Category Referrals & hospital services

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Community Urgent Eyecare Service: waiting room video

A video for waiting room screens promoting CUES and the eye symptoms to look out for.

UHB imaging now sends appointment texts and emails, phased in from 14 July 2026 across X-ray, ultrasound, CT and MRI.

The service is receiving inappropriate referrals that delay urgent care. Remove old forms from templates and use the 2026 version.

After a multi-provider incident, where pregnancy is still suspected despite negative urine tests, a serum hCG can be requested in rare circumstances.

Temperature changes affect sample integrity and can cause pseudo-hypokalaemia in summer. Interpret unexpected potassium results with caution.

The BSol consultation on the future of UTCs and GP out-of-hours services has closed, and the feedback is being independently analysed.

East locality GPs were invited to a webinar on the self-request chest X-ray pilot at Washwood Heath CDC, which launched 3 August 2026.

A patient information sheet and short waiting room video encouraging patients to come forward to, or self-refer to, the DRAC.

Guidance for GPs on referrals to the children and young people’s gender service, including record keeping, highlighted in CQC’s June bulletin.

A coroner raised referral and information-sharing concerns after a boy died of missed appendicitis.