Please follow any instructions we have given you about stopping eating, drinking, or taking certain medications before your treatment or procedure.

 

Please bring:

✓ your admission letter

✓ your Hospital Passport or ‘This is me’ booklet if you have one

✓ the name, address, and phone number of your GP

✓ any medication you usually take, including prescribed inhalers and creams

✓ up-to-date details of your next of kin or emergency contact details

✓ nightwear (and a change), dressing gown and slippers with non-slip soles

✓ comfortable clothes to wear during the day, such as a tracksuit, and a change of underwear

✓ two face towels

✓ toothbrush and toothpaste

✓ if needed – denture pot and cleaner, and denture fixative cream (clearly labelled with your name)

✓ soap and shampoo

✓ hairbrush and/or comb

✓ glasses and/or hearing aids if you normally use them

✓ things to do, such as a book or magazines, a personal music player, mobile phone, or tablet if you have one (must be used with headphones).

 

Please do not bring:
  • valuables, including jewellery or large sums of money
  • large items, as you will only have a small bedside cupboard to store your belongings in.