Send an Electronic Referral Letter on Behalf of Your GP by Admin Staff

To write a referral letter, the GP must have completed an appointment request, but may not have made a booking of date and time. The GP should write the referral letter or they may have dictated the referral letter for a practice administrator to enter on their behalf.

Building the Referral Letter contents

  1. From Consultation Manager, select the patient required.
  2. Select List - Referrals and find the referral item.
  3. Right click on the referral and select Edit.

  4. The Referral - Update screen displays.
  5. You may now create a letter in the usual way, select Letter , select a template and complete the letter. A red tick displays on the Letter button once the letter has been completed.
  6. Select OK.
  7. Drag the newly created letter from the Journal into Accompanying Documents on the Referral Message Digest.
  8. Select Send on RMD to send the referral.