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Pre-op patient information leaflet template
Everything a patient asks the secretary the week before surgery, written down once.
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What it asks for
What is on the formThe patient completes
- Who it is for, date of operation and arrival time
- Your procedure
- Before: eating and drinking, your medicines, the morning of the operation, smoking and vaping
- What to bring: this letter, a list of medicines, comfortable clothes, slippers and a wash bag, a phone charger
- On the day, after the operation, and when to call us
Using it well
- Fill in the fasting and medicines sections from your anaesthetist's instructions for this patient.
- Give the phone number that is answered, and say when it is answered.
Open it in the sample practice
The sample practice is the real Ask Brigid on invented patients, open without a sign-up. This document joins its Library with the next sample-practice update; the Library already holds the practice’s templates.
Sources
- The shipped template's field list (Brigid stationery v12), read 24 October 2026
Checked against the sources above on 23 September 2026. Issuers change their forms; check the official page before you rely on a detail here.
In Ask Brigid this paperwork sits beside the diary and the record: Letters, inbox and the secretary’s day.