What to bring

Clothes

• Comfortable day clothes
• Night-dress or pyjamas and dressing gown
• Slippers/shoes/jandals

Toiletry items

• Toothbrush/toothpaste
• Personal grooming items

Glasses, hearing aids and dentures

• Bring the cases for your glasses and hearing aid so they can be put away safely when you are not wearing them
• If you wear dentures, please bring your dentures container with you
• Please do not leave these items on the top of your locker in case they are lost during cleaning times

Valuables

• We recommend no more than $20 should be kept with you
• Free WiFi is available so items such as a mobile phone / tablet and charger
• If you bring a personal entertainment device (e.g. iPad) please bring headphones to minimise disturbance to others
• Pen, notebook, book
• You are also able to bring your own pillow and pillow case
• We recommend personal items be named
• Valuables/money may be kept in a locked cupboard in the ward or deposited in the hospital safe
• Waitemata DHB does NOT accept any responsibility for the loss of any personal item

Medications

• You are encouraged (or your caregivers) to bring your medicines with you on admission - especially if it is an acute admission
• This will assist the medical staff to provide the best care and treatment

• The medication will not be used when you are an in-patient except as a temporary measure until a supply can be obtained
• Your own medication will be stored in a dedicated area on the ward
• This does not apply if patients are self-medicating with medication supplied from the hospital pharmacy
• If you have any queries, please discuss these with your nurse, doctor or the ward pharmacist