There are some services that are set up to support patients through a self referral process and you may not need to speak to your GP ahead of this. Information on these pathways can be found here.

Once we have referred you to a hospital specialist there are several ways you can contact the hospital team to manage your appointments. You can access information regarding here.

This is an educational resource designed by a multidisciplinary team of GPs and anaesthetists. Although it was designed by a team in the North West the information it contains is very helpful and equally applicable to many of our patients. It focuses upon improving outcomes following major non-cardiac surgery through optimization of patient health in the preoperative period.