Please set aside at least two hours for your first outpatient visit to allow for any tests or scans you may need. Be aware that sometimes appointments can take up to half a day. We recognise carers play a vital role in supporting patients’ communications needs – particularly where a patient has dementia, learning disabilities and/or autism. We can provide carers with a ‘carer's passport’ so that each patient’s main carer can be identified easily. If you're referred for your first outpatient appointment, in most cases you've the right to choose which hospital in England to go to. The doctor should explain everything in a way you find easy to understand, and you can ask as many questions as you like. You can also ask a carer or friend to help you.

It's prompted us to introduce a new digital booking system for patients acrossKnowsley, Liverpool, South Sefton, and Southport and Formby, who can now book appointments online. This choice is a legal right. If you're not offered a choice at the point of referral, ask your doctor why and say that you wish to go through your options.Wi-fi is available free of charge throughout our hospitals for you to use on your own mobile device. Select the WiFiSPARK_FREE network to connect to our free wi-fi service.

While you are in hospital, the doctors will ask you if are ok (give your consent) with having some treatments. This includes things like operations. You can ask someone to come with you to your appointment, such as a carer, family member or friend. You may be asked if you’d like to have your follow up outpatient appointment using our video consultation service. Friends and family test

Wear a hospital provided surgical facemask when visiting a patient on the ward with a respiratory illness. Universal mask wearingisno longer required, but if you would prefer to wear onethese are available at hospital entrances. The people I encounter on a daily basis are vulnerable,” said Nuila, “and they come from a segment of society with a lot of presumptions about them. When I see that discrepancy, I want to talk about it.” use hand sanitiser or wash your hands as you enter the hospital and when entering and leaving any department You'll also be able to compare the information to other consultants for this particular specialty in England. How to book your appointment We encourage you to ask questions at your appointment. You and your healthcare professional will work together to make decisions about your care, so before you leave your appointment, make sure you understand:

We encourage visitors, staff and patients living nearby to cycle to the hospital if possible. Cycle parking facilities are available around the hospital. During your appointment, you may see your consultant or another doctor or nurse working in the same team. All of our staff will be wearing their name badges and will introduce themselves to you. He landed a day job at Ben Taub while moonlighting for McSweeney’s and taking part in the annual Best American Short Stories anthology. As Nuila deepened his work at the hospital, he started noticing that patients there received extremely good care, despite its reputation for serving clientele who could not afford to go anywhere better. The disconnect between the hospital’s reputation and what he saw as a doctor there lingered in his mind, eventually becoming the seeds of The People’s Hospital. “People don’t know that public healthcare can be successful, and these presumptions bother me.” The fictional child of RD Laing and Foucault, a novel in which the asylum is a prison for the punishment of those who have offended social norms without breaking the law. There is nothing redemptive about this hospital, where the authorities represented by "The Combine" use every tactic from lying and manipulation to lobotomy to control patients. 3. Faces in the Water by Janet Frame We advise all patients with learning disabilities to bring a carer or friend with them to their appointment. Our outpatient care assistants (OCAs) can also support you during your visit to outpatients and act as chaperones. They can also help direct patients to other departments for tests and investigations.Upon arrival in the clinic, parents, guardians, or the adult accompanying your child will be asked to consent that blood is taken. If your child is being accompanied by another adult, you must complete a consent form in advance. Opening times It is important that the nurse meets you and your carer as soon as possible after you arrive at hospital or before you go into hospital.