Why the study?
Most UK adults with hypertension are managed in primary care, prompting the need for consistent referral criteria to ensure equitable access to hypertension specialists.
The BIHS position statement standardizes referral criteria for adult hypertension to secondary care specialists across the UK and Ireland to ensure equitable access and optimal interim management.
Offers UK primary care a standardized hypertension referral framework; extends prior guidance with interim therapeutic optimization.
In the UK, most adults with hypertension are managed in Primary Care. Referrals to Secondary Care Hypertension Specialists are targeted to patients in whom further investigations are likely to change management decisions. In this position statement the British and Irish Hypertension Society provide clinicians with a framework for referring patients to Hypertension Specialists. Additional therapeutic advice is provided to optimise patient management whilst awaiting specialist review. Our aim is to ensure that referral criteria to Hypertension Specialists are consistent across the UK and Ireland to ensure equitable access for all patients.
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Lewis et al. (2024) conducted a review in Hypertension. Hypertension referral pathway and therapeutic management was evaluated. The British and Irish Hypertension Society provides a framework for emergency and routine referrals of adult hypertension patients to secondary care specialists, along with therapeutic advice.