Single Point of Access (SPA)

Our Single Point of Access (SPA) coordinates all urgent and non-urgent referrals for community nursing, intermediate care, therapy services and our medical locality hubs.

​Email: Csh.SPAreferrals@nhs.net

Tel: 0330 726 0333

How to get there

Woking Community Hospital is approximately 0.4 miles (10 - 15 minute walk) away from Woking train and bus station. There is (limited) parking for patients and visitors - from 8 January 2024 this will be severely reduced due to construction work on a new community diagnostic centre - find out more on this link. For more information on how to get to Woking community hospital, click here.

Email: Csh.SPAreferrals@nhs.net

Tel: 0330 7260333

Referral form*

*Updated 29 April 2024

​​What does our service do?

Our Single Point of Access (SPA) coordinates all urgent and non-urgent referrals for community nursing, intermediate care, therapy services and our medical locality hubs. 

How does our service work?

The SPA enables patients receiving care from our community health services to call one number for advice or care in between planned visits.

It also enables healthcare professionals to call one number for advice on referrals, prioritising clinical need and matching a patient’s needs to the right service, avoiding the need to navigate complex systems and multiple points of contact.

The SPA operates between 8am and 6pm Monday to Friday

Who can be referred?

The SPA is for referrals into the following of our services:

  • Community Nursing Team (see below for separate referral emails at weekends)
  • Community Rehabilitation Team 
  • Continence
  • Diabetes Nurses
  • Dietetics
  • Heart Failure
  • Locality Hubs
  • Podiatry (Adult and Children)         
  • Respiratory
  • Speech and Language Therapy (SLT)
  • Tissue Viability Team 
  • Wound Clinics

Who can refer?

The Single Point of Access welcomes referrals from:

  • GPs and practice nurses
  • GP out-of-hours service
  • A&E and other hospital staff
  • Community health and social care services
  • Ambulance crews
  • Nursing and residential care homes
  • Patients and carers known to our services.

Community Nursing Weekend Referrals

For referrals to community nursing (after 6pm on Fridays) use CSH.adultcommunitynursing@nhs.net

The following services are excluded from the SPA pathway. Please see below the referral pathways for these services:

  • Inpatient Services for Woking Community Hospital
    Referral Form - Direct referral form for Woking Community Hospital
    Referral email address - Csh.dacscommunityhospitalsbeds@nhs.net
  • Rapid Response
    Referral Form -  use the Discharge to Assess Falls Referrals Decision Pathway Tool
    Referral email address - csh.nwsrapidresponse@nhs.net