Fast track (Two Week Wait) Referrals
A ‘Two Week Wait’ or 'Fast track' referral is a request from your General Practitioner (GP) to ask the hospital for an urgent appointment to help rule out serious conditions such as cancer.
The referral will usually be sent immediately to the relevant hospital (Usually BRI or Southmead depending on the specialty required). You should be contacted within 5 days of your referral and be assessed by the hospital within 2 weeks (although current pressures in the NHS mean that this wait may be longer in some cases)
The leaflets at the bottom of the page explain the process. If you don't hear from the hospital within 5 days of your referral then please ring the telephone number provided on the relevant leaflet.
The NBT (Southmead) leaflet should be used for the following specialties:
- Breast
- Urology e.g. Bladder, prostate, kidneys
- Neurology e.g. Brain, nerves
The BRI leaflet should be used for the following specialties:
- Skin - please note that there is a different contact number for this specialty to the specialties below.
- Lung
- Lower gastrointestinal e.g. bowel, rectum, anus
- Upper gastrointestinal e.g. stomach, oesophagus, pancreas
- Head and neck e.g throat, nose, ears, neck lumps, thyroid, mouth
- Haematology e.g blood cancer, lymphoma, leukaemia, myeloma
- Gynaecology e.g. uterus, ovary, cervix
NHS app users: please be aware that a dummy appointment may be sent to you initially (this may oftern appear to be at an odd time sucha as in the middle of the night!). This will be subsequently be cancelled, and you will be contacted directly to book a real appointment.