{"id":10786,"date":"2022-03-28T11:29:36","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T01:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/waytogo\/?page_id=10786"},"modified":"2023-11-16T08:46:52","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T22:46:52","slug":"before-my-appointment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/waytogo\/stars\/my-appointment\/clinic-appointment\/gastroenterology-endoscopy-services\/before-my-appointment","title":{"rendered":"Before my appointment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h1>Before my appointment<\/h1>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p>To access this service, your GP or medical practitioner will need to send a referral letter to the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>If there is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qld.gov.au\/health\/services\/hospital-care\/waiting-lists\/\">waiting list<\/a>, you will receive a confirmation letter and be advised on what to do next. If there is no waiting list, you will receive an appointment booking letter or we will contact you to arrange a suitable time for your appointment.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":8572,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"menu_facility":[],"class_list":["post-10786","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/waytogo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/waytogo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/waytogo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/waytogo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/waytogo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10786"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/waytogo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10787,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/waytogo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10786\/revisions\/10787"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/waytogo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/waytogo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"menu_facility","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/waytogo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/menu_facility?post=10786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}