Any patients over the age of 65 and having major surgery will automatically require a face to face pre-operative assessment to assess their suitability for general anaesthetic. The appointment will be with an Anaesthetist who will ask questions regarding your medical history take some bloods and swabs and a routine ECG will be carried out.
This appointment is nothing to worry about, it is simply designed to give us as much information about your requirements as is possible. The requirement to have a pre-operative assessment should not preclude you from having surgery and you should be as truthful and explicit as possible when answering questions about your current health status.
When attending this appointment, it would be very helpful to could bring along a full list of all medications that you are currently taking.
This appointment is free of charge for self-funding patients. If you are using insurance to fund your procedure, please ensure that you have informed your insurance company that this appointment is happening.
For those patients who do not fall into the Automatic Face to Face Pre Op Assessment category, following your consultation with your Consultant you will be sent a link via Email or text message which will take you to a questionnaire you must fill in and submit. This will then be passed across to our anaesthetics team to decide whether you require a Telephone Pre op Assessment, Face to Face Pre op or can Proceed to Surgery with Treatment Room Bloods and a member of our Procedure Booking Team will be in touch to arrange any further appointment you may require