{"id":2578,"date":"2024-03-04T13:30:13","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T13:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalfirstgp.com\/base-gp-practice\/Resources\/two-week-wait-referrals\/"},"modified":"2024-03-04T13:30:27","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T13:30:27","slug":"two-week-wait-referrals","status":"publish","type":"resources","link":"https:\/\/digitalfirstgp.com\/base-gp-practice\/Resources\/two-week-wait-referrals\/","title":{"rendered":"Fast-Track Suspected Cancer Referrals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fast-Track Suspected Cancer Referrals<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>A fast-track referral means you will be offered an appointment within 28 days of your GP&#8217;s referral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why am I being urgently referred?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Your GP feels that you have symptoms that require investigation by a hospital specialist as soon as possible. This is so that your illness can be diagnosed and treated quickly and effectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Whilst this does include the possibility of cancer, the majority of people referred in this way do not have cancer. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The signs and symptoms you have may be caused by a number of common conditions but it is important that the hospital knows about your GP\u2019s concerns in order to fully investigate your condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is important to remember that even though you are being referred urgently, this DOES NOT necessarily mean that you have cancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fast-Track Referrals: British Sign Language Video<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WhOTuFzKbO8\" title=\"Fast Track Referrals British Sign Language film\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/northerncanceralliance.nhs.uk\/pathway\/early-diagnosis\/supporting-primary-care\/patient-information-leaflets\/\">Northern Cancer Alliance<\/a> for more about fast-track referrals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fast-Track Suspected Cancer Referrals A fast-track referral means you will be offered an appointment within 28 days of your GP&#8217;s referral. Why am I being urgently referred? Your GP feels that you have symptoms that require investigation by a hospital specialist as soon as possible. This is so that your illness can be diagnosed and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalfirstgp.com\/base-gp-practice\/Resources\/two-week-wait-referrals\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2758,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"resourcetype":[353],"resourcecategory":[315],"class_list":["post-2578","resources","type-resources","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","resourcetype-treatment","resourcecategory-nhs-services"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-11 10:52:26","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"resourcetype","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalfirstgp.com\/base-gp-practice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resources\/2578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalfirstgp.com\/base-gp-practice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resources"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalfirstgp.com\/base-gp-practice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/resources"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalfirstgp.com\/base-gp-practice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalfirstgp.com\/base-gp-practice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2578"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/digitalfirstgp.com\/base-gp-practice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resources\/2578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2780,"href":"https:\/\/digitalfirstgp.com\/base-gp-practice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resources\/2578\/revisions\/2780"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalfirstgp.com\/base-gp-practice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalfirstgp.com\/base-gp-practice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"resourcetype","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalfirstgp.com\/base-gp-practice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resourcetype?post=2578"},{"taxonomy":"resourcecategory","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalfirstgp.com\/base-gp-practice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resourcecategory?post=2578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}