Please telephone the on-call paediatric registrar so that arrangements can be made to see the patient in the correct location:

In case of emergency, please send the patient to the closest emergency department and let the on-call registrar know in advance.

For ambulatory service. The ambulatory care ward review service is not accessible to external referrals. Please contact uclh.generalpaediatrics@nhs.net if you have any questions.

GPs who need urgent telephone advice about the correct pathway of care can call Consultant Connect which will divert to our consultant hotline held by the attending consultant on the wards/ED.

Refer via e-RS. Patient cannot walk in with a referral.

  • Priority: Urgent
  • Specialty: Children and Adolescents
  • Clinic type: Other Medical
  • Service name: Rapid Referral Clinic, Paediatrics Division: UCLH1-RRV

Please note: Rapid referrals which are urgent may be triaged with a wait time of up to two weeks.

Please telephone the patient’s local paediatric team for advice directly. If local to UCLH, please follow the rapid referral pathway above. 

Routine general paediatric referrals (0-17 years) (including special interest clinics in Gastroenterology, Neurology, Epilepsy, Adolescent General Medicine)

Please refer via e-RS

  • Specialty: Children and Adolescents
  • Clinic type: Other Medical
  • Service name: Children & Young People

GPs who want advice only or clarification of the correct pathway of care for local patients can use Advice and Guidance on e-RS.

For questions directed to specific general paediatric consultants or for any other questions, the general paediatric admin team can be contacted on:

“First fit” referrals for Camden, Islington patients and local Westminster patients only (0-17y) - follow Rapid Referral pathway above

Babies with prolonged jaundice (14-28 days): If the child is otherwise well, refer to the Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (ANNP) clinic:

If the child is unwell, refer to the local paediatric unit.

Babies with prolonged jaundice (28 days or more): Follow advice for rapid referral clinic.

Tongue Tie: Refer direct to the tongue tie service.