Visiting

• Visiting is limited to special circumstances only (see Visiting someone in hospital – latest arrangements). All visits must be approved and you will need to call the ward BEFORE you come to the hospital
• Wear the appropriate PPE and must not be experiencing symptoms of COVID-19.
• Undertake the current risk assessment

Anyone coming for an approved visit must provide evidence of a Covid lateral flow test, done on the same day. You can collect tests to do yourself from a pharmacy or test site, or order them online.

Visitors must report their result here before coming to the hospital.

• „Wash or clean your hands before and after visiting the hospital and always after using the toilet.
• „Use soap and water to wash your hands and make sure you wash and dry them thoroughly. There are handwash sinks at the entrance to all of our wards.
• There are also hand-gel stations at the entrances to our hospitals.
• Please don’t sit on your friend/family member’s bed, or on other patients’ beds.
• „If you have symptoms such as flu, diarrhoea or vomiting or infections such as chicken pox, please do not visit because you could easily infect someone else.
• „We don’t recommend that young children visit, please talk to the nurse in charge beforehand if you’d like them to.

If anything to do with infection prevention is worrying you, feel free to challenge staff, they won’t mind. You can also always speak to a senior member of staff. Our infection prevention team also provides a 24-hour advice and guidance service.

Find out more about how we work to prevent infection on our quality and safety standards page.

For some top tips on washing your hands well see this BBC video

The chairs are operated by a £1 coin and they do not accept cards; however there is a cashpoint and a shop in the foyer there – there is also a receptionist there who can usually let a wheelchair out for you.

These wheelchairs are push only and are not able to be self-operated. Porters are available to push patients to their appointments.