and are unwell, with fever or bloody diarrhoea. Out of hours, travellers can attend the Accident & Emergency Department at University College Hospital. |
| Location |
HTD, 2nd floor, Mortimer Market, Capper Street, off Tottenham Court Road, London WC1E 6JB |
| Opening Hours |
Mon-Fri 9am-4pm. No appointment or referral required. |
| Making a referral: |
No appointment or referral required. |
| Contact |
Call 0845 155 5000 and ask to be put through to the on call tropical medicine registrar or fax 020 7388 7645 |
| Walk-in clinic |
For patients with suspected tuberculosis. This clinic does not provide a service for missed BCGs or Occupational Health screening. |
| Location |
Ground floor, Rosenheim Building, 25 Grafton Way, London WC1E 6DB |
| Opening Hours |
1.30pm-3.30pm |
| Making a referral |
No appointment or referral required. |
| Contact |
Call 020 3447 9259, Monday-Friday 1.30pm-3.30pm or fax 020 3447 6998 |