If you require TB screening for travel, visa or immigration purposes, please contact your nearest travel health clinic and ask for advice, or seek screening through a private healthcare organisation.

External referral guidance

To consultants

GP referrals to consultants should go through ERS but inform the TB Nurses of the referral via email.

Email: tbnurses@ouh.nhs.uk

Other healthcare professionals outside OUH who wish to refer to a consultant, please refer via email.

Email: infectiousdiseasesoxford@ouh.nhs.uk

To TB Nurses

Contact the TB Nursing Team.

Tel: 01865 225255

Email: tbnurses@ouh.nhs.uk

If referring contacts for screening from another service, please fill in the form at the link below and return it to us via email.

Oxfordshire TB Specialist Nurse Service Referral Form for Contact Screening (Word, 88 KB)

Healthcare professionals within OUH

Please visit the Tuberculosis Nursing Service pages on the OUH intranet.

Member of the public / non-healthcare professional

To discuss screening or concerns about TB, please contact us so we can assess relevant risk factors.

Tel: 01865 225255

If leaving a message please clearly state your:

  • full name
  • date of birth
  • NHS number (if known)
  • reason for call
  • telephone number

and we will call you back at the earliest opportunity.

You can also email your enquiry to us:

Email: tbnurses@ouh.nhs.uk

TB Nurses are available Monday to Friday 9.00am - 5.00pm excluding Bank Holidays.