The New QEII Hospital has a modern and welcoming environment. Its design is inspired by the original Garden City concept through its use of materials (including timber, glass and hung tiles) the pitched roof line and a central courtyard garden area which is open to patients, visitors and staff from all the ground floor waiting areas. The hospital has also been designed to be sustainable and environmentally friendly – the shape and layout of the building creates natural shading, the window glass helps prevent the building getting too hot from the sun and a planted green roof encourages biodiversity. If you're visiting England or recently moved to England, look up the relevant information about accessing the NHS, as charges may occur. Find the appointment date and time that works best for you from the options available, then choose Select appointment. Reasonable adjustments tell people who will look after you in hospital the support you need. We are all different, so it is important you talk about this.

This is a specialist nurse who supports you if you have a learning disability while you are in hospital. They make sure you get good care.We recognise carers play a vital role in supporting patients’ communications needs – particularly where a patient has dementia, learning disabilities and/or autism. We can provide carers with a ‘carer's passport’ so that each patient’s main carer can be identified easily. The NHS has to make it as easy for disabled people to use health services as it is for people who are not disabled. This is called making reasonable adjustments.

Middlemarch tends to be the one novel taught in medical schools, as if the very name of George Eliot has healing powers. Very little of the novel is set in the town's hospital, but Dr Lydgate's project to bring reform to local medical practice represents his doomed optimism about the future of provincial life and English medicine. 10. The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann You may be asked whether you're happy for healthcare professionals who are training, such as medical students or training nurses, to be there during your appointment. You can say no if you're not comfortable with this.

Your appointment

Liverpool Street is the nearest National Rail station a 29 minute walk away. Alternatively you can take the Hammersmith and City line from Whitechapel to Liverpool Street Station. You'll also be able to compare the information to other consultants for this particular specialty in England. How to book your appointment The home can also offer accommodation to outpatients who would have difficulty getting to the hospitals to attend appointments, to pre-admission Allow plenty of time for your visit, especially if this is your first appointment. You may have to wait if your healthcare professional's other appointments overrun or they are called away to an emergency. Your appointment If you have had vomiting or diarrhoea in the last three days we would ask you to reschedule your appointment. This is to make sure you are not infectious to other patients.