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Coordinating your hospital appointments well will ensure the process of diagnosing, treating and recovering from or living with medical issues runs as smoothly as possible.

Before you go into hospital, plan your journey to make sure you get there on time. You might use non-emergency patient transport if it is clinically necessary.

Preparing for a hospital stay includes knowing what to take, making sure your home, work and family commitments are taken care of and making arrangements for your return home.

Going to hospital can be frightening for a child. Preparing a child for hospital with the right level of information at the right time will help ease their anxiety.

Preparing for surgery is important. Maximising your recovery will depend on how you prepare for surgery.

Treatment as a public patient in Victorian public hospitals is free to all Australian citizens and most permanent residents of Australia.

To make sure you are ready for a hospital stay, make yourself a preparing for surgery checklist. This will help you before you go to hospital and help after surgery.

If you need to go to hospital to see a specialist or surgeon, you have the right to choose both the hospital and the specialist you want.