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. How to refer a patient to QVH . How to contact QVH and burns Referral Guide . Breast surgery . Burns . Facial palsy . . Lower limb and general plastics . Skin cancer

Head, neck, eyes, dental . Corneoplastics and . Head and neck oncology . Maxillofacial surgery . Orthodontics . Cleft lip and palate

Sleep disorder centre . Sleep disorders

Therapies . Burns and plastic therapy . Dietetics . Hand therapy . Musculoskeletal physiotherapy . Psychological therapy . Speech and language therapy . Rehabilitation surgery . Respiratory physiotherapy . Facial palsy therapy

Support services . Anaesthetics . Surgical appliances . Diagnostic imaging . Paediatrics About this guide . Histopathology . Telemedicine . Prosthetics Designed to help you refer patients to our services, this guide details our specialties, lists our . Medical photography consultants along with their contact details and off-site clinic locations, and provides links to Other outpatient clinics more information on our website. . Care of elderly and general medicine . Parkinson’s disease nurse specialist This guide is updated regularly and the latest version is available from our website home . Rheumatology page: www.qvh.nhs.uk . Cardiology . Urology . Paediatrics . ENT Community outpatients Updated October 2017 1 . Respiratory community outpatients Welcome

. How to refer a patient to QVH . How to contact QVH Refer by email: [email protected] Plastic surgery and burns Referral Guide Refer online: NHS e-Referrals Service . Breast surgery . Burns . Facial palsy About us . Hand surgery . Lower limb and general plastics Specialist expertise: QVH is a leading specialist Please indicate in your referral letter if your patient . Skin cancer centre for reconstructive surgery and rehabilitation, lacks capacity to make decisions i.e. has difficulty Head, neck, eyes, dental helping people who have been damaged or disfigured understanding or retaining information, weighing up through accidents or disease. choices or communicating. . Corneoplastics and ophthalmology . Head and neck oncology Local non-complex services: QVH is a convenient If possible please also indicate who would accompany . Maxillofacial surgery and expert choice for cataracts and glaucoma, hand them to appointments to help support decision-making. . Orthodontics surgery, skin lesions and suspected cancer, . Cleft lip and palate Making decisions for these patients is complex, but far maxillofacial fractures, diagnostics and therapies. We easier if we are aware in advance. also run a minor injuries unit, a care of the elderly and Sleep disorder centre * Please note from October 2018 QVH will no longer accept paper general medicine clinic, and rheumatology, paediatrics referrals . Sleep disorders and cardiology outpatient clinics. Clinics across the region: Our leading consultant How to contact QVH: Therapies teams hold clinics at a wide network of sites across . Burns and plastic therapy the region. See individual specialty pages for details. • To contact a specific consultant, please find their . Dietetics number on the following pages. . Hand therapy Clinical excellence: We monitor continuously our . Musculoskeletal physiotherapy clinical effectiveness, using internationally accepted • Call our switchboard on 01342 414000. . Psychological therapy markers where possible, to quality assure our work. . Speech and language therapy See our quality report for details. . Rehabilitation surgery More information about QVH: . Respiratory physiotherapy Best for patients: QVH is consistently judged by • QVH website: www.qvh.nhs.uk . Facial palsy therapy patients as one of the best in the country in the annual national inpatient surveys and 90% of our • QVH service directory: Our services Support services staff would recommend the