What you need to bring

It is important that you bring:
• Any paperwork or information relating to your stay that we have sent you
• Any medication, including inhalers, that you are using
• Any paperwork or information, including X-rays, relating to your current medical condition
• The name, full address and telephone number of your GP
• Up-to-date details of your next of kin

You may also want to bring:
• Casual, loose-fitting clothes
• Nightwear, underwear, dressing gown and slippers
• Toiletries (including toothbrush, toothpaste and soap), bath towel, facecloth, tissues
• Hairbrush or comb
• Any spectacles, hearing aids or dentures that you wear
• Manual or cordless razor and shaving materials
• A small amount of cash for the hospital shop and telephones
• Contact telephone numbers for your relatives, friends and carers
• Things to do, such as reading material, writing material, a personal music player (must be used with headphones), etc
• Your house keys (if not left with a relative, friend or neighbour)

Please don’t bring:
• Valuables or large sums of money
• Large items (you will only have a small bedside cupboard in which to store your belongings)
• An alarm clock (this may disturb other patients)