NHS Improvement 18 August 2017 updated 24 January 2019
- The purpose of this policy is to ensure all patients requiring access to outpatient appointments, diagnostics and elective inpatient or day-case treatment are managed in line with national waiting time standards and the NHS Constitution.
- Includes general principles, pathway-specific principles referral to treatment and diagnostic pathways (including, Consultant to consultant referrals, Clinical assessment and triage services (CATS) and referral management centres (RMCs)) and Cancer pathways.
