PLEASE NOTE:  Once a GP has referred a patient, the Medical Centre is not informed of their hospital appointment date/time. 

Therefore, please do not contact the Medical Centre to discuss your hospital appointment. 

If you have a query regarding a hospital referral appointment, please contact the relevant numbers below.

Referral Support Team Chichester – 01903 708670 (11-4pm)

QA Hospital, Portsmouth Outpatient Booking Team – 02392 681700  

Western Sussex Hospitals Outpatient Booking Team (SRH, Worthing Hospitals, Southlands) – 01273 446067 

Cancer Referrals (2 week rule) – 01903 205111 ext. 85613

Community Mental Health Liaison Service (CAMHS) - 0300 304 0304

ENT St Richard's Hospital - 01243 831548

ENT QA Hospital - 02392 286000 ext.4045

Radiology - 01243 788122 ext 31781

Referral Equiries Email address: uhsussex.outpatientappointments@nhs.net

From October 1, the two-week wait standard will be removed and instead patients can be told to expect a cancer diagnosis or rule-out of cancer within 28 days of being referred from their GP or cancer screening programme.

This is an improvement on the current standard in which patients are told they will see a specialist within 14 days, with no measurement of when test results or diagnoses will be communicated.

It is important to attend the first appointment they are given (which may be for an investigation or via telephone).

Patient information for urgent suspected cancer referrals