Referral Guidelines

referral-guidelines

All patients must have a current referral prior to booking a consultation or procedure.

All patients will be seen by their endoscopist and their anaesthetist on the day of admission to the hospital.
At this time, their endoscopist will discuss:

  • Informed consent regarding the proposed procedure
  • Potential interventional therapy
  • Goals of care
  • Healthcare rights
  • Anaesthetic
  • Post procedure recovery

Medical Assessment

To ensure patient safety, your Gastroenterologists will review all their patients over the age of 80 & all their patients on Warfarin and Clopidogrel (or alternate blood thinning medications, excluding Aspirin) at consultation. This will be arranged for you prior to any proposed procedure.

Contraindications to Open Access Endoscopy

Patient safety is our foremost goal. We have a nurse led Pre-Admission clinic. Questions are asked at time of booking which help determine if a patient is suitable to be booked in directly for a procedure. Some patients may need to see their Gastroenterologist first for a consultation.

Patients that may require a consultation prior to their procedure are patients who fall into the following categories

  • A child under 16 years attending without parent
  • Children under 12 years
  • Any patient with a BMI over 40
  • Diabetics controlled by insulin
  • Any patient on injectable weight loss medication e.g. Ozempic, Trulicity
  • Patients with unstable medical conditions including heart or lung conditions
  • with significant immobility or with difficulty transferring to our beds.
  • Patient Taking anticoagulants (blood thinning medications e.g. Warfarin, Plavix) except Aspirin
  • Any patient diagnosed with Sleep apnoea with the use of CPAP
  • Neurological conditions such as Parkinson’s, MS
  • Significant immobility
  • Difficulty transferring without assistance on and off our beds