Patient Information

• Your completed Patient Information Form
• Your referral from your GP or another specialist
• All scans (X-rays, mammograms, ultrasounds etc) including report
• Blood tests or pathology reports relating to your referral
• Medicare card
• Private health fund details
• List of current medications
• You are welcome to bring family member or friend

Your consultation time will be determined by the complexity of your condition. On average most new consultations are 15 minutes.

At times patient’s conditions are very complex and sensitive in nature and require longer periods of time to discuss in detail. If you feel you need a longer consultation or have lots of questions, please let us know when booking your appointment.

All efforts are made for you to be seen in a timely manner. We do ask that you are patiently waiting for your appointment.

Privacy Information and Consent Form
The law gives you certain privacy rights in relation to information that you give to this practice. We need your consent to collect personal information about you.
We will also use the information you provide in the following ways:
• Administration of this medical practice (by all practice staff).
• Billing, including Medicare and health insurance commission requirements.
• Disclosure to others involved in your health care (electronically via health link/faxed/emailed or written) including doctors and specialists outside this practice, who may become involved in your care. This may occur through referral to others doctors, or for medical tests, and in the return of results and reports from these referrals.
• Disclosure to others for medical defence purposes if necessary.
• Disclosure for multidisciplinary, audit, teaching, research, quality assurance activities to improve individual and community health care and practice management.
• Photographic library may be used for record, teaching and educational purposes.

• Please shower at home the evening before surgery, or in the morning
• Please do not shave the surgical site! This will be done for you if necessary. Shaving yourself increases the risk of infection
• For morning surgery, do not eat or drink anything after midnight the night before surgery unless otherwise instructed. This includes coffee, tea, water, and juice. Taking your medication with a small sip of water is ok
• For afternoon surgery, a small breakfast BEFORE 7AM is OK, and nothing after that. Your surgery may be cancelled if you do not follow these instructions
• Do not drink alcoholic beverages 24 hours prior to your surgery
• Do not smoke for 4 weeks before surgery or your risk of serious complications increases
• Ask your surgeon if you are permitted to take your routine medications (such as those for heart, blood pressure, or insulin etc.) before arriving for surgery
• Do not bring valuables such as money, jewellery etc. Do not wear make-up
• Bring toiletries and loose fitting, comfortable clothing to wear upon discharge
• You will be required to remove contact lenses, jewellery, dentures, and wigs
• Arrange for a responsible adult to drive you home after discharge
• Notify your us if there is a change in your condition prior to surgery (such as a cold, cough, fever or infection). If severe, your surgery may need to be postponed for your safety
• Stop all herbal medications 4 weeks before surgery unless discussed beforehand 

• On the day of your surgery, report to hospital reception
• If you have not already done so, you will meet your anaesthetist
• After the operation, you will spend some time in the recovery room before going to the ward
• After discharge, and as long as you are taking prescription pain medicine, you are not permitted to:
  • Drive a car nor operate power equipment
  • Drink alcoholic beverages
  • Sign important papers
• Instructions regarding safe resumption of the above activities will be provided by your surgeon

For further information, please click here to visit the Healthdirect Australia website.