{"id":6511,"date":"2015-08-10T09:00:04","date_gmt":"2015-08-10T08:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bwh.timothyblake.com\/?page_id=6511"},"modified":"2015-08-10T09:02:27","modified_gmt":"2015-08-10T08:02:27","slug":"clinical-gentics-referral-guidance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bwh.timothyblake.com\/?page_id=6511","title":{"rendered":"Clinical Gentics referral guidance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Referrals can only be made by health professionals who can write to our service. You may also wish to download one of our <a href=\"#_Family_History_Forms\">family history forms<\/a> to give directly to your patient, if appropriate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Urgent referrals, for example during a pregnancy, can be seen within a few days at Birmingham Women\u2019s Hospital &#8211; please mark such referrals as urgent.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>If you would like to be referred, please speak to your GP who will be able to advise you further.<\/p>\n<p>Please provide as much information as possible in your referral letter including;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Patient\u2019s contact details and NHS number<\/li>\n<li>Medical history<\/li>\n<li>Any known family history (including names if known)<\/li>\n<li>Copies of relevant investigations<\/li>\n<li>If there are language or learning difficulties<\/li>\n<li>Any pertinent social issues<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Telephone Consultations- we offer a telephone consultation service for professional colleagues between 9am and 5pm on weekdays. There is an answer phone service out of office hours.<\/p>\n<p>Ward and Home Visits- It may be possible for us to visit a patient in hospital or at home, please call to discuss further.<\/p>\n<h3>Referrals for all other conditions:<\/h3>\n<p>Clinical Genetics Unit<br \/>\nBirmingham Women\u2019s Hospital<br \/>\nEdgbaston<br \/>\nBirmingham<br \/>\nB15 2TG<br \/>\nUnited Kingdom<br \/>\nTelephone: 0121 627 2630<br \/>\nFax:0121 627 2618<\/p>\n<h3>Referrals for Inherited Cancers:<\/h3>\n<p>West Midlands Family Cancer Service<br \/>\nClinical Genetics Unit<br \/>\nBirmingham Women\u2019s Hospital<br \/>\nEdgbaston<br \/>\nBirmingham<br \/>\nB15 2TG<br \/>\nUnited Kingdom<br \/>\nTelephone: 0121 607 4757<br \/>\nFax: 0121 623 6949<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Referrals can only be made by health professionals who can write to our service. You may also wish to download one of our family history forms to give directly to your patient, if appropriate. Urgent referrals, for example during a pregnancy, can be seen within a few days at Birmingham Women\u2019s Hospital &#8211; please mark [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":554,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6511","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bwh.timothyblake.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bwh.timothyblake.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bwh.timothyblake.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bwh.timothyblake.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bwh.timothyblake.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6511"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/bwh.timothyblake.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6514,"href":"https:\/\/bwh.timothyblake.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6511\/revisions\/6514"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bwh.timothyblake.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bwh.timothyblake.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}