How to Book an Appointment at the
How to Book an Appointment at the Lady Sobell Gastrointestinal Unit, Wexham Park Hospital It has been recommended that you have your oesophagus, stomach or bowel examined. This leaflet gives information on how to book your appointment. Allowing you to make your own appointment means that you receive a time which is convenient for you. The booklet enclosed tells you about the examination. Please read this booklet before booking your appointment. Also enclosed is a patient questionnaire which you should complete and bring with you to your appointment. We aim to segregate men and women in the clinical area, but occasionally emergency cases of the opposite sex may have to be accommodated. Booking your appointment Please book your appointment within 7 days of receipt of this letter. Either 1. Telephone 01753 634157/4704/3061/4262 between 9:00am and 4:00pm, Monday – Friday and write the details in the box below. or 2. Take this form to the Booking Clerk in the Lady Sobell Gastrointestinal Unit (next to Ward 4) Wexham Park, Hospital and arrange the appointment directly. Appointment Day .................................................. Date ................................................. Time.................................. am / pm Important notes • If you are diabetic or on warfarin, Pradaxa (dabigatran) or clopidogrel, please inform the clerk when making your appointment. • If you wish to be sedated for the procedure, please inform the clerk when making your appointment but you MUST have someone to take you home from the GI Unit and stay with you for the rest of the day. • The appointment time you will be given is the time at which you should arrive at the unit, not the time at which your procedure will begin. You can expect to be in the unit for 2 hours or more. • If you are having a colonoscopy or a flexible sigmoidoscopy, bowel preparation and instructions on how to take it will be sent out separately after you have booked your appointment. Please contact the unit on 01753 634982 if this does not arrive 7 days before the date of your appointment. • It is not possible to specify which endoscopist will do your procedure on the day, but the individual will be fully trained and competent. ................................................................................................................ Continued overleaf page 1 • If you are subsequently unable to attend the appointment or have the procedure carried out elsewhere, please ring the unit on 01753 634982, giving as much notice as possible. We will try to make another appointment to suit you. If you have no further need for the appointment please cancel it so that we can offer it to others on the waiting list. Finding the Unit From the main entrance, go past reception and outpatients until you reach the pharmacy. Turn right and follow the overhead signs for the Pink Zone, then Ward 4. At the small kink in the corridor, turn right towards Ward 4 and then immediately right again for the Lady Sobell Gastrointestinal Unit. Please enter the double doors and report to reception. Parking Wexham Park Hospital operates a barrier controlled pay on foot system. You will be here for a minimum of 2 hours. Parking charges are: Up to 1 hour Up to 2 hours Up to 3 hours £1.00 £2.00 £4.00 Up to 5 hours Over 5 hours £5.00 £10.00 page 2 If you would like a copy of this leaflet on audiotape, in large print or translated, please telephone 01753 634398 Title of leaflet: How to book an appointment Lady Sobell Gastrointestinal Unit, Wexham Park Reference No: H/006/5 Issue Date: September 2013 Review date: September 2015 Compiled by: Dr Sass Levi, Lady Sobell GI Unit Legal Notice Please remember that this leaflet is intended as general information only. We aim to make the information as up to date and accurate as possible, but please be warned that it is always subject to change. Please therefore always check specific advice on any concerns you may have with your doctor. Heatherwood Hospital London Road Ascot Berkshire SL5 8AA Tel 01344 623333 Wexham Park Hospital Wexham Street Slough Berkshire SL2 4HL Tel 01753 633000 Web: http://www.heatherwoodandwexham.nhs.uk/information-leaflets page 3
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