Urgent referrals – clinically triaged. Telephone and face to face consultation in place as required.
Routine referrals – clinically triaged. Will be booked into telephone clinics where appropriate, if patient needs examination face to face clinics are running. Currently patients should receive a first appointment within 8 weeks. There is a slightly longer wait for UGI appointments.
Follow up outpatients – telephone and limited face to face appointments running.
Cancer surgery – will continue as normal.
Urgent surgery – cases are being booked. However, there are increased waits for surgery.
Routine surgery – cases are being booked. However, capacity is limited and there are significant waits for surgery