Planned care and referrals for elective cases

Referrals for planned care/elective surgical cases are taken by the consultant. If you are asked regarding these by another team in the hospital then please refer them to the backup consultant during usual working hours. If the backup consultant is unavailable then another consultant will be able to help.

Planned care is assigned a priority order the day prior to surgery by a multi-disciplinary team which includes surgical, anaesthesia, and intensive care. This enables appropriate cases to be prioritised if resources are limited.