What to Bring with You

All Patients

When packing for a stay in hospital, we recommend that you bring the following:

  • Admission letter
    This includes details such as the date of your admission and where to go when you arrive.
  • Clothes
    Your nightwear, suitable footwear and dressing gown, lightweight day clothes and underwear.
  • Toiletries
    A hairbrush or comb, shampoo, toothbrush, toothpaste, denture cleaner, soap, large and small towels, flannel and paper tissues. Please feel free to bring any other personal toiletry items.
  • Medicine
    If you are taking any medication, please bring these with you (in their original containers if possible).
  • Money and valuables
    You may need a small amount of change for telephone calls, stamps and newspapers.
  • Patients now have access to a personal bedside Premier Easitalk phone which enables patients to keep in touch with friends and relatives from their bed. If you wish to make phone calls you will need to purchase a Premier Easitalk Pay Card. These are available from Premier Easitalk vending machines. These are located in the wards and require 3 x £1 coins only. Calls to UK landlines, Europe, USA, Australia, etc, cost just 10p per min (Calls to mobile and other networks may vary). Patients do not require a pay card to receive incoming calls. If you wish to speak to a patient direct at the bed you will need to dial 07069 190 008. You will then need to enter the patient’s extension number when prompted. The patient’s extension number is located on the patient’s bedside phone (on the blue label above the key pad). Calls cost 51p per minute from a UK land line (Calls from mobiles and other networks may vary).

Younger Patients

Parents and carers with younger patients staying on the Nani Ward are also advised to bring the following (if applicable):

  • Special toy
  • Your child’s health record book
  • Nappies
  • 3-5 days’ supply of baby milk and/or packet food (so your baby’s diet is not disturbed while we order these items for you)
  • Any specific equipment used by your child

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