Referral Guidelines for Suspected Cancer
The aim of these guidelines is to facilitate appropriate referral between primary and
secondary care for patients whom a GP suspects may have cancer. The guidelines should help GPs
to identify those patients who are most likely to have cancer and who therefore require urgent
assessment by a specialist. Equally it is hoped that the guidelines will help GPs to identify
patients who are unlikely to have cancer and who may appropriately be observed in a primary
care setting or who may require non-urgent referral to a hospital. The site contains full text
of several Department of Health documents relating to referral in PDF format.
Page contains guidance on downloading PDF files but note that some
of the documents are available onscreen on our referring page.
References:
Harvard,
Vancouver.
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