Gifts can currently be dropped off at the Patient Support Hub, located in the main hospital in the Feast Restaurant on B Level, open 10am – 4pm Monday – Friday (excluding bank holidays).

Here are some examples of gifts you may wish to bring:

toiletries
pyjamas or supportive slippers
messages or photographs
clothes (that are easy to put on)
puzzle books and pens
biscuits (in tins or sealed bags)
a small amount of fruit
a few sweets and chocolate

Due to hygiene and limitations on space please check with the ward staff if you’d like more information.

Please do not bring gifts such as alcohol, flowers or plants. Due to infection prevention, please do not bring Christmas decorations.

If you are unable to visit the hospital but wish to pass on messages or photographs to a loved one in hospital, please email these to the Patient Support Hub and our volunteers will take them up to the relevant ward.

You can also email virtual gift cards to the Patient Support Hub for retail outlets within the hospital (WHSmiths or Costa) if there is anything in particular you would like us to purchase for your loved one, such as newspapers, snacks or drinks.

You can contact the Patient Support Hub via email patientsupporthub@uhs.nhs.uk or telephone between 10am-4pm Monday-Friday 0800 484 0135.

Bringing gifts