Your operation will be performed at We request that visitors respect other Discharge Exeter Hospital (Wonford) by your patients on the ward and keep noise On the morning of your discharge, Torbay Surgeon M………………… levels to a minimum. following breakfast, you may be asked During your recovery you will be to dress and sit in the dayroom. This cared for by the Exeter Team. Once Well behaved and supervised children enables us to prepare the bed for the you are fit to go home, your care are welcome. We also ask that visitors next patient. Please allow up to 4 will revert back to the Team at sit on the chairs provided and not on hours for your medication to be Torbay. the beds. dispensed from the pharmacy. Otter ward Please always use the hand gel A follow up appointment to see your provided when arriving and leaving the Torbay surgeon will be arranged by Otter ward is situated on Level 2 Area ward. the Torbay team and will be sent to J. It is a 24 bedded ward which your home address after you have specialises in Ear, Nose & Throat, been discharged from Otter ward. Oral & Maxillofacial and Ophthalmic Ward meal & snack times Surgery You will be admitted to Knapp Ward Breakfast is served at 8am. Level 2 in the Orthopaedic Centre on Wednesday morning for operation on Morning drinks and snacks at 10 am. the same day and transferred to Otter Ward after your operation. Lunch is served at 12 pm. If you feel this is not possible, please Afternoon drinks and snacks 3 pm. speak to the pre assessment team at Royal Devon & Exeter as it may be Evening meal is served at 5 pm. possible for you to have hostel accommodation for the night prior to Evening drinks at 8 pm. your operation Snack boxes are available at all times please talk with your nurse if you Visiting times would like extra snacks. Otter ward has open visiting between the hours of 8am & 8 pm We prefer that there are only 2 visitors at a time for each patient. Coming to Hospital? Remember Exeter is also smoke free Otter Ward Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital Barrack Road Exeter EX2 5DW 01392 402807 Parking The nearest parking is at the Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic (PEOC) entrance. Having your Head & Neck Transport Surgery in If you need help with transport for your Royal Devon & Exeter admission or pre assessment clinic Hospital appointment the contact number for the Exeter hospital car service is: Matron 01392 403737 Nic Mathieu The information in this leaflet has been Head & Neck Ward produced by the Torbay and Exeter Otter Ward Head & Neck Teams Head & Neck Specialist Nurses Claire Barber, Zoe Copp & Joy Higgs 23683 V4/Head and Neck/TSDFT/05.18/ Review Date 05.20 .