Out of area specialist services

Process for Out of Area Specialist Referrals

Patients requiring an opinion and/or treatment by restorative, prosthodontic, periodontal, special care or paediatric, dental consultant or specialist not available in NHS Borders:

Please refer via Public Dental Service on SCI-Gateway using exception criteria; add a brief description in comment box. These patients will be onward referred out of area by referrals hub team on behalf of NHS Borders Commissioning Team

Who to refer, who not to refer, how to refer

Please adhere to the relevant NHS Lothian referral guidance.

Restorative Dentistry Restorative Dentistry – RefHelp

Peadiatric Dentistry Dentistry Routine – RefHelp

Special Care Dentistry Special Care Dentistry – RefHelp

Patients with lesions in their mouth considered ‘urgent suspicion of cancer’. Referral should be made directly to the Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery service at St John’s Hospital using the specific SCI Gateway.

Out of area specialist services

Process for Out of Area Specialist Referrals

Who to refer, who not to refer, how to refer

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