Settling your account
Where your NHS Trust has agreed to pay for your treatment in a
Ramsay Health Care Hospital, you will not receive any bills for
your treatment with the exception of personal charges as detailed
below.
Personal charges
Most hospitals will expect you to settle your account for
personal charges (telephone calls, visitor’s meals and newspapers
etc) on discharge. If this is not the case an invoice will be
forwarded to you for payment.
When you leave
You will be advised by your Consultant or your nurse when you
are able to go home. If you need to take any medication following
your departure, this will be given to you when you leave.
If you are required to go home with crutches, walking sticks or
a raised toilet seat, you will be given these items via our
Physiotherapy department.
If you are undergoing general anaesthetic or sedation, please
ensure that a friend or relative collects and accompanies you home.
Please be aware that you must not drive a car, ride a bicycle,
operate machinery, sign a legal document or drink alcohol for at
least 24 hours after a general anaesthetic or sedation.
If you are a day case patient, you should ensure that you
arrange to be collected and you remain in the care of a responsible
adult for the remainder of the day, or night if the operation is in
the afternoon, or as directed by your Consultant.
Please report to reception as you leave