Pre admission

Once the decision has been made that you require admission to Waverley Private Hospital, we ask that you deliver, post or fax your admission paperwork to the hospital as soon as possible (please ensure that the original is brought with you on admission if you have faxed prior to admission).

You should have received your admission form from your doctors rooms.

Please phone the hospital pre admission nurse the day prior to your surgery to:

• Confirm your admission and fasting times
• Discuss your hospital charges and health fund cover

Pre admission – ph 9881 7686

It is important that your registration form has your current contact details on it in case we need to contact you.

If you have any questions about your admission please ask our admission staff at this time.

Click here to view the General Admission Form.

What to bring
On the day of admission, please bring:

• Doctors referral letter
• Details of health insurance membership
• Workcare, Pension or Repatriation card if applicable
• Pharmaceutical entitlement card, if applicable
• Medicare card
• Blood group card
• X rays, if applicable
• Current medication in the original labelled bottles/boxes, including any inhalers
• Nightwear, slippers and dressing gown – if overnight/long stay
• Toiletries
• Reading material and glasses if required
• Small change for newspapers
• Child's favourite games or toys, if applicable

Please do not bring large amounts of clothing, baggage or valuables.

Accommodation
At Waverley Private Hospital our aim is to make your stay as pleasant and comfortable as possible. We will always attempt to accommodate the special needs of all our patients.

While we will make every endeavour to provide you with your accommodation preference, please understand that in certain circumstances of high activity or emergency admissions, it may be necessary to offer you a shared room until a private room becomes available.

Private health insurance
Please contact your private health fund to confirm your level of cover and whether you have an excess, co-payment or exclusion on your policy. In the event that you do have an excess or co-payment, these will be payable at the time of your admission.

Claims for hospitalisation will be made directly to your fund by the hospital. Depending on your health fund, some ancillary items may appear separately on your hospital account. You will receive a separate account from the provider for items such as:

• Doctors involved in your hospital care (Surgeons, Surgeons' Assistants, Anaesthetists, Specialist Physicians)
• Pathology
• Radiology
• Physiotherapy
• Pharmacy

Anaesthetics
Please go to the Victorian Anaesthetics Group website for more information regarding anaesthetics.

Self insured patients
Patients paying privately will be required to pay the estimated cost of hospitalisation on admission (payment for maternity patients is due one month prior to the expected birth). It is therefore necessary for you to contact Reception for an estimate prior to your admission. On discharge, you will be directed to the Reception desk to finalise your account. All fees for doctors, diagnostic services, pharmacy and other ancillary services will be billed separately.

Methods of payment
We accept the following forms of payment:

• Cash
• Bank Cheque
• Credit Card (Bankcard, Mastercard, Visa)
• EFTPOS

Please telephone our accounts department on 9881 7746 if you have any account queries.

Valuables
Waverley Private Hospital cannot accept responsibility for loss or damage to any valuables retained in your care. This includes jewellery, cash, credit cards, cheque books etc. We recommend that, where possible, you consider leaving items of value at home.