Rheumatology specialty

Referral Criteria

Category ACategory BCategory C
Local hospital planned care
Refer to MDT for opinion if required
Consider referral to MDT for discussion and adviceRefer 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 LeadsObstetricianMidwifeSpecialist Nurse
UHLJeremy Royle
Shireen Shaffu
Kehinde Sunmboye
Fran Hills
Manjiri Khare
Mandy McCartney
NUHFrances ReesPriya KanagarajRheumatologyNurse
AdviceLine@nuh.nhs.uk
UHDBDevjani Das
CRH
SFHFTAnupriya Annapurni
Jyothi Rajeswary
ULHKavita Agarwal
NGHRachel JefferyAmrita Datta
Kate Jones
KGHMohamed (Wasim) Osman

MDT chairs

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Jeremy Royle Rheumatologist
UHL

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Shireen Shaffu Rheumatologist
UHL

Fran Hills

Fran Hills Obstetrician
UHL

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