Headache (neurology)

Referrals

GP referrals

All NHS GP referrals must be submitted using the NHS e-Referral Service (e-RS). Referrals sent by email or post from NHS GPs will not be processed.

Making a referral

We only accept new GP referrals from

  • Lambeth
  • Southwark
  • Lewisham
  • Bromley
  • Bexley
  • Greenwich, including practices in Battersea and south Westminster

We accept tertiary referrals from all areas.

Please send referrals by email or using the NHS e-Referral Service (e-RS).

For MRI brain imaging for chronic headache, GPs have direct access through the TOHETI pathway.

Urgent referrals

For urgent cluster headache referrals, please email us.

Last updated: October 2023

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