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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
Admissions/Advice
- 2 week wait help desk
  01226 432000
- A&E
  01226 432371
- Ambulance Control
  01709 828829
- AMAC
  01226 431345
- Cancer Nurse Specialists
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- Children's Assessment Unit
  01226 432664
- Community MSK Service
  01226 644858
- COPD BREATHE Service
  01226 431381
  01226 431673
- 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
- Rheumatology advice
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- Right Care
  01226 431333
- Spectrum: Genitourinary Medicine
  08000556442
Laboratories/Radiology
- 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
- Diabetes/Heart Failure/ Parkinsons Nurses
  01226 645180
- District Nurses/Community Matrons
  01226 644575
- Health Visitors/School Nurses
  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
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
  01226 787416
- Screening & Imm Coordinator
  0113 8253415
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- Phlebotomy - hospital service
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- Vague Symptoms - cancer / The Well therauptic services
- 2ww referral criteria / patient 2ww letter
- Advice and Guidance from Barnsley Hospital
- AMAC Acute Medical Assessment Clinic- Suitable referrals
- Change 4 Life
- Coroner's office and referral from
- DNACPR form
- Exercise- Health Referral Scheme- information / referral form/inclusion criteria
- My Best Life
- Optometry First
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- SAFE GUARDING ADULT/CHILDREN
- SYB Commissioning for Outcomes ( old clinical thresholds) / Get Fit First
- X ray patient info sheet
- Rotherham Paediatric pathways
  
  CNS/Mental health
- Headache/ Brain Imaging criteria
- IAPT Prescription Pad
- MHAT-workshops / Mental Health Referrals
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME blood tests
- TIA clinic- Urgent
- TADS- therapy for anxiety and depression in children
- Umbrella MH/LD
  
  ENT
- BPPV referral
- Deafness/ Hearing loss
- ENT Management / Referral guidelines
- Tinnitus referral
  
  Respiratory
- COPD
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Cardiovascular
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- Abnormal LFT- gastro consultant advice tel-01226436156
- Dyspepsia
- Food allergy reporting commercial premises
  
  Renal
- LUTS pathway
  
  MSK/Dermatology
- Autoantibody test interpretation-to refer or not to refer
- Dermatology Quality of Life Index
- DXA (DEXA) Bone scan
- Giant Cell Arteritis/Temporal Arteritis Pathway
- Polymyalgia Rheumatica Pathway
- MSK Community Service
- Monoarthritis
- 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
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Top diagnostic tools directory of all diagnostic tools.

Prescribing guidelines directory of all prescribing guidelines.

Most popular

Eyes/ENT

Respiratory

Cardiovascular

Gastro

Urology/ Gynae

MSK

Pain/Palliative Care

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

GU: LUTS- Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in Men

GU: OAB- Over Active Bladder in Women (APC Approved)

GU: Sildenafil- QIPP

Health Visitor Formulary (APC Approved)

Hypomagnesaemia

Items which should not be routinely prescribed

MSK: Bisphosphonates - Drug holidays

MSK: Calcium + Vitamin D or VitD choices

MSK: Febuxostat - Gout (APC Approved)

MSK: Fracture Prevention and Osteoporosis

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