Referral criteria

Internal referral criteria (St George’s Neurodevelopmental Paediatrician only):

• Internal referrals only accepted from a neurodevelopmental paediatrician at St George’s NHS Foundation Trust
• Child has a GP in Wandsworth
• Child is aged under 8 years old
• The child has had a developmental assessment and it is clinically decided that further exploration of their social communication and interaction differences is needed
• Consent form signed and must be submitted with referral

Referrals to be sent to cdcreferrals@stgeorges.nhs.uk, tel: 020 8725 1896

External referral criteria (referral from all other professionals):

• Referrals only accepted from professionals involved with child (school SENCO, GP, Health Visitor & NHS Therapists, private paediatricians)
• Child has a GP in Wandsworth
• Child is aged:
  • 0 up to their 8^thbirthday who has had a paediatric neurodevelopmental assessment by a paediatric community or neurodevelopmental doctor (e.g. different borough)
  • 5 years to their 8^thbirthday (exclude children with unexplored developmental difficulties/delay and/or current therapy input)
• Child is presenting with social communication and interaction differences
• The following forms must be completed and submitted with the referral:
  • Referral form for health care professionals directly to the SCD pathway
  • Parental questionnaire 
  • School questionnaire:
    • Child under 5 years old
    • Child aged 5 to 8 years old 

Referrals to be sent to cdcreferrals@stgeorges.nhs.uk, tel: 020 8725 1896

Re-referral criteria

• Re-referrals are only accepted from professionals involved with child (school SENCO, GP, Health Visitor & NHS Therapists, private paediatricians)
• Child has a GP in Wandsworth
• Any child up to their 8^thbirthday who has been referred to the service previously (through either internal or external criteria).
• The following forms must been completed and should be submitted with the referral :
  • Re-referral form for health care professionals directly to the SCD pathway
  • Parental questionnaire 
  • School questionnaire:
    • Child under 5 years old
    • Child aged 5 to 8 years old 
  • SRS 2 online forms (the links will have already be sent to the family & school at initial referral)

The re-referral criteria includes the following categories:

• Children referred previously, whose parents/school did not return forms in time (these must be completed before the re-referral is completed)
• Children who were referred, considered at Triage and discharged, but have a cause to be re-referred.
• Children who were referred, had assessment and did not meet the threshold for diagnosis, but have a cause to be re-referred.

Referrals to be sent to  cdcreferrals@stgeorges.nhs.uk, tel: 020 8725 1896