If you are working with someone with health care needs, they may benefit from completing a hospital passport. They can help improve communication with health care professionals and reduce stress for the passport holder.
There are a number of different options available, depending on an individual’s personal circumstances.
Please find below a number of examples.
Neurodiversity Passport
Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care system have created a Neurodiversity Passport. You can view it here:
https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/neurodiversity-passport.pdf
National Autistic Society – My hospital passport
‘My Hospital Passport’ is a resource for people with autism who might need hospital treatment.
https://www.autism.org.uk/about/health/hospital-passport.aspx
Alzheimers Society – This is me
‘This is me’ is a simple leaflet for anyone receiving professional care who is living with dementia or experiencing delirium or other communication difficulties. A support tool to enable person-centred care. ‘This is me’ can be used to record details about a person who can’t easily share information about themselves. For example, it can be used to record:
| · a person’s cultural and family background
· important events, people and places from their life · their preferences and routines. |
The leaflet can be used in any setting – at home, in hospital, in respite care or in a care home.
https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/get-support/publications-factsheets/this-is-me
Personal health template – special educational needs and disabilities
Local hospital passports
James Paget hospital https://www.jpaget.nhs.uk/media/62572/Hospital-passport.pdf
Queen Elizabeth hospital (King’s Lynn) https://www.qehkl.nhs.uk/Carers-HospitalPassport.asp?s=information&p=information
Norfolk and Norwich University hospital learning disabilities hospital passport
https://nwknowledgenow.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/NNUH-hospital-passport.pdf