A clinician at a desk on the phone with a referral letter in hand, the Tswelopele specialist-intake office in soft focus behind.
Refer a patient

Specialist intake at Tswelopele.

A single intake desk for non-urgent and urgent specialist referrals from anywhere in South Africa. We respond to most non-urgent referrals within two working days.

How referrals work

Four steps from letter to appointment.

  1. 01

    Send the referral

    Use the form below or your provincial referral channel. Include the clinical summary and contact details.

  2. 02

    Triage

    The specialist intake team triages by urgency and routes to the right department.

  3. 03

    We confirm

    You and your patient receive an appointment or, for urgent cases, a same-day call back.

  4. 04

    Feedback loop

    After the consultation, a written summary and plan goes back to you as the referring clinician.

Referral form

Send a specialist referral.

For clinicians only. For emergencies, call the Emergency Centre directly on 023 414 5511 rather than using this form.

Patient information submitted here is processed under POPIA and stored only for the purpose of managing this referral.

Patients elsewhere

Not in the Central Karoo?

We accept specialist referrals from across South Africa. If you are a patient rather than a clinician, please ask your GP or local clinic to refer you to us.

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