For patients who are inpatients at another hospital or in emergency departments.

You must complete both of the following:

  • Contact the neurosurgical on-call specialist registrar on 020 3456 7890 bleep 8100 (24 hours a day 7 days a week)
  • Refer the patient via the “refer a patient” online portal: www.referapatient.org/

Please note:

If the bleep holder is in theatre, the bleep will be passed on to the on-call senior nurse or SHO. This is a 24 hour service throughout the week and weekends.

This verbal referral is then supplemented by a referral via “refer a patient”. This is an online referral portal, which allows for two way email conversation between referrer and SpR recipient. The referral is supported by a secure NHS cloud storage system.

University College Hospital
Urgent Cancer Referrals (2WW)
2nd floor North
250 Euston Road
London, NW1 2PG

Telephone: 020 3447 9599
Fax: 020 3447 9932
E-mail: uclh.2ww@nhs.net

NHS e-Referral Service (formerly Choose and Book referrals) : Urgent cancer referrals for UCLH are available on choose and book (search for 2ww).

If you would like to be seen by the Brain Tumour Service at UCLH or you would like a second opinion you will need your treating team to refer you to our service with full clinical details and copies of previous scans.