Your child’s outpatient appointment following their operation by the paediatric surgery / urology team: Information for parents / carers

Details about your child’s operation

Name of operation: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Date of operation: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Consultant surgeon: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Details about your child’s follow up appointment

Your child needs to be reviewed . . . . . . . weeks / months after their operation. The appointment for this review will be with:

(Please tick as appropriate)

☐ The clinical nurse specialist in clinic 6, Addenbrooke's Hospital

☐ The consultant surgeon / registrar in clinic 6, Addenbrooke's Hospital

☐ The consultant surgeon / registrar at an outlying clinic at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

The exact date and time of the appointment will be sent to you in a letter. We will try to give you approximately three weeks’ notice.

Your responsibilities regarding your child’s appointment

To ensure your child’s appointment takes place as planned please:

• Ensure you tell us if you move house so that we can make sure we send the appointment letter to the correct address.
• Inform us if your telephone number changes.
• With your permission we can text you to remind you of the appointment. Please let us know if this is something that you would find helpful.
• If you have not received the appointment please telephone clinic 6 (telephone numbers are below).
• If you are unexpectedly delayed in your journey to your child’s appointment please call clinic 6. We will do our best to see your child but should this not be possible we will rearrange the appointment.

Failing to attend your child’s appointment:

• If the date / time provided for your child’s appointment is not convenient, please make sure you telephone to tell us by phoning clinic 6 on 01223 216410 so that:

1. a more convenient appointment can be arranged
2. a different child can be given the appointment that you are unable to attend.

If you fail to arrive for your child’s appointment another appointment is not automatically sent. Instead your family doctor (GP) will be contacted and made aware of the non-attendance and will need to re-refer.

If you have any queries please ring:

• Clinic 6, reception Addenbrooke's hospital: 01223 216410
• Clinic 6, co-ordinator Addenbrooke's hospital 01223 256128