Skip to main content
  • Language
    • Afrikaans
    • Albanian
    • Arabic
    • Armenian
    • Azerbaijani
    • Basque
    • Belarusian
    • Bengali
    • Bulgarian
    • Catalan
    • Chinese (Simplified)
    • Chinese (Traditional)
    • Croatian
    • Czech
    • Danish
    • Dutch
    • Esperanto
    • Estonian
    • Filipino
    • Finnish
    • French
    • Galician
    • Georgian
    • German
    • Greek
    • Gujarati
    • Haitian Creole
    • Hebrew
    • Hindi
    • Hungarian
    • Icelandic
    • Indonesian
    • Irish
    • Italian
    • Japanese
    • Kannada
    • Korean
    • Lao
    • Latin
    • Latvian
    • Lithuanian
    • Macedonian
    • Malay
    • Maltese
    • Norwegian
    • Persian
    • Polish
    • Portuguese
    • Romanian
    • Russian
    • Serbian
    • Slovak
    • Slovenian
    • Spanish
    • Swahili
    • Swedish
    • Tamil
    • Telugu
    • Thai
    • Turkish
    • Ukrainian
    • Urdu
    • Vietnamese
    • Welsh
    • Yiddish
  • 020 8918 0560
  • Font Size
    • Increase Font Size
    • Decrease Font Size
    • Reset Font Size
Marks Gate Health Centre
Search
Show Main Menu
  • Home
  • Appointments
  • Prescriptions
  • Services
    • Change of Details
    • COVID-19
    • Family Planning
    • Fit notes & Sick notes
    • Flu
    • Join Our Surgery
    • Proxy Access
    • Referrals
    • Self-Referral
    • Services
    • Test Results
    • Travel Information
  • Surgery Information
    • Care Quality Commission
    • Complaints Policy
    • Friends and Family Test
    • News
    • Patient Participation Group
    • Policies
    • Practice Performance
    • Staff
    • Times & Out Of Hours
  • Health Information & Support
    • Cancer Screening
    • Cost of Living Crisis
    • Find your NHS number
    • Health A to Z
    • Live Well
    • Medicines A to Z
    • NHS 111 Online
    • NHS Health
  • Contact Us

Referrals

When your clinician at Marks gate Health Centre decides that you need to see a specialist for your treatment, they will make a referral. This referral process typically involves:

  • Discussion: Initially you need to make an appointment with a clinician to discuss your symptoms, Your GP will investigate why a referral is being recommended and what choices you have for where you can be referred.
  • Referral Letter: The GP will write a referral letter or complete a form that includes details about your medical history and the reason for the referral.
  • Booking an Appointment: In most situations, you might receive a letter from the hospital or clinic with appointment details. In some cases, you may receive a reference number and password to book your appointment online or by phone.

Types of referrals:

  • Urgent Referrals: For urgent cases, such as suspected cancer, the NHS aims to have you seen by a specialist within two weeks. This is often referred to as a "Two Week Wait" referral.
  • Routine Referrals: For non-urgent referrals, waiting times can vary depending on the speciality and the demand for services. It's not uncommon for routine referrals to have longer waiting times.
  • Self-Referrals: Few services provide self-referral. You can get in touch with the practice and acquire a link to book yourself, family or friends.
    Please find the available self-referral services here

 

Share

  • Print
  • Facebook
  • Bluesky
  • X (Twitter)
  • LinkedIn
Local Services
Hearing Aids
& Services
Advertise Your
Business Here

Site

  • Sign In
  • Sitemap
  • Back To Top

About

  • Disclaimer
  • Website Privacy
  • Website Accessibility
  • Cookies
  • Content Attribution

Contact

Marks Gate Health Centre

Lawn Farm Grove, Romford, RM6 5LL

  • 020 8918 0560
  • drkashyap.practice@nhs.net
© Neighbourhood Direct Ltd  2025
Website supplied by Oldroyd Publishing Group

Loading...

Local Services
Hearing Aids
& Services
Advertise Your
Business Here