10 Ways to Shorten Your Wait for a Hospital Doctor’s Appointment In the UK, frustratingly, you cannot refer yourself directly to a hospital consultant (senior doctor). You have to go through yo...
10 Questions to Ask at Your Hospital Appointment In this article, we will describe 10 questions for you to ask at a hospital outpatient appointment. Before the Appointment – Preparation W...
What happens when you are referred by your GP to see a consultant? In this article, we will describe what happens when you go to a hospital consultant for a face-to-face appointment. Let’s start...
What is the 18-week pathway referral (or Referral-to-Treatment, RTT)? An 18-week pathway referral (Referral-to-Treatment, RTT) is for non-urgent treatment, i.e. from your GP (or other health professio...
How do I check up on a NHS referral? Usually you can assume that if a GP says you are being referred to a hospital this has happened and the appointment will happen in a timely fashion. But not always...
