Day Procedure Unit

The Day Procedure Unit at NHW operates as part of the operating theatre complex. Its hours of operation are 7am until 5.30pm and there are a total of 2 clerical and 6 nursing staff employed within the unit. The main three operations performed as day stay procedures last year were:

Colonoscopy
Gastroscopy
Knee arthroscopy

With advances in medical technology and increasing pressure on healthcare resources, a larger percentage of patients are now booked as day stay patients. Procedures that once required several days spent in hospital are now being performed as same day surgery. When patients are booked into hospital for a day procedure, they do not expect to stay overnight. Following a patients return to the recovery room, they will be transferred from a trolley to a recliner chair where nurses will monitor recovery unit the patient is fit and well enough to go home.