Day case - what to bring with you?
What to bring
Comfortable and suitable clothes to wear after your operation. Wide legged trousers after a knee operation, or a button through shirt if your operation may affect your arm or chest.
Following vein, foot/ankle surgery you will need wide fitting shoes, if your operation does not include application of a walking cast.
Do not forget personal toiletries plus general night attire, 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 you occasionally take, any creams you apply and inhalers that you use.
Any item that you would normally take on holiday with you to pass the time such as a walkman/disc player or a book.
Most hospitals now have the facility for you to use a lap top computer, however please check beforehand that your procedure doesn't require rest rather than work afterwards.
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 must ask (if brought into hospital) that they are used with discretion so as not to disturb other patients and your own recuperation.
