Getting ready for your appointment
Our service runs across two sites. Please check whether your appointment is at the Royal Sussex County (RSCH) or Princess Royal (PRH) hospital. Your appointment may be face-to-face or via telephone. This information will be in your appointment letter and phone text reminder.
Please have a full list of your current medications, both prescribed and bought, available for review.
If the appointment is by telephone, please be in a place where you feel comfortable to discuss your symptoms.
It may also be useful to keep a summary of your disease history such as:
- your diagnosis
- date diagnosed
- which part of your bowel is affected
- current and previous medications (along with when and why they were stopped)
- recent investigation results.
We may suggest blood tests, sample tests, chest x-rays, scans and/or endoscopy investigations to diagnose and monitor your IBD. We will send you the details if this needs to be done before the clinic.
Clinics may not run to time. Please allow 30 minutes before and after your scheduled time for seeing/speaking with a clinician.
To change or cancel your booking please call 0300 303 8360.
What happens at your appointment
To ensure we are managing your IBD most appropriately, the clinician will ask you about your current symptoms and medications.
If it is a face-to-face appointment you may need a physical examination.
We may suggest blood tests, sample tests, chest x-rays, scans and/or endoscopy investigations to diagnose and monitor your IBD. Blood tests can generally be done on the day of your clinic appointment, but most other tests will be done a few days or weeks afterwards. The relevant department will send you the details.