About the service user


Reason for referral

Please tell us the reason and expectations for referral and any significant medical factors.

Please explain which of the following eligibility criteria the patient meets. The patient should have an associated cognitive behavioural or psychiatric disorder.

  • Parkinson’s Disease 
  • Huntington’s Disease
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Epilepsy & Non-Epileptic Seizures 
  • Head injury (chronic)
  • Brain lesions
  • Encephalitis
  • SLE
  • Tourette syndrome
  • Stroke
  • Early onset dementia (with complex needs)
  • COVID 19 associated cognitive impairment

Please note we do not routinely see patients whose primary problem is:

  • Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
  • Chronic Pain/Fibromyalgia
  • Personality Disorder
  • Complex behavioural problems
  • Non-neurological somatoform conditions
  • Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
  • Chronic Insomnia
  • Long term consequences of traumatic brain injury  

Please include details of the following:

  • Contentious legal issues
  • Safeguarding concerns

It would also be helpful if you could include information such as:

  • Does the carer need support?
  • Has the GP discussed provisional diagnosis?
  • Significant events in last year e.g. death/retirement/ mood/life events.

Your patient


Next of kin (carer)


Investigations

For new referrals (for investigation and assessment), please could you kindly confirm the bloods listed below have been completed recently and indicate which memory screening tools have been used, along with any additional information (e.g. scores).

Bloods

Memory screening


Risks

We are grateful for any additional information on potential risks or concerns regarding this referral such as:

  • violence and aggression
  • difficulty with engagement
  • significant self-neglect
  • safeguarding concerns
  • complex family dynamics
  • marked deterioration
  • falls
  • self-harm/suicidal ideation  

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