Contact your local hospital

If your referral request was to your local hospital, you will need to contact them directly.

Ipswich Hospital

Heath Road
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP4 5PD

Website: www.esneft.nhs.uk/ipswich-hospital

Tel: 01473 712233

Alternatively, you can contact the ward or department that you have been referred to directly.

Colchester Hospital

Turner Road
Colchester
Essex
CO4 5JL

Website: www.esneft.nhs.uk/colchester-hospital

Tel: 01206 747474

Alternatively, you can contact the ward or department that you have been referred to directly.

West Suffolk Hospital

Hardwick Lane
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
IP33 2QZ

Website: www.wsh.nhs.uk

Tel: 01284 713000

Alternatively, you can contact the ward or department that you have been referred to directly.

Felixstowe Hospital

Constable Road
Felixstowe
Suffolk
IP11 7HJ

Website: www.esneft.nhs.uk/felixstowe-hospital

Tel: 01394 458820

Alternatively, you can contact the ward or department that you have been referred to directly.

E-Referrals (Urgent or Routine)

When you and your GP agree that you need to see a specialist you will be referred via E-Referral to a hospital of your choice. Your referral will be usually be triaged and graded by the hospital consultants. Your name will then be added to the appropriate waiting list and as clinic slots become available you will be sent an appointment. The waiting times will vary depending on the speciality.

When one of the clinicians from the practice has arranged to refer you to a specialist clinic they will discuss with you whether it is urgent or routine. The clinician will try to give an indication of your expected waiting time but is difficult to be precise about waiting times, as this very much depends on current demand at the hospital and any unforeseen circumstances.

If you need to make enquiries about your wait for an appointment at Ipswich Hospital then please phone the Ipswich Hospital Appointments Centre:

NEW Referrals for a first appointment – 01473 702400
Follow up appointments – 01473 703162

If, after contacting the Hospital Appointments Service, you have further questions please use our Track a Referral form.