Continuity of care when moving to new area

Hi

I don't see why this wouldn't be possible. Shortly after I was diagnosed with melanoma we moved counties but I wanted to stay with my original consultant and did so. 

When that consultant retired he recommended a consultant in the county next door to the one I now live in. I phoned my GPs practice and told them which hospital I wanted to move to and which consultant I wanted to see and that was arranged.

Hopefully, you'll have no problems either.

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Thank you so much.  Glad you did this for yourself.  I was concerned that as it’s different counties “budgets” etc that it wld be an issue but this seems not.  Thanks 

I will speak to gp practice in new area and see if this is still the case. 

I didn't speak to my new GP practice about staying where I was , I just stayed. To be honest I don't think that it crossed my mind that it would be a problem. They would have discovered that I was staying put as my consultant sent a report to my GP, which I got copied into, every time I went to see him. I only contacted my surgery when I knew that my consultant was retiring and I needed to get something in place ready for my next check-up.

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