referral (from general practice)
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This section includes examples of referral criteria for various conditions seen in primary care.
To find other referral criteria then search on 'referral X' where X is the condition you are interested in.
Last reviewed 06/2021
Links:
- referral rate
- why GP's refer
- triage (in general practice)
- which hospital GP's refer to
- pyramid of health care
- referral options
- referral and discharge letters
- urgent referral guidelines (patients with suspected cancer)
- referral criteria from primary care - abnormal uterine bleeding
- referral criteria from primary care - acute asthma
- referral criteria from primary care - atopic eczema in children
- referral criteria from primary care - atrial fibrillation (AF)
- referral criteria from primary care - benign prostatic hyperplasia
- referral criteria from primary care - community acquired pneumonia
- referral criteria from primary care - COPD
- referral criteria from primary care - admission for CVA
- referral criteria from primary care - depression
- referral criteria from primary care - endoscopy (OGD)
- referral criteria from primary care - erectile dysfunction (ED)
- referral criteria from primary care - floaters and flashes
- referral criteria from primary care - glue ear
- referral criteria from primary care (haematuria)
- referral criteria from primary care - if family history of breast cancer
- referral criteria from primary care - hip osteoarthritis
- referral criteria from primary care - hyperthyroidism
- referral criteria from primary care - hypothyroidism
- referral criteria from primary care - knee osteoarthritis
- referral criteria from primary care (low back pain)
- referral criteria from primary care - perennial rhinitis
- referral criteria from primary care (polymyalgia rheumatica)
- referral criteria from primary care - proteinuria
- referral criteria from primary care - vertigo and recurrent vertigo
- referral criteria from primary care (seborrhoeic dermatitis)
- referral criteria from primary care - shoulder pain
- referral criteria from primary care - sore throat
- referral criteria from primary care - suppurative OM
- referral criteria from primary care - suspected cancer
- referral criteria from primary care - thyroid disease
- referral criteria from primary care - tinnitus