Our Services A - Z - NHS e-Referral

Welcome to the NHS e-Referral Page. 

Working in partnership with local organisations, we communicate services available together with any information about NHS e-Referral services at our hospitals.The NHS e-Referral Service (e-RS) provides an easy way for patients to choose their first hospital or clinic appointment with a specialist. Bookings can be made online, using the telephone, or directly in the GP surgery at the time of referral

Navigating Services 

The Trust offer new outpatient appointments through NHS e-Referral for most specialties. Many specialist and general clinics are published in the NHS e-Referral directory. A full list of the specialty services available on NHS e-Referral can be found by accessing the link below.

Click here to view NHS e-Referral

Services can be found by searching for clinic type or by using the Systemised Nomenclature of Medicine (SNOMED) search facility on NHS e-Referral. All listed services have SNOMED codes associated with conditions treated and are derived from the national SNOMED codes approved through the national coding system. 

Referral forms 

Please note all referral forms should be printed off and hand written / typed, then forwarded in the usual way to the Trust.

The forms should be attached to the referral request using the nhs e-Referral system or emailed to the Trust net account or relevant department indicated on the referral form.

The email address for the appointments department net account is secondarycarereferrals@sthk.nhs.uk