Gastroenteritis
Community Pharmacy or Face to Face Consultation
Send patients to pharmacy for advice and product purchase.
If this has been tried but symptoms are ongoing book a green face to face appointment within a week.
Book an amber appointment for patients over 60 years with a new change in bowel habit that is not resolving within a couple of weeks
Book a red face to face appointment for those:
- With severe symptoms and cant keep fluids down
- With symptoms of severe dehydration (confusion, passing little or no urine)
- Bloody diarrhoea/rectal bleeding
- High fever
- Associated severe abdominal pain
- High fever
Genital Herpes & Warts
Redirect
Give the patient the details of the local Sexual Health Clinic.
Golfers Elbow
Musculoskeletal Specialist (over 16s only)
Book appointment with the MSK specialist, or signpost to self-referral option.
If the pain started after recent trauma advise to attend urgent care / A&E.
If patient is under 16 years please book a telephone consult with a clinician
Care
If the patient is not coping with current pain levels and/or there are ‘medical’ causes for the pain or if they are under 16 years of age book an amber face to face appointment with a clinician.
Book a red day face to face appointment if there is a possible infected joint (i.e. sudden severe joint pain, feverish, new red hot swollen joint).
Ensure there are no other ‘medical’ causes for the pain: If there are then book a consultation with a clinician instead.
Gout
Face to Face Consultation
Book red appointment