Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Referral Methods
- Self Referral
- Service user contacts the service for help
- They could call the dentist and ask for an appointment
- Third Party
- Family member, neighbour
or friend makes an
appointment on behalf of the
service user
- For example a daughter could make an
enquiry to a day centre for her elderly
mother
- Professional Referal
- The service user accesses a service via a
professional
- A doctor may refer one
of his patients to a
physiotherapist
- Emergency Referal
- A service user is brought to a
service by ambulance or police
- Eg Falling in your home
- Recall
- Service user is given follow-up appointments
- Dentist
- Compulsory Referall
- Service user is sectioned or detained under the mental health act because
they are considered a danger to themselves or others
- Someone with dementia