Moving house and continuity of care for long term condition?

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We're relocating soon and I am wondering how I go about making sure ds gets the ongoing support he needs. He's currently seen regularly by children's audiology at our local hospital. Can they refer him to a hospital in our new location? Or do I have to register at our new GP and get them to refer him?

Depends where you live - and how far you are moving. Different areas may work a little differently. Would it be possible to continue under the present hospital until new local arrangements are made? In an ideal world transfer of care could be organised with both the new GP and the old and new hospital specialist departments.

Hi magso thanks for your reply - I should have made it clearer in my OP, we are moving 2-3 hours away so continuing care at the current hospital isn't really a viable option.

I was hoping others with experience would reply as I am unsure of the answer! I used to work in a very specialist area of the NHS and if a patient in need of continuing care was moving away from us I usually wrote a report to the gp with details of the important information to ease transfer to the new centre. Normally we made a follow up appointment (that could be cancelled nearer the time) ourselves so that the patient had somewhere for continued treatment even if there was a delay in transfer. However there have been changes especially with respect to confidentiality, so I could be very out of date! If you are due to see audiology before leaving I would ask their advice on how to transfer, and possibly get a copy of the report usually sent to the GP. Your new gp will be in charge of sorting out the new referral, but as far as I know nothing happens automatically, so you will probably need to discuss ongoing care promptly with your new gp.
I hope people with more recent experience will reply.