What to bring with you? - Day case patients
- Comfortable and suitable clothes to wear after your operation
- Wide-legged trousers after a knee operation
- A button through shirt if your operation may affect your arm or chest
- Wide-fitting shoes if you are having vein, foot or ankle surgery - if your operation does not include application of a walking cast
- Personal toiletries
- General night attire, including a dressing gown and slippers - if there is a possibility of an overnight stay
- A list of all the medicines that you are currently taking, including those taken irregularly, and any creams and inhalers that you use
- Any item that you would normally take on holiday with you to pass the time such as an iPod, book or laptop
What not to bring
- Valuables or large amounts of cash. The hospital cannot be responsible for them
Although mobile phones are now a part of our daily lives, we respectfully ask that if you bring your phone into hospital that it is used with discretion so as not to disturb other patients and your own recuperation.