[Your Practice Letterhead]
[Date]
Dear [Colleagues Name],
Subject: Request for consideration of appointment timing
This patient was referred to your service on [date] and is already known to you or awaiting assessment.
They have contacted the practice to ask whether their appointment or review could be expedited, and have cited the following concerns:
- [Brief summary of the patient’s stated concerns, ideally in their own words]
We have not identified any new clinical information since the original referral. This correspondence is therefore shared at the patient’s request, for your consideration alongside the existing referral and triage information.
Thank you for reviewing this request within your usual clinical prioritisation processes.
Yours sincerely,
[Your GP Practice Name]
Template Letter: Request for consideration of appointment timing