Visiting Hours
Your visitors are most welcome but in the interest of your care and recovery, they are asked to observe the following hours:
| General wards and Intensive Care | |
| Visiting Hours: | 11am - 8pm |
| Patient rest period: | 1pm - 3pm |
| Coronary Care Unit | |
| Visiting Hours: | 10am - 8pm |
| Patient rest period: | 12pm - 3pm |
| Mercy Hospice | Unrestricted visiting hours |
Special arrangements for visiting at other times can be made where appropriate. Please talk with the nurse in charge.
If you do not wish to see a visitor or to receive telephone calls, please inform the nurse caring for you.
After Hours Visitors
The hospital recognises that when a patient is very ill, relatives and carers may wish to remain with them after hours when normal visiting hours have finished.
Because the security of our patients, staff and visitors is important to us we have a procedure in place to record who is in the hospital after hours (8.30pm to 5am) when the hospital is locked. Should relatives and carers wish to stay then the arrangement needs to be formalised with the Nurse in Charge of the ward.
The Nurse in Charge of the ward will direct the relatives and carers to emergency reception to register and be issued with a numbered badge that is required to be worn at all times. The Hospice has similar arrangements in place and maintains a register for its guests.
Visitor Responsibility
Visitors are asked to observe the following:
- Children are welcome but must be under adult supervision at all times
- The number of visitors is restricted to 2 or 3. In Intensive Care and Coronary Care, visitors are restricted to immediate family, except in extenuating circumstances, with only two visitors at a time
- Visitors may be asked to wait in the waiting room if you require treatment
- Limit the length of time when visiting to allow you adequate time to rest
Please negotiate with the nurse-in-charge to make special arrangements to visit outside of the set visiting times.