Treatment & referral pathways

Check the route before you refer.

This section will set out criteria, red flags, local differences and the current official source in a step-by-step format.

Planned section

These examples are not patient-specific advice and are not ready for clinical use. Each pathway needs a named clinical owner, version control and clear local applicability before publication.

01Mental health

Adult ADHD referral routes

Local assessment routes, Right to Choose and the information a referral may require.

Example only · Clinical review needed
02Urgent referral

Suspected cancer pathways

Criteria, safety-netting prompts and links to the current pathway without copying the source.

Example only · National and local checks needed
03Cardiology

Suspected heart failure

Initial primary care work-up, referral thresholds and community-service options.

Example only · Local services vary
04Children & young people

Safeguarding information flow

How advice, information sharing and escalation routes connect.

Example only · Safeguarding review needed