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The NHS e-Referral Service (ERS) is an electronic referral system developed for the Health and Social Care Information Centre by IT consultancy BJSS. It is used by NHS England and it replaced the Choose and Book service on 15 June 2015. [ 1 ]
Referral rates varied across the country, with some ISTCs performing as much 115% of their contracted volumes but with the average referral rate around 85%. Pressure was put on local GPs to refer patients to the centres, rather than to NHS hospitals, because the primary care trusts had to pay for activity whether or not it was used. [2]
When tried at a practice in Ipswich it wasn’t favoured by all the staff at the surgery, but it was reported that "the ability to signpost to the free NHS physiotherapy self-referral service saves face to face surgery appointments.” [5]
Labour says it wants to ensure 92 per cent of patients receive care within 18 weeks of referral within the next five years, and has pledged to deliver an extra 2 million NHS appointments a year to ...
CCG and NHS England are required by the regulations to “make arrangements” to give effect to the right of patients to exercise their patient choice. It is for the clinician making the referral to decide whether it is clinically appropriate. The right to choice only extends to a first appointment.
The NHS provides mental health services free of charge but normally requires a referral from a GP first. Services that do not need a referral include psychological therapies through the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies initiative, and treatment for those with drug and alcohol problems. The NHS also provides online services that help ...
A breakdown of how long patients wait for diagnostic reporting, surgery and radiotherapy Diagnosis and treatment of recurrent disease - an issue which has long been raised by campaigners
In September 2022, the Medical Technology Group published a report [7] on patient referral data from NHS England for all completed pathways, as well as specialised treatment areas including general surgery, cardiology and orthopaedics. The report revealed the best performing regions in England, with some hospitals in the southwest and northeast ...