Get help with the Right to Choose pathway

Independent information site. Not the NHS, not a clinic, not a diagnostic service, and not a referral service. England only. A GP, dentist or optometrist must decide whether a first outpatient referral is clinically appropriate. Provider lists, waits and ICB caps change — check the provider and your ICB before the appointment.

Use this form if you want the GP pack, a provider-type shortlist, or to ask a listed clinic to contact you. We will not refer you. We will not diagnose you. Written by Pete, editor, not a clinician.

If you have not used the eligibility check yet, start there. It takes about 30 seconds and changes which next step we suggest.

Disclosure

If you ask a listed provider to contact you, a partner clinic may pay this site a fee. That is not an NHS fee. NHS-funded Right to Choose care remains free at the point of use except for limited exceptions such as standard prescription charges. Full explanation: how we make money.

Get help RTC

Form copy (on-page)

Headline: Get the GP pack, or ask a clinic to contact you
Lead: Tell us how to reach you. We will email pathway materials. We only pass your details to a matching partner clinic if you tick the first consent box.

Submit button: Send my request
Success: Thank you. Check your inbox. This is not a referral and not an appointment.

Fields

Field Type Required Notes
Name Text Yes
Email Email Yes Used to send the pack and, if you consent, for updates
Phone Tel No Optional; used only if a clinic needs to call and you consented
Postcode Text Yes Helps match England geography / ICB area. Not a guarantee of local availability
Age band Select Yes Under 18 / 18–24 / 25–34 / 35–44 / 45–54 / 55+
Condition Select Yes ADHD / autism / both / not sure
Format Select Yes Online is fine / I prefer in-person / either
What do you want? Select Yes Email me the GP pack and a shortlist / Ask a matching clinic to contact me / Both
Quiz outcome (hidden) Hidden If present Passed from /quiz/ so we do not treat an out-of-scope visitor as RTC-ready

Do not add free-text symptom boxes. Do not ask people to attach medical records on launch.

Two consents

Consent 1 — partner contact (not pre-ticked)

I am happy for a matching partner clinic to contact me about an ADHD or autism assessment. I understand this site is independent, is not the NHS, and will not refer me. I understand a partner clinic may pay this site a fee if I ask them to contact me. I can withdraw by emailing the site (see the privacy notice).

Show this consent if they chose “Ask a matching clinic to contact me” or “Both”. Do not send their details to a clinic unless this box is ticked.

Consent 2 — email updates (not pre-ticked)

I am happy to receive email updates from Right to Choose Pathway (GP pack, checklist, occasional pathway notes). I can unsubscribe at any time.

Required legal links under the button: Privacy · Disclaimer · How we make money

Quiz outcome routing notes

Wire Fluent Forms so the quiz outcome is a hidden field. Do not present every visitor as an NHS-funded Right to Choose lead.

Quiz outcome What the user sees after submit Lead handling
1. May be in scope (England GP, first assessment, wants NHS-funded RTC; adult) GP pack + optional shortlist. Partner-contact consent offered. RTC-ready enquiry only if consent 1 is ticked. Clinic still needs a GP referral.
2. Not England / private-pay Private-pay explainer. Partner-contact consent offered for private or mixed clinics. Private-pay enquiry if consent 1 ticked. Do not describe this as NHS Right to Choose.
3. Already in a service “The legal right often does not apply mid-treatment.” Pack may still explain complaints and new-episode rules. Do not tag as RTC-ready. No clinic share unless they still tick consent 1 and we have labelled it “already under a team”.
4. Under 18 (otherwise in scope) CYP warning: the legal right is not adult-only, but provider age rules and local pathways vary. RTC-ready with CYP flag if consent 1 ticked. Never tell a clinic we have assessed the child.
Not sure on funding (Q6) Send the GP pack and explain NHS-funded versus private-pay. Both consents available. Tag not-sure-funding. Do not promise NHS funding.

If they skip the quiz, treat as not-sure-funding and still show England-only and GP-decides copy on this page.

What happens next

  1. We email what you asked for.
  2. If you ticked partner contact, we may pass name, email, optional phone, postcode, age band, condition and format to one matching partner.
  3. That clinic may or may not take you on. Acceptance is theirs. Clinical appropriateness is the referrer’s.
  4. You still need a GP, dentist or optometrist if you want an NHS-funded Right to Choose referral.

Read eligibility and how to ask your GP. Browse providers without asking anyone to call you, if you prefer.

Sources

  1. NHS Choice Framework — England; GP/dentist/optometrist referral; not self-referral. Retrieved 1 September 2026. HTML
  2. Patient choice guidance, NHS England, 19 December 2023 — referrer decides clinical appropriateness; legal rights do not apply to self-referrals. Long-read
  3. The NHS Constitution for England — NHS services free of charge except limited Parliamentary exceptions. HTML
  4. Standing Rules Part 8, SI 2012/2996 as revised — “clinically appropriate” is the referrer’s opinion (reg 39(6)). Revised Part 8

Last reviewed: 1 September 2026
Author: Pete, editor, not a clinician