Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) Pathway
Condition
Suspected GCA must be discussed with Rheumatology on-call before referral on eRS. The Rapid Access Clinic is restricted, so it needs to go to the Rheumatology General Clinic:
Rheumatology – General – Southampton – UHSFT – RHM
As long as the patient has been discussed with Rheumatology on-call, the referral can be sent to and they will redirect it to their Rapid Access Clinic.
Please see Salisbury’s Guide for more detail (requires an HSCN connection):
Giant Cell Arteritis (microguide.global)
Patients with visual symptoms should be referred directly to Opthalmology by contacting the on call Opthalmologist on bleep 1625
Patients with no visual symptoms should be referred to Rheumatology – email sft.hotjoints-gcareferrals.rheumatology@nhs.net
A GCA referral form should be completed in all instances, which can be found on their GP Portal
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