The Pre-operative Assessment (POA) service plays an important part in the preparation for your surgery.
A pre-operative assessment is performed on all patients who are to have an operation or a surgical procedure performed under general anaesthetic or regional anaesthetic.
The service will help provide the tools and support you need to ensure you have the very best outcome from your operation.
We have provided some information and links to other resources to help you get ready for your operation. You will also find information about your recovery and getting back to normal life after your operation. The aim is to help you maximise your chances of recovering quickly and help prevent complications.
We encourage you to read through the website and discuss any questions you may have about your anaesthetic with your pre-assessment nurse or anaesthetist.
Step-by-step ‘What to expect’ videos
What to expect when attending your pre-operative assessment outpatient appointment
What to expect when attending your pre-operative assessment hub appointment
What we do
The aims of the service are to:
Establish an up-to-date picture of your current general health.
Arrange appropriate blood tests, investigations and referral for medical advice, based on your current health and planned operation.
Make an assessment of your suitability for ambulatory surgery (day surgery), same-day admission for surgery or requirement for post-operative specialist care.
Provide information about your surgery, anaesthesia, intraoperative care and postoperative pain treatments in the hope of reducing any anxiety and facilitating your recovery.
How you’ll be referred to the service
Your pre-operative assessment happens after you and your surgeon have decided that an operation is necessary, before your surgery date.
You may be offered an appointment at any POA clinic across Greater Glasgow and Clyde. Similarly, you may be offered a date for your operation at any hospital across Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
NHSGGC is committed to ensuring you receive safe, prompt and timely treatment. This means that you may have to attend a different hospital than the one which you attended for your clinic appointments.
Phototherapy is a treatment which uses natural and artificial light to treat some skin (dermatology) conditions, such as psoriasis and some types of eczema.
Artificial light therapy can be given in hospitals and some specialist centres, usually under the care of a dermatologist. These treatments are not the same as using a sunbed.
We have developed several patient/client information leaflets to provide patients and public with core information relating to common types of infections. Patient Fact Sheets are also available in other languages below.
The information we provide includes MRSA, C. difficile and common gastro-intestinal infections (diarrhoeal illness).
If you have any comments about the leaflets or have any suggestion regarding issues/ topics you would like to see presented please email Lynn.Pritchard@nhs.scot.
Watch the video below for further guidance on donning and doffing of appropriate personal protective equipment during the care of a patient suspected or confirmed to have VHF.
NHSGGC provides strategic co-ordination and direction to ensure that the NHSGGC programme of work reflects the National Infection Control Agenda. Heading this team is Sandra Devine, NHSGGC Director of Infection Prevention and Control and Dr Linda Bagrade, Consultant Microbiologist and Lead Infection Prevention Control Doctor.
The Infection Prevention and Control Service in NHSGGC has local Infection Prevention Control Teams (IPCTs) who sit within each sector:
Clyde
North
South (Adults)
South (Paediatrics)
HSCP
The IPCTs are based at all hospital sites and also provide a service to mental health in-patient sites and directly managed community NHS services.
Contact details
Clyde Sector
Royal Alexandra Hospital (RAH)
IPC Lead Nurse: Donna McConnell
Call: 0141 314 7133 Shortcode: 07133
Page Nr: 56294
Inverclyde Royal Hospital (IRH)
IPC Lead Nurse: Donna McConnell
Call: 01475 504 876 Shortcode: 04876
Page Nr: 51043
Vale of Leven Hospital
IPC Lead Nurse: Donna McConnell
Call: 01389 817 480 Shortcode: 87480
Page Nr: 56294
North Sector
For Glasgow Royal Infirmary (GRI), Lightburn Hospital and Dental Hospital and School
IPC Lead Nurse: Fiona Gallagher
Call: 0141 201 3634 Shortcode: 13634
Page Nr: 13683 or 11153 or 12039
Administrator: Julie Dryden
Call: 0141 201 3635 Shortcode: 13635
South (Adults)
Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH), Gartnavel General Hospital and Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Care Centre (WoSCC)
IPC Lead Nurse: Gillian Mills
Call: 0141 451 5603 Shortcode: 85603
South (Paediatrics)
Royal Hospital for Children (RHC)
IPC Lead Nurse: Anne Gallagher
Call: 0141 451 6382 Shortcode: 86382
HSCP Partnerships
CMB Building, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital
Mental Health (including Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, Learning Disability, Forensics, Alcohol and Drug Recovery Services) and directly managed community services. The team also provide an IPC service for Stobhill Ambulatory Care Hospital (ACH) and Victoria Ambulatory Care Hospital (ACH)
IPC Lead Nurse: Kirsty McDaid
Call: 0141 427 8255 Shortcode: 38255
Out of Hours
The Consultant Microbiologist on‐call can be contacted via the local switchboard:
Gartnavel General Hospital: 0141 211 3000
Glasgow Royal Infirmary: 0141 211 4000
Inverclyde Royal Hospital: 0141 314 9504
Royal Alexandra Hospital: 0141 314 7294
Queen Elizabeth University Hospital/Royal Hospital for Children: 0141 201 1000
The Scottish Newborn Screening Laboratory provides a national screening service to Scotland. The laboratory is situated on level 2B of the Laboratory Medicine Building at the Queen Elizabeth university Hospital in Glasgow. The screening services provided are funded by National Services Division of NHS Scotland and accredited by the UK Accreditation Service (UKAS) Reference No. 9352.
The scope of tests included in this accreditation can be viewed here
Dried blood spots (Guthrie cards) are received from newborn babies from all over Scotland (approximately 60,000 per year) and tested for nine disorders:
1. Congenital Hypothyroidism (CHT)
2. Cystic Fibrosis (CF)
3. Sickle Cell Disorders (SCD)
4. Phenylketonuria (PKU)
5. Medium Chain Acyl – CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency (MCADD)
6. Maple Syrup Urine Disease (MSUD)
7. Isovaleric Acidaemia (IVA)
8. Glutaric Aciduria Type 1 (GA1)
9. Homocystinuria (HCU)
The aim is to detect these conditions as early as possible to allow affected infants to be placed on the appropriate treatment.
Scottish Newborn Screening Laboratory Level 2, Laboratory Medicine Building Queen Elizabeth University Hospital 1345 Govan Road Glasgow G51 4TF
Feedback
The Newborn Screening Service strives to continually improve the quality of its service and welcomes feedback from its users. For feedback please contact the Laboratory Quality Manager here.
Current Information on the Newborn Screening Programme
