Elective checklist
Please get in touch if you have any additional suggestions.4+ months to go
- contact hospital to check whether elective is possible
- book air travel
- identify and apply to funds
- prepare budget
- order travel guides/maps etc.
2 months to go
- book travel health consultation
- order travel money
- prepare medical kit
- get other kit
- contact drug companies/others re donations of money and equipment
- sort travel insurance
- book first night in hotel if necessary
- start reading about common conditions likely to be encountered
- identify main aims/travel ideas for elective
2 weeks to go
- confirm flights
- buy film/memory cards for camera
- scan/photocopy essential documents
- pass travel and contact details to family
- sort email
- print off visa form
- check latest Foreign Office advice
- review BBC News South Asia for news
- send email to Nepal to confirm arrival and reporting arrangements
- make self aware of action to take for needlestick injuries