Referrals to Adult services

Who can refer?

We accept referrals from General Practitioners, Consultants, or other healthcare professionals in consultation with a patient’s Doctor.

Adult patients from Newcastle, North Tyneside, Northumberland and Gateshead can be referred to us.

Our core palliative services include: an inpatient service, day hospice, outpatient consultant clinics, complementary therapy, ‘Positive Steps’, cognitive behavioural therapy, acupuncture, hypnotherapy and lymphoedema management.

We also provide a Lymphoedema Service to non-palliative care patients.

How to refer

Referrals can be made by telephone, post or email.

Emergency referrals onto our inpatient unit will be discussed by the Nurse-in-Charge and senior member of our medical team and a decision communicated back to the referrer within one hour.

By Telephone

For telephone referrals, please call 0191 285 0063.

Telephone referrals will normally be received by the Medical Secretaries.

By Email

Download our Joint Hospice referral form, Focus on Living referral form or our Lymphoedema Service referral form and email referral form to: necne.referrals@nhs.net

By Post

Download referral forms via links above and post to:

St Oswald’s Hospice
Regent Avenue
Gosforth
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE3 1EE