Your booking date for surgery
Your booking date for surgery
At least one week (usually more) before the date of your surgery or treatment, you will be contacted by a hospital booking clerk offering a date for your surgery or treatment.
- If you accept this date, you will receive a letter outlining admission details and provide a map showing you where to go on arrival.
- We will tell you if you need to attend a pre-hospital clinic appointment to prepare you for your surgery.
- You may also get a service leaflet that gives advice in more detail for your appointment or procedure, including what you can or can not eat or drink.
- In some cases, you may be booked into a different hospital – a private hospital under contract by Waikato DHB to perform minor surgery, or Thames Hospital. This is done to give you an earlier booking time and a shorter wait for treatment.