Who can refer
We accept referrals from any medical team who want a child to have a cardiology review.
Types of referral
We will discuss referrals for:
- emergency inpatient transfer
- urgent referrals for rapid access clinic
- routine referrals to be seen in a consultant clinic.
How to refer
Emergency and urgent referrals
For emergency and urgent referrals first contact the on-call paediatric cardiology registrar through switchboard on 020 7188 7188.
If advised by the registrar, complete the urgent cardiology referral form (Word 245KB) and email it to gst-tr.urgentevelinapaedcardreferral@nhs.net.
Referral forms must be legible and fully completed for the referral to be accepted.
Incomplete forms or forms sent without discussion with the cardiology team will not be accepted.
Routine referrals
GP referrals
All NHS GP referrals must be submitted using the NHS e-Referral service using these details:
- Speciality: Children's and adolescent services
- Clinic type: Cardiology
- Service name: Children's cardiology referral assessment service, Evelina Children's Hospital, St Thomas', RJ1
Referrals sent to the nhs.net mailbox or by post from GPs will not be processed.
Referrals from other health professionals
Routine referrals made by other healthcare professionals can be made by completing the routine cardiology referral form (Word 245KB) and emailing it to gst-tr.elchpaedcardioreferrals@nhs.net.
Discussion with the on-call team is not required for routine referrals however we are happy to discuss and advise if you have any queries.
MRI referrals
We do not accept outside referrals for cardiac MRI scans. All patients will need to be seen by one of our cardiologists beforehand.