Information for health professionals on how to refer patients to the kidney service.
Who can refer
We accept referrals from hospital consultants and GPs.
Types of referral
We accept routine referrals, urgent referrals for discussion and advice about management and emergency referrals for inpatient transfer.
How to refer
Routine referrals
All routine NHS GP referrals must be submitted using the NHS e-Referral service (formerly Choose and Book).
Referrals sent to the nhs.net mailbox or by post from GPs will not be processed.
Other referrers should fill in the referral form (PDF 2.1Mb) and return it by email to gst-tr.elchpaedrenalreferrals@nhs.net. You can also post your referral form to the address found in the routine referrals box on this page.
If not completing the referral form, please provide the following information:
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patient’s name, date-of-birth, address, NHS number, GP name and address
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contact telephone number for patient’s parents/carers
- details of the condition
Discussion with the team is not needed for routine referrals, however we are happy to discuss referrals if there are any queries. For enquiries please contact us on 020 7188 4586 / 4587.
Urgent referrals
Urgent GP referrals should be submitted using the NHS e-Referral service (formerly Choose and Book) but should be followed up with a phone call to the kidney team.
The children's renal registrar is available to take calls and referrals (Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm) on 07990 800 587 or 020 7188 7188, bleep 1141.
Out of hours, a consultant children's nephrologist is on call and can be contacted via the hospital switchboard on 020 7188 7188.
Emergency referrals
For emergency referrals (i.e. those requiring immediate same-day intervention), referrers should call the children's renal registrar on 07990 800 587 or 020 7188 7188, bleep 1141.
Out of hours, a consultant children's nephrologist is on call and can be contacted via the hospital switchboard on 020 7188 7188.
Acute kidney injury referrals
Please complete our acute kidney injury referrals form (Word 16Kb) and send this to gst-tr.ELCHPaedRenalReferrals@nhs.net.