{"id":509,"date":"2026-07-16T17:25:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T16:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/g81613\/?page_id=509"},"modified":"2026-07-16T17:25:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T16:25:07","slug":"referrals","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/g81613\/referrals\/","title":{"rendered":"Referrals"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"nhsuk-card__heading\">Have you been referred?<\/h3>\n<p>What happens once your GP or nurse has confirmed a referral to a consultant or specialist is required?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A referral letter will be dictated or a pro-forma completed\u00a0by your GP (or nurse) and then forwarded to the Referral Management Service (RMS) by our secretarial team.<\/li>\n<li>The RMS will then contact you to arrange an appointment.<\/li>\n<li>If the RMS is unable to contact you, an appointment will be made on your behalf and an appointment letter posted to you.<\/li>\n<li>Information regarding how to change the appointment,\u00a0oif it\u00a0is unsuitable, will accompany the appointment letter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>If you have ANY questions about your referral and appointment, please call the RMS on their Freephone number IN THE FIRST INSTANCE (you will need to know your NHS Number included on your appointment letter):<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><strong>0800 031 6639<\/strong><\/p>\n<h5><strong>or email <a href=\"mailto:BHCCG.BrightonReferrals@nhs.net\">BHCCG.BrightonReferrals@nhs.net<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n<h5>The RMS is open 8am to 6pm Monday to Friday(excluding Public Holidays).<\/h5>\n<h2>Self-Referrals<\/h2>\n<a class=\"nhsuk-action-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/mental-health\/talking-therapies-medicine-treatments\/talking-therapies-and-counselling\/nhs-talking-therapies\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"nhsuk-icon nhsuk-icon--arrow-right-circle\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" focusable=\"false\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<path d=\"M12 2a10 10 0 0 0-10 9h11.7l-4-4a1 1 0 0 1 1.5-1.4l5.6 5.7a1 1 0 0 1 0 1.4l-5.6 5.7a1 1 0 0 1-1.5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0-1.4l4-4H2A10 10 0 1 0 12 2z\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"nhsuk-action-link__text\">Talking Therapies<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n<a class=\"nhsuk-action-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/service-search\/other-health-services\/stop-smoking-services\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"nhsuk-icon nhsuk-icon--arrow-right-circle\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" focusable=\"false\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<path d=\"M12 2a10 10 0 0 0-10 9h11.7l-4-4a1 1 0 0 1 1.5-1.4l5.6 5.7a1 1 0 0 1 0 1.4l-5.6 5.7a1 1 0 0 1-1.5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0-1.4l4-4H2A10 10 0 1 0 12 2z\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"nhsuk-action-link__text\">Stop Smoking Services<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you been referred? What happens once your GP or nurse has confirmed a referral to a consultant or specialist is required? A referral letter&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-509","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/g81613\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/g81613\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/g81613\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/g81613\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/g81613\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/g81613\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/509\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/g81613\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}