Staying in hospital

This easy read information is about staying in hospital overnight. For more information about staying at St Thomas' Hospital or Guy's Hospital, you can also download our easy read booklets.

A nurse, doctor, and a patient in bed are inside a house that says 'NHS' on the roof

A person who stays in a hospital overnight is called an inpatient

A white woman holds her hand on her head and looks in pain

You might stay in hospital because you are unwell and need treatment to make you better

Image representing a hospital next to a diary marked with 'Stay' and an arrow across several days

You might stay in hospital for 1 night or more nights

Where you will sleep in the hospital

Empty ward with a row of 3 hospital beds separated by blue curtains. Each has a bedside table, chair for visitors and television screen

You will stay on a ward. A ward is a room with beds for people staying in a hospital

A man wearing a hospital gown lies in a hospital bed

You will share the room with people who have a similar illness

4 older women stand together smiling, one using a walking aid

If you are a woman, you will stay in a room with other women

4 older men stand together and one sits nearby on a chair

If you are a man, you will stay in a room with other men

Easy read booklets

A man holds a booklet with the words 'easy read' on the cover

You can read more about staying in hospital in our easy read booklets

Welcome to Guy's Hospital

What happens when you come to stay in Guy's Hospital.

Read about staying at Guy's Hospital (PDF 1.59MB)

Welcome to St Thomas' Hospital

What happens when you come to stay in St Thomas' Hospital.

Read about staying at St Thomas' Hospital (PDF 1.59MB)

Last updated: February 2025

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