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Acute Oncology Guidelines
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Need to speak to the Clinical Team?
| Requirement | Action |
| Now | 07798774842 to on call team who will triage and escalate to team or on call SpR |
| Within 24 hours | Call 07798774842 and on call team will triage and send email to team, provide team bleep number |
| To pass on information | Email oncalloncreg@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk and on call team will email appropriate team |
| New cancer diagnosis | If you wish to discuss current clinical management call 07798774842 and speak to on call team If you wish to refer to MDM, please go to the Referral and Diagnostic Pathway for New Patients and South East Scotland Cancer Referral Guidelines |
If your call is out of hours and you fail to get an answer call switchboard on 0131 537 1000 and ask for the on call SpR for Oncology
St John's
At St John’s Hospital there is an onsite Acute Oncology Service (AOS) who should be contacted before the team at ECC if your query is between 9am-5pm Monday – Friday.
| Requirement | Action |
| Now/within 24 hrs | Bleep 3060 |
| To pass on urgent/non-urgent queries | Email acuteoncology.sjh@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk) and team will email appropriate team |
If your call is out of hours or at the weekend, please contact switch board on 0131 537 1000 and ask for the oncology SpR on call.
If you fail to receive a response from the AOS at St John’s please call the team at ECC on 07798774842 or contact switch board on 0131 537 1000 and ask for the oncology SpR on call.