once your doctor has placed you on the online list how can you find out where you are
If you have not heard from your assigned centre within 3-6 months to invite you to an Information/Orientation session, you can try to contact the centre directly.
NOTE: This may not be successful as the centres are very busy meeting the needs of their patients, and as such you may not reach anyone or receive a return phone call.
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I called after two weeks and then called HRRH to confirm they had received it and they booked me for my orientation right on the spot. Not all centres will do the same, but it never hurts to follow up to make sure all the paperwork went through smoothly.
Tracy
on 1/22/12 11:26 am - Oshawa, Canada
I agree, call or e-mail the Registry 2 weeks or so after your doctor confirms that they faxed your referral in. They were able to confirm for me that I was in the system (after a few false starts and going back to my family doctor to sort things out). They also told me where the referral was sent (in my case TWH, which surprised me as I was sure I was going to Hamilton).
Their e-mail address is - [email protected] . A nice woman name Jaclyn got back to me fairly quickly, each time I wrote to her to ask whether or not she could see the referral in her system.
I then called TWH, and they were able to confirm that they have the referral, and that I should be getting a letter shortly for orientation in March. So far, so good!
I hope this helps!
Referral - December 2011 * Orientation TWH - March 13th, 2012 * Nurse Practitioner - April 17th, 2012 * Nutrition Class - April 17th, 2012 * Social Worker - April 24th, 2012 * Dietician - May 1st, 2012 * Psych - May 1st, 2012 * Surgeon - August 17th, 2012 * PATTS - Sept. 12th, 2012 * SURGERY TEGH, Dr. Cyriac - October 16th, 2012
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