Important: How to submit a referral
Non-e-RS referrals
In line with NHS England's Digital First approach, we encourage all external non-e-RS referrals to be submitted digitally.
Digital referrals help reduce delays, improve traceability, minimise the risk of lost or incomplete information, and support safer patient care.
Please submit referrals by email to gstt.asthma.allergy.admin-rbh@nhs.net. For the joint food allergy/gastroenterology clinic, please submit referrals to gstt.bhopnewrf@nhs.net.
We will continue to accept paper referrals where necessary. However, referrers will be advised to use digital referral methods in future.
General allergy clinics – Royal Brompton Hospital
Run by Dr Guy Scadding all day Wednesday.
Who should be referred
The general allergy clinics are suitable for patients with all types of suspected allergic disease.
Test and treatments available:
- Skin prick testing
- Lung function testing
- Specific immunoglobulin E (IgE) testing
- Evaluation for suitability for immunotherapy
Making a referral
Referrals can be made through e-referral (e-RS) or by letter to Dr Guy Scadding.
Joint medical/surgical clinic – Royal Brompton Hospital
Joint clinic run by Dr Guy Scadding, Professor Stephen Durham and Hesham Saleh (ear, nose and throat surgeon from Charing Cross Hospital) on a Tuesday morning.
Who should be referred
This clinic is suitable for patients with allergic diseases, which affect the nose, sinuses or upper airway.
Test and treatments available:
- Nasal challenge
- Flexible and rigid endoscopy
- Skin prick testing
- Sinus CT scanning
- Endoscopic sinus surgery and diagnostic biopsy (at Charing Cross Hospital)
Making a referral
Referrals can be made through e-referral (e-RS) or by letter to Dr Guy Scadding.
Food allergy clinics – Royal Brompton Hospital
Led by Dr Guy Scadding (Monday afternoon) and Dr Isabel Skypala (Wednesday morning and afternoon).
Who should be referred
The clinics are suitable for patients with all types of suspected food allergy.
Test and treatments available:
Making a referral
Referrals can be made through e-referral (e-RS) or by letter to Dr Scadding or Dr Skypala.
Joint food allergy/gastroenterology clinic – Royal Brompton Hospital
Led by Dr Kinesh Patel, consultant gastroenterologist, and Dr Isabel Skypala. The clinic is held on the first Wednesday morning of the month.
Who should be referred
The joint clinic is suitable for patients with all types of suspected food allergy, whose symptoms are predominantly gastrointestinal.
Test and treatments available
- Skin prick testing
- Specific immunoglobulin E (IgE) testing
- Access to further specialist testing as required
Making a referral
Referrals can be made through e-referral (e-RS) or by letter to Dr Isabel Skypala.
Specialist diagnostic tests and treatments
- Skin prick testing with foods – this can identify food allergies not always identified by conventional testing
- Molecular allergy diagnosis and detailed knowledge of molecular allergy testing – testing for individual food and aeroallergens, which advances the diagnosis of food allergy
- Food challenge testing – takes place on the day-case unit and provides open and blinded oral food challenges carried out in accordance with international guidelines on best practice
- Drug challenge testing – takes place on the day-case unit and consists of skin prick and intradermal testing followed by oral challenge as indicated
- Immunotherapy services
Contact
Patient pathway coordinator, allergy team
Royal Brompton Hospital
Fulham wing/South block
Fulham Road
SW3 6HP
Phone: 0330 128 8043