Sport, Exercise and Musculoskeletal Medicine

From Wednesday 4 May 2022, the RNOH Sport, Exercise and Musculoskeletal Medicine service committed to using ‘PATHPOINT’, an electronic referral and pathway management system, for all Consultant-led referrals from secondary and tertiary care organisations.

General Practitioners should continue to refer to RNOH using the UK Electronic Referral System (ERS)- please see below.

PATHPOINT offers significant benefits to referrers:

• Secure, streamlined, electronic referral forms
• Receive updates and notifications in real time
• Increased visibility of all referrals and triage outcomes

To submit a referral to Rhuematology please access the 'PATHPOINT' link (within your Secure hospital network) and follow the steps below:

1. Register with your personal NHS email address for a PATHPOINT account to manage your referral/s
2. Login to your account with your credentials by clicking the 'PATHPOINT' link
3. Input your referring organisation, and patient PID details
4. Click the drop down list of referral pathway forms and select "Rhuematology" and click "Go to referral form" to launch the form
5. Fill in all fields of the Tertiary Rheumatology Unit referral form and click "Save Rheumatology"

NB: You will receive notification emails to your NHS email account from PATHPOINT from the Sports Medicine Unit​​​​​ with updates about the status of your referral if further information is required. 

To give your feedback, or for any further questions, please email the relevant contact below: 

PATHPOINT Technical Support: support@openmedical.co.uk 

For further information on the PATHPOINT system, please click here

Referrals are accepted from GPs and consultants. If you are a GP referring to the RNOH please use the NHS e-Referral Service system, e-RS. 

Dr Rick Seah: Sports injuries, Musculoskeletal injuries, Exercise-induced leg pain, Paediatric & Adolescent SEM, Dance medicine, Bone stress injuries.