HNY Policy and Pathway Repository - York

Create and process referral request via Gateway

• Unexplained ulceration in oral cavity or vermillion of lip for >3 weeks
• Unexplained swelling/ lump in oral cavity or vermillion of lip
• Red or red and white patches of oral mucosa
• Unexplained and persistent lump / mass in neck (not thyroid)

If your patient does not meet any of the NICE defined USC criteria please liaise (by phone or Advice and Guidance) with a specialist or send them in as an urgent referral. Please do not annotate USC forms with your own criteria.

Patient awareness

• Confirm that your patient understands that they have been referred onto a “suspected cancer pathway”
• Confirm that your patient has received the information leaflet
• Confirm that your patient is available to attend an appointment within 2 weeks of this referral

• Maxillofacial / head and neck cancer criteria form
• Patient leaflet
   

Referral forms

• EMIS
• SystmOne

GIRFT Best Practice Timed Diagnostic Cancer Pathways
 

Faster diagnostic pathways

Implementing a timed head and neck cancer diagnostic pathway