Information for referrers
Information for referrers
Are you a Haringey GP? Do your patients have back or neck pain and need to access AQP Physiotherapy urgently? If so, read about how to access our AQP Physiotherapy service.
Please ensure that the referral form is completed correctly to allow us to process it as swiftly as possible. Please note that referral requests should be for one main condition only.
When you make your referral into the Musculoskeletal service it will be triaged by a senior clinician to ensure the patient is seen by the most appropriate service. A referral can be triaged into MSK Physiotherapy, the Musculoskeletal Clinical Assessment and Treatment (MSK CATS) service or secondary care (Orthopaedics, Rheumatology, Pain consultants or Neurosurgery). The more accurate information we receive on the referral with relevant investigation reports the more likely the patient can be triaged to the most appropriate service.
On referral please give patients our MSK Physiotherapy or MSK Interface service patient information leaflet - in the left sidebar.
Are you a Haringey GP? Do your patients have back or neck pain and need to access AQP Physiotherapy urgently? If so, read about how to access our AQP Physiotherapy service.
Please ensure that the referral form is completed correctly to allow us to process it as swiftly as possible. Please note that referral requests should be for one main condition only.
When you make your referral into the Musculoskeletal service it will be triaged by a senior clinician to ensure the patient is seen by the most appropriate service. A referral can be triaged into MSK Physiotherapy, the Musculoskeletal Clinical Assessment and Treatment (MSK CATS) service or secondary care (Orthopaedics, Rheumatology, Pain consultants or Neurosurgery). The more accurate information we receive on the referral with relevant investigation reports the more likely the patient can be triaged to the most appropriate service.
On referral please give patients our MSK Physiotherapy or MSK Interface service patient information leaflet - in the left sidebar.
The referral processing and new patient booking is undertaken on our behalf by central referral teams
Please send referrals by email on arti.centralbooking@nhs.net to ensure referrals are received swiftly.
Please send referrals by email on arti.centralbooking@nhs.net to ensure referrals are received swiftly.
Their phone number is 0203 3161111 and fax number is 0844 7746419
For Islington musculoskeletal physiotherapy enquiries please call 0203 3168840
For Haringey musculoskeletal physiotherapy enquires please call 0208 4426272
Please Refer straight to Secondary Care for the following conditions:
For Islington musculoskeletal physiotherapy enquiries please call 0203 3168840
For Haringey musculoskeletal physiotherapy enquires please call 0208 4426272
Please Refer straight to Secondary Care for the following conditions:
- Screened Systemic Inflammatory Disease, requiring medical intervention
- Suspicion of Serious Pathology requiring medical intervention (malignancy or infection)
- Signs of cord compression / CaudaEquina Syndrome – immediately to A&E at the Whittington or UCL hospitals
- Suspicion of recent fracture requiring intervention
Please refer the following conditions directly to
Orthopaedics:
- Surgical opinion for revision of joint replacement surgery
- Shoulder Dislocations
- Acute Locked Knee (A&E)
Rheumatology:
- Osteoporosis, Second Line Management
- Systemic Inflammatory Arthritis (including RA, SLE, Gout) confirmed on blood tests
- Ankylosing Spondylitis (Suspected/Flare-Up)
- The following leaflets are available for printing and giving to patients to assist early and effective management of musculoskeletal problems:
Link to leaflets in side bar (to be added shortly)
Last updated14 Apr 2014