The facility is designed to ensure a smooth journey for the patient from pre-admission to post discharge. Administration and nursing pre-admission is done within 48 hours of admission and a follow up phone call is made the next day following discharge. In many cases the patient will speak to and meet the same person. This gives the patient a feeling of comfort and they are reassured they will be treated and respected as an individual during their stay.
An interpreter service can be arranged. Please inform Cambridge Day Surgery should you require an interpreter.
If your procedure is being performed under general anaesthetic or intravenous sedation you must ensure you have arranged transport home and a responsible person to care for you for 24 hours following your procedure.
Private Health Funds differ in the types of cover for hospital stay. It is advisable that you contact your Private Health Fund prior to admission to ensure you are covered for your procedure.
Patients who are self funded will be contacted by the administration staff prior to admission to discuss fees payable on the day of admission.
The overnight rooms are utilised Monday through Thursday and the majority of patients staying overnight are breast surgery patients. Many have had first stage breast reconstruction following mastectomy and are having secondary and revision procedures. The patient satisfaction results are excellent and are directly attributed to the friendliness, compassion and professionalism of the staff and the calm and comfortable surroundings. The windows are double glazed to reduce noise, the rooms have a television for each patient and meals are served when the patient requests and not when the facility decides it is meal time.
Patients often have the same surgeon and similar procedures therefore they have someone to talk to about their experiences, anticipations, emotions and expectations. They may also meet up in the surgeon’s rooms at their post operative visit giving them a chance to “reconnect”. The 2 night staff nurses provide skilled and experienced care overnight.
Discharge the following day is between 8-9am.
Local anaesthetic patients are able to go home immediately after the procedure however, your Surgeon may request you stay for a short time afterwards. If so, you will be taken to the discharge lounge and offered light refreshments.
The team at Cambridge Day Surgery are involved in volunteer work that takes some of the Nurses to Tanzania and Philippines where they assist Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons. The procedures include cleft lip and palate, burns contractures and severe scarring. Ages of the patients range from 6 months to 60 years. The staff at Cambridge Day Surgery have regular fund raising events. Most recently a “Pink Day” to raise funds for breast cancer awareness and a “Bright scrubs day” to raise funds for Operation Rainbow.