Referral Criteria
| Category A | Category B | Category C |
|---|---|---|
| Local hospital planned care Refer to MDT for opinion if required | Consider referral to MDT for discussion and advice | Refer to MDT Consider transfer of Care |
| • Any other rheumatological condition not in 2 or 3 | • Any Connective Tissue Disease on DMARD or biologic therapy except if only on hydroxychloroquine • Any Connective Tissue Disease with extra-articular manifestations involving heart or kidneys • SLE with cerebral, renal or cardiac involvement • Any vasculitis • Any rheumatological condition or connective tissue disease with plans to continue biologics into third trimester • Behçets on DMARDs | • Systemic sclerosis • Any Connective Tissue Disease with Lung involvement • Ehlers Danlos type VI (vascular type) |
Make or Retrieve a Referral
East Midlands Rheumatology Leads
| Rheumatology Leads | Obstetrician | Midwife | Specialist Nurse | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UHL | Jeremy Royle Shireen Shaffu Kehinde Sunmboye | Fran Hills Manjiri Khare | Mandy McCartney | |
| NUH | Frances Rees | Priya Kanagaraj | RheumatologyNurse AdviceLine@nuh.nhs.uk |
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| UHDB | Devjani Das | |||
| CRH | ||||
| SFHFT | Anupriya Annapurni Jyothi Rajeswary | |||
| ULH | Kavita Agarwal | |||
| NGH | Rachel Jeffery | Amrita Datta Kate Jones | ||
| KGH | Mohamed (Wasim) Osman |
MDT chairs
Jeremy Royle Rheumatologist
UHL
Shireen Shaffu Rheumatologist
UHL
Fran Hills Obstetrician
UHL