Neurology and Neurosurgery specialty

Referral criteria

Category ACategory BCategory C
Local hospital planned care
Refer to MDT for opinion if required
Consider referral to MDT for discussion and adviceRefer to MDT
Consider transfer of Care
• Epilepsy managed in a combined clinic including specialist neurology and obstetrics
• Migraine
• Previous brain tumour
• Previous ischaemic stroke
• Previous intracranial haemorrhage
• Untreated intracranial aneurysm
• Myotonic dystrophy
• Pituitary apoplexy
• Poorly controlled epilepsy on multiple AEDs
• Multiple sclerosis on disease modifying therapy
• Current brain tumour
• Neurofibromatosis

• Myasthenia Gravis
• All epilepsy without local access to a combined clinic including specialist neurology and obstetrics
• Progressive brain tumour
• Acute stroke
• New-onset Guillain-Barre

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