Paediatrics: RFL

NCL Wide

Children's services at Royal Free London (RFL) provides a wide range of services from birth to 18 years of age, at various trust sites. 


How to Refer

For more detailed referral information for all RFL children's services, see the entries forĀ individual children's servicesĀ on the trust's website (see Resources)

Urgent referrals Royal Free Hospital

For very urgent assessment of an acutely ill child at the Royal Free Hospital (RFH), either on the same day or the following day, contact the consultant paediatrician using the number above (bleep 1000). Once confirmed, email the referral to rf-tr.paedsurc@nhs.net

Please note: If you have not discussed the referral with the consultant paediatrician and an appointment has not been confirmed, your referral will not be accepted.

 

Urgent referrals North Middlesex University Hospital

Contact the paediatrics consultant hotline (Monday to Sunday, 9am–9pm).

For urgent referrals out-of-hours, call the NMUH switchboard on 020 8887 2000 and bleep 195 for the paediatric registrar.

EMIS form

Referral methods: Email

For tongue-tie referrals, complete the Baby Tongue Tie Referral - RFH form and send to rf-tr.tonguetie@nhs.net

Where to find the form

  • NCL Global Documents > Paediatric

For urgent suspected cancer referrals, see the Urgent Suspected Cancer: Other Tissue Types page.



Review date: Wednesday, 09 June 2027