Your stay

If you are to have surgery or a medical procedure which requires a pre-operative anaesthetics consultation, at the end of your consultation with the surgeon you will be asked to make an appointment for an anaesthetics consultation with the secretary to the anaesthetists. The consultation must take place in the days before the operation.
An anaesthetics questionnaire will have been given to you during the consultation with the surgeon or physician. Do not forget to bring it, duly completed, to your anaesthetics consultation together with the prescription for any medicines you are already taking.

A medical prescription from your physician or surgeon is required for admission to a convalescent home or rehabilitation centre. Given the timescales, it is recommended that you make a reservation when you receive confirmation that your operation has been booked.

The appointment of a confidential person is not an obligation but a right. It is done before any hospitalisation and must be notified in writing, but you can change your decision at any time.
The task of the confidential person is to assist and advise you throughout your hospitalisation and if you are unable to express your wishes, it is compulsory that the doctor consults the confidential person except in an emergency. His/her opinion takes priority over that of your family.
If the doctor and the confidential person disagree, the doctor has the last word.
The confidential person may be a relative, a person close to you, or even your general practitioner.
In no circumstances can the confidential person take your place. He/she must always act in your name and in accordance with your instructions and wishes.

If you do not want your presence in the NCN to be divulged, do not forget to tell the hostesses at reception or the manager of the department in which you are to be hospitalised when you arrive.