How to refer

CircleBath referrals: 0808 188 1888

GPs may refer private patients to CircleBath by any of these methods:

By telephone on 0808 188 1888 or (01761) 422288
(please send a letter within 24 hours)

By fax on (01761) 422223

By Email to enquiries@circlebath.co.uk
(not suitable for sensitive medical information)

By post to:
Bath Consultants Referral Service
CircleBath, Foxcote Avenue
Peasedown St John Bath BA2 8SF

For further details, see our Referrer's Guide (7Mb PDF).

NHS patients

GPs may refer NHS patients via Choose and Book. The following specialities are available (except some conditions):

Cardiology; ENT; General Surgery; Gynaecology; MRI; Ophthalmology; Orthopaedics; Plastic Surgery; Rheumatology; Urology; Vascular

CircleBath welcomes all requests for consultation as most patients can be treated, except where full ITU facilities are required on-site. If you are unsure about the suitability of your patient to undergo surgery, please call our referral line on 0808 188 1888.

The following categories of patients are currently unsuitable to be referred to CircleBath:

- Under 3 years of age
- Clinical emergencies

Generally speaking, for surgical patients we follow the ASA classification of anaesthetic risk:

- ASA Grade 1: a normal healthy patient
- ASA Grade 2: a patient with mild systemic disease
- ASA Grade 3: a patient with severe systemic disease, and functional limitation

A rule of thumb is that patients that can climb 2 flights of stairs without shortness of breath or chest pain are classified as ASA 1, or ASA 2 if they have co-existing mild systemic disease. We will undertake surgery on a significant proportion of
those patients who are ASA 3, but unless they are having minor surgery or procedures under local anaesthetic, they will need pre-assessment by one of our anaesthetists.