{"id":155,"date":"2023-03-31T16:24:27","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T15:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/ohspic\/?page_id=155"},"modified":"2026-03-13T14:11:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T14:11:48","slug":"gaining-a-referral","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/ohspic\/referrals\/gaining-a-referral\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaining a referral to OHSPIC"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Who we see<\/h2>\n<p>OHSPIC accepts referrals of children, young people, and adults. Most of the people we see are 11 years old or older, but we consider younger referrals where the clinic has expertise to match their needs.<\/p>\n<h2>Who can refer<\/h2>\n<p>Any NHS professional working in England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland can refer someone to OHSPIC for assessment.<\/p>\n<h2>How referrals are made<\/h2>\n<p>The NHS professional making the referral will fill out our <a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2024\/03\/OHSPICReferralForm2024.docx\">Referral Form<\/a> and email it to <a href=\"mailto:ohspic@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\">ohspic@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Details of any past assessments or treatments should be attached to the referral to help us build a clear picture of what has or has not been useful so far.<\/p>\n<h2>What happens once referred<\/h2>\n<p>Referrals are reviewed by the clinic weekly. The referrer and the person being referred will be contacted via email (assuming we have these details) to let them know whether the referral has been accepted and any next steps.<\/p>\n<h2>Referral, assessment, and treatment process<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-691\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/03\/Patient-journey-flow-chart-OHSPIC.png\" alt=\"This image describes the referral pathway into OHSPIC. Briefly, this involves OHSPIC accepting the referral, the referrer seeking and receiving assessment funding from the service user\u2019s local Integrated Care Board (ICB), OHSPIC assessing the service user and recommending treatment, the referrer seeking and receiving treatment funding from the local ICB, and OHSPIC delivering treatment. We are unable to provide estimates of waiting times due to variability in ICB responses, and variability in clinician availability.\" width=\"704\" height=\"994\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/03\/Patient-journey-flow-chart-OHSPIC.png 704w, https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/03\/Patient-journey-flow-chart-OHSPIC-212x300.png 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who we see OHSPIC accepts referrals of children, young people, and adults. Most of the people we see are 11&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":383,"parent":47,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-155","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/ohspic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/ohspic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/ohspic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/ohspic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/ohspic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/ohspic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":692,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/ohspic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/155\/revisions\/692"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/ohspic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/ohspic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/ohspic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}