Prior to your admission

Our Pre Admission service helps inform you about your forthcoming hospital stay, care and treatment and assists with planning for your return home. Our service aims to:

• Provide information about your procedure and hospital stay
• Provide the opportunity for you to ask questions
• Assist you to plan your discharge arrangements so that you and your family are prepared for your return home
• Streamline your admission and ensure that you arrive well prepared on the day of your surgery
• Ensure diagnostic tests ordered by your doctor are carried out
• Complete a detailed nursing assessment

A Pre Admission telephone interview is required for all patients who are staying overnight. An Admissions Officer will contact you and arrange a suitable time for the Pre Admission Nurse to telephone you and to provide an estimate of your hospital costs. Financial and clerical paperwork is organised in advance to help streamline your admission on the day of surgery.

Have the following available at the time of your call

• A list of any questions that you may have – it is best to write them down as you think of them
• A list of the name, strength and dose of your current medications, including over the counter drugs, natural remedies and supplements

If English is not your first language, please let us know at the time the appointment is booked so we can provide an interpreter if necessary. It is important that you are seated in a quiet place, free from distractions when the Pre Admission Nurse calls.

For complex surgery a visit to the Pre Admission Clinic for an interview with a Pre Admission Nurse is required. Family members are welcome to join you. If required, diagnostic tests can be conducted at the Hospital following your appointment.

Bring the following to your Pre Admission interview

• A list of any questions that you may have – it is best to write them down as you think of them
• All forms, letters and requests from your doctor/anaesthetist
• A list of the name, strength and dose of your current medications, including over the counter drugs, natural remedies and supplements
• A list of any allergies that you may have to food or medication
• Any special diet information you may require
• If you have been hospitalised outside WA in the past 12 months, please advise both your doctor and the Pre Admission Nurse
• Medicare card, health fund details (including membership number and level), safety net card, DVA card and pension card

Find out more information on managing your medications effectively whilst in hospital, by downloading our brochure. 

Our Admission Guide has everything you need to know