Alder Hey Children’s Hospital offers routine advice and guidance (A&G) within the e- Referral System (e-RS) for the following services:
- Allergy
- CAMHs
- Cardiology
- Dermatology
- ENT
- General Medicine
- General Surgery
- Gynaecology
- Haematology
- Infant Feeding
- Neurodevelopment
- Ophthalmology
- Orthopaedics
- Plastic Surgery
- Respiratory
- Rheumatology
- Urology – coming soon…
What is Advice and Guidance?
Advice and Guidance allows clinicians within Primary Care, to seek advice from Secondary Care clinicians through the NHS e-Referral Service (eRS).
Reasons why a clinician may wish to seek advice and guidance include:
- Asking another clinician or specialist for their advice on a treatment. plan and/or the ongoing management of a patient.
- Asking for clarification (or advice) regarding a patient’s test results
- Seeking advice on the appropriateness of a referral for their patient for example, whether to refer, or what the most appropriate. alternative care pathway might be.
- Identifying the most clinically appropriate service to refer a patient in to (and how to find that service for example, what clinical term to search on).
Please see link for more information regarding advice and guidance:
Advice and guidance overview for the NHS e-Referral Service (e-RS) – NHS Digital