Referral Procedure
Patients are referred to the hospital by their GP to either the Emergency Department (ED) or an Out-patients Department (OPD) or in the case of an emergency directly to ED.
Patients who need to be placed on a waiting list for in-patient treatment are referred from OPD using a waiting list referral card. Once received by the Admissions Department, the patient is entered onto the hospital waiting list.
A routine validation of this list is carried out to ensure data accuracy. Every patient on the waiting list will be contacted in writing at three month intervals to carry out this validation.
Queries regarding position on a waiting list should be directed to the waiting list office.
If you are not going to avail of your scheduled admission date please advise the admissions department as early as possible as this date can be reallocated to another patient.
Please ensure that all waiting list validation letters are returned, providing any changes in contact details.