Pre Operative Assessment Unit (Anaesthetic Clinic) |
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This unit ensures that patients are at their best optimum health prior to any surgery or surgical procedure.
The clinic can be contacted on:
01225 825651
Clinic Process
When attending this unit patients will see a member of the Healthcare Assistant Team and a Registered Nurse or Nurse Practitioner as part of their initial assessment.
Generally all patients have a set of observations and then those that require will have an ECG (heart tracing) and bloods and MSU (Mid-stream urine specimen).
Patients will also have a full nursing assessment.
Whilst every effort is made to attempt to get all tests and investigations done on one visit it may be required that patients will need to re-attend especially if appointments are outside of the department.
Anaesthetic Clinic
An Anaesthetic clinic is also held from this department every afternoon where any issues can be discussed with an anaesthetist if required.
General Information
Both the nurse assessment clinic and the anaesthetic clinic attempt to answer any questions patients may have but the consultants do not attend these clinics as they are nurse led and most patients will already have had a chance to ask any questions of the person doing their operation.
The clinics run from 8:30am - 4:30pm, Monday to Friday, and patients should be prepared to spend up to 4 hours in the clinic.
Patient Information
Please contact us on 01225 825651 if you need this information in easy read, large print, braille or audio format
Day Surgery Patient Information
If you need a local anaesthetic
Losing weight before an operation
Patients coming in for Elective Surgery
Pre-Op information leaflet (Children)
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