HNY Policy and Pathway Repository - York
Urgent Suspected Cancer
Additional information
All referrals for Urgent Suspected Cancer should be made via the RSS using the Gateway referral system
- If administrative or clinical staff require Gateway training please contact the RSS team - hnyicb-voy.rsservice@nhs.net
- The hospital are struggling with Urgent Suspected Cancer referrals in some specialties and we have therefore decided that Urgent Suspect Cancer guidance should be updated to have this message on them:
Referrers: If your patient does not meet any of the NICE defined Urgent Suspected Cancer criteria please liaise (by phone or Advice and Guidance) with a specialist or submit as a standard urgent referral. Please do not annotate USC referrals with your own criteria.
The criteria are chosen regionally by specialists and GPs to help optimise the early diagnosis of cancer. Varying the criteria risks overwhelming clinics and preventing patients who are more likely to have cancer being seen within two weeks.
The criteria are chosen regionally by specialists and GPs to help optimise the early diagnosis of cancer. Varying the criteria risks overwhelming clinics and preventing patients who are more likely to have cancer being seen within two weeks.
- The RSS team have been asked not to accept annotated Urgent Suspected Cancer forms and to ask referrers to follow this guidance.
- We have created a form for each cancer site for use by all practices in Vale of York CCG. This CCG based form should be used for all referrals, regardless of where the patient chooses to be referred to. Please see this short video which is an introduction to the new process.
From July 2021, chest x-ray no longer required as part of RDC referral work up.
Please refer to Gateway for additional referral criteria.
Please refer to Gateway for additional referral criteria.
Breast |
Upd: Jul 2016, Reviewed: 2024 |
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Cancer of Unknown Primary (MUO) |
Pub: Jun 2016, Reviewed: 2024 |
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ENT |
Pub: Jun 2016, Reviewed: 2024 |
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Gynaecology |
Reviewed: 2024 |
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Haematology |
Pub: Jun 2016, Reviewed: 2024 |
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Lower GI / Colorectal |
Reviewed: 2024 |
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Lung |
Pub: Jun 2016, Reviewed: 2024 |
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Malignancy of Lymph Node |
Pub: Jun 2016, Reviewed: 2024 |
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Maxillofacial (Head and Neck) |
Pub: Jun 2016, Reviewed: 2024 |
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Upper GI |
Upd: Dec 2019 |
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Skin* |
Upd: Aug 2019, Reviewed: 2024 |
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Urology |
Upd: Oct 2019, Reviewed: 2024 |
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Non-specific symptoms |
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*Please attach photographs to these referrals