A free, printable checklist of what to take to a hospital appointment — and what people most often arrive without. No account needed.
Work through it here and print what is left. Nothing you tick or type is sent anywhere.
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Made with the free tools at umuchi.comHospital staff know what to bring to an appointment, and nobody tells the person coming because it is too obvious to say. So people arrive without the current medicines list, or without the previous result the consultant wanted to compare against, and the appointment becomes about reconstructing information rather than using it. The list is short and it is the same list nearly every time.
The current medicines list, including anything bought over the counter. Any previous results or letters relevant to this appointment, especially the ones from a different hospital — they do not share records as often as people assume. Your questions, written down.
Something to write the answers on. Insurance or coverage details and any identification the appointment letter asked for. If you are going with somebody else: their list, not yours, and agreement about who speaks.
If a translator or an advocate is needed, arrange it before the day rather than at the desk.
Two cases come up often enough to plan for. If the appointment is for somebody who will not be there — a parent who cannot travel, a relative in a care home — ring ahead and ask whether they will see you without the patient, because many clinics will not, and finding that out at the desk wastes a morning and an appointment slot somebody else needed. And if you are the one being seen but somebody else holds the information, decide before you go whether they are coming or sending you with a written list, because arriving with neither is the commonest way an appointment becomes a rescheduling conversation.
Worth asking at the desk rather than assuming: whether a translator was arranged if one was requested, whether the previous results they wanted actually arrived, and whether the appointment is still with the person named on the letter. All three are things the clinic knows and nobody thinks to tell you, and all three change what happens in the next twenty minutes.
This page helps you organise information and arrive at an appointment prepared. It does not diagnose anything, it does not tell you what treatment you need, and it is not a substitute for a conversation with a clinician who knows you. If something is wrong, the right next step is a person with a licence, not a checklist.
In an emergency call your local emergency number — 911 in the US, 999 in the UK, 112 across the EU.
The version of this you fill in today is useful once. The version that is still there at the next appointment, already up to date, with your sister able to see it too, is useful every time. That is the difference an Umuchi account makes: the same information, kept, shared with the people you choose, and on your phone when somebody asks for it.
The version you fill in today is useful once. The version that is still there at the next appointment, already up to date, with your sister able to see it too, is useful every time.
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