Refer a patient to the Paediatric Cardiology department

This page includes information about how to refer a patient to the Cardiology department at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH).

You will find the referral forms at the bottom of this page.

Refer by email

To refer a patient by email, please email the completed referral form to the ‘referred to’ consultant (if known).

Referrals without a named consultant should be sent to: Cardiology.Hotdesk@gosh.nhs.uk

Refer by letter

To refer a patient by letter, please address the completed referral form to a named consultant or team. We suggest that referrals by letter are preceded by a telephone conversation.

The address for referrals is:

(Named cardiologists),

Cardiology department

Great Ormond Street Hospital

Great Ormond Street

London

WC1N 3JH

Referrals without a named consultant will be allocated to the most appropriate consultant.

To refer a patient to a specific clinic, please contact the clinic’s administrator in the first instance.

Call the switchboard on 0207 405 9200, then enter the appropriate extension:

• Marfan's syndrome – extension 8839
• Chanelopathies (Long QT syndrome and Brugada) – extension 8839
• Heart muscle diseases – extension 8563
• Heart failure – extension 6704

If the patient is eligible for NHS treatment, please contact the cardiology on-call registrar to discuss the case.

Telephone: 0207 405 9200

Where possible, please complete the referral form first, then call. Remember to note the name of the registrar you speak to.

Once form is completed, please return it to: gos-tr.paedcardreferral@nhs.net

Any ECGs and CXR should be sent as separate email attachments.

Please note: referrals that are not accompanied with a phone call to the cardiology on-call registrar will be rejected.

If the patient is eligible for NHS treatment, please contact cardiology on-call registrar via switch board to discuss the case.

Telephone: 0207 405 9200

Remember to note the name of the registrar you speak to.

Please follow this up immediately with a completed GOSH PDA referral form. You can find this form below. It should be addressed to the named doctor with whom you had your discussion.

Once form is completed, please return it to: gos-tr.paedcardreferral@nhs.net

Any ECGs and CXR should be sent as separate email attachments.

Please send echocardiograms of the patient using the Image Exchange Portal.

All referrals will be peer-reviewed and if accepted, the cardiac booking office will be in contact regarding the timing of transfer of the patient.

Please note: referrals sent without prior discussion or not sent to a named doctor will be rejected.

Overseas and private patients should contact the overseas visitor's team through this contact form.

Reference: 0226WAD0056