We support the East of England, regularly retrieving patients from hospitals across this region 24 hours-a-day, seven days-a-week. 

Our specialist retrieval team is available to go and rapidly stabilise and retrieve patients referred to the service, as well as offering advice and support. 

Refer a patient

To refer a patient to Royal Papworth's ECMO service, please use the national online referral system available via the button below.

Refer a patient to the ECMO service

If your referral is an emergency and you need to contact us after submitting your online referral, please call our switchboard on 01223 638000 and ask to speak to our ECMO co-ordinator.

If you are experiencing problems with the online referral system, then please also call us on 01223 638000.