Two Week Wait (2WW) Referral – Advice Sheet

Why am I being referred? Hospital Information

Referral Your doctor wants you to see a specialist Your appointment will be at one of the as quickly as possible so that the right following hospitals: Your doctor has referred you to be seen by treatment/tests can be decided upon. It a specialist/ consultant within the next two does not automatically mean that you Wycombe Hospital weeks. have cancer. Queen Alexandra Road High Wycombe The Two week wait (2ww) bureau will When will I be seen? Buckinghamshire HP11 2TT Tel: 01494 526 161 contact you by letter/telephone to offer an appointment within 14 days. After your doctor has contacted the Stoke Mandeville Hospital hospital, the 2ww bureau will get in Mandeville Road Please make sure that you are available touch to offer a date for you to be seen. to attend an appointment within the Aylesbury Please ensure that you make yourself next 14 days – if you are not available Buckinghamshire available – we offer appointments you must inform your GP immediately. HP21 8AL Tel: 01296 315000 from day one and it is very important

that you attend. The Two Week Fast Track Scheme Amersham Hospital You can bring a member of your family Whielden Street or a friend along with you to your Amersham This is a National scheme that is being run appointment. Buckinghamshire to help people who are displaying HP7 0JD Tel: 01494 434 411 symptoms or, who have had a test result If you have not received a date to be that may suggest the presence of Cancer seen after five days then contact your and need to be seen by a specialist as GP surgery in the first instance. quickly as possible. This will help to quickly exclude or Getting the right treatment diagnose any serious conditions and help you access the right treatment at the right time in the right options as soon as possible. place can save lives NF88/MDT June 2014