OCCG Weekly Bulletin
Wednesday7 September 2016
Included in this bulletin:
- Two Week Wait Referrals
- Obstetric Input for High Risk Patients
- Tips on Using E Referrals
- Lyme Disease inthe UK
- Update on Anti-Coagulation in Oxfordshire – Evening Meeting 21 September
- FREE Alcohol & Smoking Training – How to Deliver Identification and Brief Advice (IBA)
- Oxford Health Eating Disorder Service Launch Event for Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
- Contact Details for Specialist Learning Disabilities Services
- Healthcare Transformation Website
Information for Practices
Two Week Wait Referrals:
Please note all referrals to the Two Week Wait Bureau should be sent via email to
as the fax machine is being phased out. This email address is contained on all the Two Week Wait proformas for suspected cancers and the proforma for the Rapid Access Chest Pain Clinic.
The following specialties are exceptions and have 2WW services on the E-Referral Service which require electronic attachments:
- Breast 2WW suspected and non-suspected cancer referrals
- Dermatology 2WW referrals
- Endocrine Surgery 2WW referrals
Obstetric Input for High Risk Patients:
Please note GPs should refer any high risk patient who requires further obstetric input during their pregnancy using the new email address: This email is frequently checked.
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Tips on using E referrals:
Practices may wish to tag emails with attached Two Week referrals to ensure automatic receipts for email arriving and also that the email has been read. This will create an audit trail.
Brief instructionsattached here
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Lyme Disease in the UK:
Please see attachedseasonal brief update on Lyme disease from Public Health England. This includes links to symptom and referral information for clinicians.
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Update on Anti-Coagulation in Oxfordshire – Evening Meeting 21 September:
This meeting for GPs and Community Pharmacists aims to: answer questions about modern management of Venous Thromboembolism and Non-Valvular Atrial Fibrillation; increase GP understanding of NOACs; and use to good effect ‘Time in Therapeutic Range’ (TTR) for Warfarin patients.
The meeting will be held in Cowley, Oxford on Wednesday, 21 September 2016 at 6.30pm. Please see attached flyer
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FREE Alcohol & Smoking Training – How to Deliver Identification and Brief Advice (IBA):
Free alcohol & smoking training for health professionals or any front line roles in contact with people! How to deliver Identification and Brief Advice (IBA):
- Friday 16 September 2016 @ 12.30pm, Banbury Town Hall, Banbury
- Friday 21 October 2016 @ 9.30am, County Hall, Oxford
- Wednesday 23 November 2016 @ 9.30am, Didcot Civic Hall, Didcot
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Oxford Health Eating Disorder Service Launch Event for Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire:
Oxford Health invite all professionals who work with children and young people to the eating disorder service launch on Wednesday 12 October 2016. For more information and booking details please click here
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Contact Details for Specialist Learning Disabilities Services:
As you will be aware, Southern Health will be closing the Ridgeway Centre in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire from September 2016. No new admissions are being accepted. Pleaseclick herefor more information.
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Healthcare Transformation Website:
Oxfordshire’s Healthcare Transformation Programme website site carries the latest information and updates about the healthcare transformation programme, including opportunities for patients, carers and the wider public to get involved and have their say in shaping the way services are delivered in Oxfordshire in the future.
You can access the site here. You can find documents on the site outlining the case for change to patients, the public and NHS staff.
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