For General Practitioners
GP Referrals
Referrals can be sent via Fax, email or through medical objects.
If an urgent referral is required please contact our Practice Manager.
Download Direct Access Referrals forms for :
Forms for GP’s to print and supply to their patients
Open Access Procedures
There is a very strict criteria for Open Access admissions, and a phone triage interview is required, as you will not have a pre-procedure consultation with a Gastroenterologist.
Open Access is designed specifically for patients who require colonscopy or endoscopy for specific reasons as detailed by your GP:
- Asymptomatic individuals with positive faecal occult blood tests results eg, National Bowel Cancer Screening, Rotary Screening etc
- Asymptomatic individuals with a family history of bowel cancer.
- Patients with stable oesophageal reflux who require screening for Barretts Oesophagus.
- Patients who are otherwise fit and well, aged between 16 to 80 And BMI > 45 would be only scoped after approval from the proceduralist and the Anaesthesist
Consultation
We offer consultation for the following medical problems:
- Heartburn (Acid Reflux)
- Difficulty swallowing
- Peptic Ulcer Disease
- Helicobacter Pylori
- Irritable bowel disease
- Lactose intolerance
- Coeliac disease
- Ulcerative Colitis
- Crohn’s disease
- Diverticular disease
- Bloating
- Clostridium difficil
- Hepatitis B & C
- Autoimmune conditions of liver
- Haemochromatosis
- Cirrhosis of liver
- Fatty liver
- IBD in pregnancy
- Colonic Polyps
- Gastrointestinal bleeding
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