Doctor: Consultant Psychiatrist, Dr Samir Shah, samir.shah@nelft.nhs.uk

Lead person(s) for enquiries:
Tina Luckie - Team Manager Maxine.christian@nelft.nhs.uk
Wazir Khan - Memory Service Clinical Lead wazir.khan@nelft.nhs.uk
Tel: 0300 555 1270
(Please ensure patient identifiable information is password protected)

Referrals

GP Referrals (EMIS Practices)

If you are a GP using EMIS, please submit all new routine referrals to this service via Elemental. This is now the standard referral route into NELFT for EMIS practices and replaces the previous email-based process.

Urgent referrals: If you need to make an urgent referral, please continue to use the existing urgent referral pathways and contact the service directly where required. Elemental should not be used for urgent referrals.

This change applies to GP practices using EMIS. Alternative referral routes remain available for practices using other clinical systems.

Other referrals will be accepted via SPA by e-mailing to WF.memoryservice@nelft.nhs.uk. Ideally, referrals need to come through the GP to exclude/treat physical causes for presenting problems (Tel: 0300 300 1570).

• Criteria: Any person aged 18 or over, resident in Waltham Forest, with dementia or suspected of having dementia.
• Exclusions: None
• Test results required at referral: If suspected dementia, please complete dementia blood screening and midstream urine (MSU).