GP Urology Referral Guide
A fast referral guide for the specialist conditions and treatments covered on this website. Search the problem in normal clinical or everyday language, check the safety screen, then get the pathway, referral essentials and tests that should not delay referral.
Safety first. This tool deliberately stops routine-referral output when selected features suggest an acute urological emergency. Clinical judgement and local emergency pathways always take priority.
Safety examples ↓What are you referring?
Two short steps. Start with the symptom/problem—not the presumed diagnosis or operation.
01 · Referral problem
Search the presentation
Use medical terminology or the phrase you would naturally type: “no sperm”, “kidney stone”, “bent penis”, “testicular lump”, “can’t get catheter in”. Near matches and common spelling errors are ranked automatically.
02 · Safety & timing
Anything that changes what happens today?
Tick only what applies. The first group is deliberately shown for every presentation so a dangerous feature is not missed just because the initial problem was categorised differently.
Stop routine referral if any are present
These features trigger an acute-pathway warning.
Important for this presentation
Serious / time-sensitive features
These do not necessarily mean emergency care, but may justify earlier or prompt specialist review.
Referral answer
Referral pathway
The practical next steps are below.
Problems that should bypass routine referral
This is a referral-preparation tool, not an emergency triage system. The interactive safety screen repeats these checks in presentation-specific language.