Waiting Times

Following a referral to a hospital speciality, or for diagnostic imaging, you can find out more about the likely wait for your appointment at NHS Inform.

You can also search for current waiting times for particular departments at Public Health Scotland.

The contact numbers for referral management co-ordinators are available in pdf format via the button below, this will open in a new tab.

Referral Management Contact Information

If, and only if, you have contacted the Secondary Care team on whom you wait, and have been advised to get your referral urgency upgraded, please use the form below to give us details. This should allow us to plead your case for you, though we can make no guarantees on their behalf.

Hospital Expedite

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How did you contact the relevant department?(Required)
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Dear hospital department,

The above named patient has informed us that they have been in touch with your department, asking to expedite their appointment. They were advised to ask us to assist in the process. Accordingly, we have asked them to indicate the reason for the expediting from the following:

Same problem getting actively worse

Waiting too long for the appointment

A change in circumstances perceived to affect the urgency.

You will see their reason and some explanatory information in their own words below. We trust this honours your department's assertion that the supply of more information may result in a sooner appointment. If this is not the case, please communicate your reasoning directly to the patient, as is their right to expect.

Please note, we only initiate this process if a member of your team has indicated that correspondence further to the initial referral might expedite the patient's appointment.

Please choose your reason to request expediting of your appointment:(Required)
Many thanks for completing this information. We will forward it to the relevant hospital department. They will communicate with you directly if there is a problem with your request.