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  • Referrals for specialist care

    You're entitled to ask for a referral f or specialist treatment on the NHS. But whether you'll get the referral depends on what the GP feels is clinically necessary in your case.

  • Book an appointment using the NHS e-Referral Service

    Find out about the NHS e-Referral Service, including how to book an appointment online, when you're referred by a GP or other referrer to see a specialist, and choosing your hospital or clinic.

  • Video consultations

    A video consultation is where you speak to a doctor or healthcare professional using the video camera in your smartphone, tablet or computer.

  • A guide to NHS services

    Find information about NHS services and how they can help the armed forces community, including GP surgeries, dental care and waiting lists.

  • How to help someone with eating disorder

    Read about what to do if a friend or relative has an eating disorder, what the treatment involves, and how you can support them.

  • Where to give birth: the options

    Find out about your options for where to give birth: at home, in hospital or at a midwife-led (midwifery) unit. Learn more about which pain relief methods will be available.

  • Special care: ill or premature babies

    Find out about the special care given to babies born early (prematurely) or those who are sick, jaundiced or born with a disability.

  • Outpatients and day patients

    Find out what happens before, during and after your outpatient appointment and how you should prepare.

  • Mental Health Act

    In most cases when people are treated in hospital or another mental health facility, they have agreed or volunteered to be there. But there are cases when a person can be detained, also known as sectioned, under the Mental Health Act (1983) and treated without their agreement.

  • What happens during female sterilisation

    Find out how female sterilisation is done as keyhole surgery in hospital.