Hospital / Health Passport

Preparing Information for Safer Healthcare

A Hospital or Health Passport can help healthcare professionals quickly understand important information about a person’s communication, health, sensory needs, reasonable adjustments and support.

This resource combines an accessible explanation of health passports with practical writing pages, helping people and families gather information before completing an official or local passport or attending a healthcare appointment.

It includes:

What a Hospital or Health Passport is
Communication preferences and AAC
Individual signs of pain, illness or distress
Sensory needs and environmental adjustments
What helps during overwhelm or distress
Eating, drinking and swallowing information
Mobility, positioning and personal-care needs
Medication and important health information
People the person would like involved
Reasonable adjustments
Spacious writing areas for recording individual information
Guidance for healthcare professionals

A practical preparation tool for making important individual healthcare information easier to communicate and use.

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