Pre-operative assessment clinic
The pre-operative assessment clinics at Rotorua Hospital and Taupō Hospital will assess you before your planned surgery to make sure you are well enough for the procedure and have the information you need.
Contact us
You can contact the clinics by:
- phone: 07 349 7978
- email: pacs@lakesdhb.govt.nz
Where to find us
You can find the pre-operative assessment clinic at:
Ground floor, Clinical Services Building (use main hospital entrance)
Rotorua Hospital
Pukeroa Street
The Taupō clinic is in the outpatients clinic at Taupō Hospital on Kotare Street.
Services we provide
Our service assesses your health before your planned surgery or procedure. We check that you are fit for surgery and make sure you have the information you need about your procedure and later discharge from hospital.
When you come to the clinic, you will see an administrator, a clinical nurse specialist and possibly an anaesthetist. They will:
- discuss and document your health history
- take your blood pressure, pulse and blood oxygen saturations, and your weight and height
- listen to your heart and lungs
- explain the process of care in the operating theatre and discuss possible anaesthetic and pain relief options
- discuss how you are going to manage when you get home
You may need an ECG (an electrocardiogram, to check the electrical activity of your heart), blood tests, swabs and to give a urine sample.