Hospital Expedite Letters

 

Introduction

Due to increased waiting times for outpatient appointments, GPs have seen a rise in patient requests to “expedite” their appointments. We urge all our patients awaiting hospital appointments to be patient and wait to be contacted.
As a GP surgery, we are not notified of any waiting times for clinics or provided with hospital hotline numbers. If your appointment has been delayed, please contact your consultant secretary for any updates. If you are waiting for your first appointment with a consultant and have not heard for a long time, please contact the outpatient department in the first instance and then the consultant secretary. If you have been unable to contact outpatients or the secretary, please contact PALS (Patient Advice and Liaison Service).

Written Requests to Expedite Appointments

Patients are often requested by the Hospital to obtain a letter from the GP so their appointment can be expedited.

Please note that waiting a longer time for an appointment does not deem your request urgent. According to figures from NHS England, a total of 5.8 million people were waiting to start treatment at the end of September 2021, the highest since records began in August 2007. As a result, we are unable to write letters to expedite your appointment for this reason.

If you are experiencing worsening of your symptoms, we advise you to contact your specialist directly so they can assess your condition and make the necessary arrangements if an expedite of your appointment is appropriate. If you have difficulty in accessing your consultant, we advise you to contact PALS for assistance.

However, if the hospital are insistent they require a letter, we have created the below templates for you complete. Please download the template letter below, completing your details and symptom change. You will only be able to edit the areas highlighted in yellow.

Once you have completed this, you can post your letter to Outpatient Appointment (first appointments) or your consultant secretary (booked appointments or follow ups).

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Kincora Doctors Surgery
134 Coldharbour Lane
Hayes
Middlesex
UB3 3HG

Telephone: 020 8813 5346

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