How to chase a hospital appointment or referral

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Sometimes you may get referred for an appointment with a service based at a hospital or other provider. This is called ‘being referred‘ and is usually done through an electronic system called the NHS E-Referral service (previously called Choose and Book).

If you need to chase the status of your referral to another service, or if you have any questions for the service you have been referred to, you should contact them directly. The two most common services that we refer to are: University Hospital in Coventry (also known as ‘UHCW’ and formerly known as ‘Walsgrave Hospital) and George Eliot Hospital in Nuneaton. They can be reached as follows:

University Hospital (UHCW) booking phone number: 0800 252 060

George Eliot Hospital outpatient booking phone number: 02476 865050 or via the ‘Contact us‘ page on their website.