Table 1.

Example of information provided to help construct referral letters

Patient, age [refer to]	Problem and duration...	Positive findings on examination...	Results of Investigations: positive findings only.....	Other....
Sue Eggleston, 51 [Gynaecologist]	Postmenopausal bleeding, two episodes of bleeding 6 months after menopause	Nil	Nil abnormal	Anxious, divorced from husband 3 months ago.