Discharge Lounge
Level 1, Battle Block Outpatients
Royal Berkshire Hospital
Craven Road
Reading
Berkshire
RG15LE
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Opens 7.30am
Closes 8pm
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Discharge Lounge
On the day you leave hospital you will usually be transferred to the Discharge Lounge, where you will be looked after by registered nurses and health care assistants. The dedicated team there will communicate with your ward staff, transport crew, family members and the pharmacy to ensure you have a safe and seamless discharge.
The Discharge Lounge is a safe, secure area which accommodates 18 patients. There is tea, coffee and snacks available at any time, with hot food served at mealtimes. Additionally, there is radio, television, as well as a selection of newspapers and magazines.
Your medication and a discharge letter will be provided and will be fully explained by either the ward nurse (if your medication is ready on the ward), or by a Discharge Lounge nurse (if your medication is ready after you’ve left the ward).
If you have hospital transport booked, the ambulance crew will collect you from the Discharge Lounge.
Your relatives can come and collect you from the Discharge Lounge.
- Make arrangements for transport home (family, friend, taxi etc.). If this is difficult, let ward staff know before the day of discharge.
- If you need hospital transport, a member of the ward staff will book this for you.
- Let your family know where to pick you up from (the Discharge Lounge). A member of staff can help you with directions.
- Change into a suitable clothing and footwear to go home.
- Make sure your home is accessible, e.g. have your key ready, know your key safe number, have a relative or friend waiting for you at home to let you in.
The Discharge Lounge is located on level 1 Battle Block, via Outpatients Therapies. We are open Monday to Friday, 7.30am-8pm (excluding bank holidays).
Please look for the directions inside the hospital if you enter through any of the hospital entrances.
Arriving by car
If you are arriving by car to collect a patient from the Discharge Lounge, you can enter the hospital via the Redlands Road entrance.
For your convenience, free drop-off parking is available for patients being collected from the Discharge Lounge. This allows family members, friends or carers to collect patients without worrying about parking charges during pick-up.
Alternatively, parking is available nearby at the 30-minute pick-up and drop-off bay at the London Road entrance car park.