DISCHARGE

Hospital staff will notify you as soon as you are able to leave the hospital.  If you have special discharge needs, the Community Liaison Nurse may visit you and make the necessary arrangements.  If possible, you should arrange for someone to accompany you home.

Before you leave the hospital, make sure that you and those involved in your care know how to look after you at home.  Make sure you take home your discharge medications. 

Unless advised, you will be required to vacate your room by 9.30am on the date of discharge, otherwise additional charges may apply.

Discharge at Own Risk

Except in certain cases (for example, infectious disease) every patient has the right to leave the hospital prior to the recommended discharge date. 

This may be a serious step when taken against the advice of you doctor, and warrants great caution.  You will be asked to sign a disclaimer, as the responsibility rests entirely with you.

If you decide to discharge yourself against the advice of your doctor and your condition does not improve, or causes you concern, you should not hesitate to seek further medical advice.