M – Telephone Signposting Toolkit

Mastitis

Face to Face Consultation

Book a red appointment

Medication advice / side effects (not rash)

Follow current protocol

Send a task to the Pharmacist giving all the details the patient gave you.

Confirm to the patient that they will receive a call back as soon as someone has looked into it for them.

Send task to duty clinician if regarding antibiotics, child under 5 years, controlled drugs or patient pregnant.

Medication not available from Pharmacy

New medication: Send a task to the clinician who initiated the medication. If they are not working send task to duty clinician.

Existing medication: Send a medication management request to clinical pharmacy team.

Memory Loss

Face to Face Appointment

Book a green appointment

Menopause

Face to Face Appointment

Book a green appointment with a clinician.

Provide the patient with links below for further reading and information on Menopause:

https://www.menopausematters.co.uk

www.balance-menopause.com

https://patient.info/womens-health/menopause/hormone-replacement-therapy-hrt

Mental Health

Face to Face Appointment

Follow links below to specific problems

Migraine

Face to Face Appointment

Book a green appointment for patients with known migraines who want to discuss ongoing issues/management.

Otherwise follow Headache guidance.

Moles

Face to Face Appointment

New mole reported with no changesGreen appointment

New changes in a mole Amber appointment

Mouth Ulcer

Community Pharmacy or Face To Face Appointment

Send patients to pharmacy for advice and product purchase.

Book a green appointment if OTC products have not helped.

    Muscle Pain

    Musculoskeletal Specialist (over 16s only)

    Book appointment with the Physiotherapist specialist, or signpost to self-referral option.

    If the pain started after recent trauma advise to attend urgent care / A&E.

    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.