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Hospitals
- Barnsley Hospital
  01226 771912
- Barnsley Hospice
  01226 244244
- Kendray Hospital
  01226 434228
- Northern General/Sheffield Hallam
  0114 243 4343
- Sheffield Children's hospital
  0114 271 70 00
- Barnsley acute paediatrics
  01226 435873
Admissions/Advice
- 2 week wait help desk
  01226 432000
- A&E
  01226 432371
- Ambulance Control
  01709 828829
- SDEC units (previously AMAC)
  01226 436099 (Surgical)
  01226 432452 (Medical)
- Cancer Nurse Specialists
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- Children's Assessment Unit
  01226 432664
- Community MSK Service
  01226 644858
- Diabetes services SPA
  01226 240086
- DVT/ Thrombosis referrals
  01226 431333
- Early Pregnancy Assessment Unit
  01226 433972
- Gastro Consultant advice
  01226 436156
- PallCall (out of hours hospice)
  01226 244244
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- Right Care
  01226 431333
- Spectrum: Genitourinary Medicine
  08000556442
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- Biochemistry
  01226 432733
- Biochem Consultant Advice
  01226 432772
- Haematology (consultant advice via switchboard)
  01226 432862
- Microbiology ( consultant advice via switchboard)
  01226 432687
- Xray/CT/MRI/US/ Appointments/results
  01226 434340
Community Nursing Services
- BREATHE SPA
  01226 644575
- Diabetes/Heart Failure/ Parkinsons Nurses
  01226 645180
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  01226 644575
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  0800 6126221
- Macmillan Nurses
  01226 645280
- Pulmonary rehab
  01226719789
- Rapid Response
  0774 7794698
Self Referral Services/ Care Navigation-First Port of Call
- British Pregnancy Advisory Clinic (Terminations)
  03457 304030
- Continence services
  01226 645057
Mental Health / Referral information
- CAMHS- SPA Single point of Access- children
  01226 644829
- DISC-Substance Misuse
  01226 779066
- MHAT
  01226 644900
- IAPT
  01226 644900
- SPA- Single Point of Access- Adults
  01226 645000
- TADS- self referral-children
  01226 872120
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Safeguarding Adults

Safeguarding Children
- Adults BMBC
  01226 775832
- Adults Safeguarding Nurse
  01226 433747
- Children safeguarding
  01226 438831
- Safeguarding Emergency Duty Team (out-of-hours)
  01226 787789
- IDVA-Domestic Abuse
  01226 320112
- Modern Slavery Helpline
  08000 121700
Adult Social Services
- BMBC
  01226 773300
Other
- 2 week wait help desk
  01226 431536
- 2ww patient transport
  03331300514
- Barnsley CCG Hilder House
  01226 433756
- Continuing Healthcare (CHC)
  01302 566124
- Infection Prevention and Control
  0114 2734004
- Coroners Office / further info
  01226 736031
- IT Help desk
  0114 3051030
- Medicine information service
  01226 432857
- Medicines Management
  01226 433798
- Optical Emergencies BHNFT
  01226 432155
- Public Health- infectious disease reporting
  0113 386 0300
- Screening & Imm Coordinator
  0113 8253415
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- Vague Symptoms - cancer / The Well therauptic services
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- SYB Commissioning for Outcomes ( old clinical thresholds) / Get Fit First
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- IAPT Prescription Pad
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- Abnormal LFT- gastro consultant advice tel-01226436156
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- Food allergy reporting commercial premises
- Iron Deficiency Anaemia
  
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- LUTS pathway
  
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- Autoantibody test interpretation-to refer or not to refer
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- Rotherham MSK Pathways
- Rotherham Red Legs Pathway
  
  Palliative Care
- EPaCCS electronic palliative care system
- palliative care hand over form
- Pallcare referral form
  
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- Hypercalcaemia / Hyperkalaemia
- Hypocalcaemia / Hypokalaemia / Hyponatraemia
- Iron deficiency anaemia
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Prescribing guidelines directory of all prescribing guidelines.

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Top Patient information sheets directory of all patient information sheets

Top Investigation/Referral forms directory of all investigation and referral forms

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Prescribing guidelines

GI: Ranitidine Liquid

GI: Thickeners (APC Approved)

Gold Guidelines for Prescribing and Dispensing (APC approved)

GU: LUTS- Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in Men (APC Approved)

GU: OAB- OverActive Bladder in Women (APC Approved)

GU: Sildenafil- QIPP

GU: Trial of Stopping Your Overactive Bladder Drug Patient Information Leaflet (APC Approved)

Health Visitor Formulary (APC Approved)

Hypomagnesaemia

Iron Deficiency Anaemia Pathway (APC Approved)

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