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List of UK hospitals providing free patient and visitor WiFi

20 February 2015 at 10:13pm

Hospitals that have free patient & visitor WiFi include those below, not necessarily the same as those providing eduroam. Not quite as convenient and managed as eduroam but nevertheless a valuable facility for visiting students or academics:

  1. Adamson Hospital, Cupar
  2. Aintree University Hospital
  3. Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool
  4. Ashburton & Buckfastleigh Hospital, Devon
  5. Basildon University Hospital
  6. Basingstoke & North Hampshire Hospital
  7. Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre, Glasgow
  8. Bethlem Royal Hospital, Beckenham
  9. Birmingham Children's Hospital
  10. Birmingham Women's Hospital
  11. Blackpool Victoria Hospital
  12. Bolsover Hospital, Chesterfield
  13. Bradford Royal Infirmary
  14. Bristol Royal Hospital for Children (after paper based registration)
  15. Bronglais Hospital, Aberystwyth
  16. Burton Hospital
  17. Cavendish Hospital, Buxton
  18. Churchill Hospital, Oxford
  19. Countess of Chester Hospital
  20. Dartmouth Hospital, Devon
  21. Dean Street Clinic, London
  22. Derriford Hospital, Plymouth
  23. Dewi Sant Hospital, Pontypridd
  24. Dewsbury and District Hospital
  25. Dorset County Hospital
  26. Dumfries & Galloway Royal Infirmary
  27. East  Surrey Hospital, Redhill
  28. Forth Valley Road Hospital, Larbert
  29. Frimley Park, Surrey
  30. Furness General Hospital, Barrow-in-Furness
  31. George Eliot Hospital, Nuneaton
  32. Glan Clwyd Hospital, Rhyl
  33. Glangwili Hospital, Carmarthen
  34. Glenrothes Hospital, Fife
  35. Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Clydebank
  36. Great Ormond Street
  37. Guy’s Hospital
  38. Harefield Hospital
  39. Heatherwood Hospital, Ascot
  40. Hinchingbrooke Hospital, Huntingdon
  41. John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
  42. Lambeth Hospital, London
  43. Leigh Infirmary
  44. Liverpool Heart & Chest
  45. Liverpool Women's Hospital
  46. Luton & Dunstable
  47. Maudsley Hospital, London
  48. Morriston Hospital, Swansea
  49. Neath Port Talbot Hospital, Port Talbot
  50. Newholme Hospital, Bakewell
  51. Newton Abbot Community Hospital, Devon
  52. Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
  53. North Middlesex University Hospital
  54. Pinderfields General Hospital, Wakefield
  55. Pontefract General Infirmary
  56. Prince Charles Hospital, Merthyr Tydfil
  57. Prince Philip Hospital, Llanelli
  58. Princess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend
  59. Queen Margaret Hospital, Dunfermline
  60. Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead
  61. Randolf Wemyss Memorial Hospital, Buckhaven
  62. Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic & District Hospital, Owestry
  63. Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, Wigan
  64. Royal Brompton Hospital
  65. Royal Hampshire County Hospital
  66. Royal Lancaster Infirmary
  67. Royal London Hospital
  68. Royal Marsden Hospital (London)
  69. Royal Marsden Hospital (Sutton)
  70. South Pembrokeshire Hospital, Pembroke Dock
  71. St Andrews Community Hospital, St Andrews
  72. St Thomas’ Hospital
  73. Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport
  74. The Christie, Manchester
  75. The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre
  76. The Ipswich Hospital
  77. The Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Pontyclun
  78. Torbay Hospital
  79. University College Hospital
  80. University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
  81. University Hospital Aintree
  82. University Hospital Coventry
  83. University Hospital Llandough, Penarth
  84. University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff
  85. Walton Hospital, Chesterfield
  86. Westmorland General Hospital, Kendal
  87. Weston General Hospital, Somerset
  88. Wexham Park Hospital, Slough
  89. Wrexham Maelor Hospital
  90. Wrightington Hospital, Wigan
  91. Wyteman’s Brae Hospital, Kirkcaldy
  92. Withybush Hospital, Haverfordwest
  93. Yeovil District Hospital
  94. Ysbyty Cwm Cynon, Mountain Ash
  95. Ysbyty Cwm Rhondda, Tonypandy
  96. Ysbyty George Thomas, Treorchy
  97. Ysbyty Gwynedd Hospital, Bangor

Hospitals that have free patient and visitor WiFi in limited specific wards or units only include:

  1. ARC Day Services, Bridgend
  2. Bristol Haematology & Oncology Centre (Teenage Cancer Trust Ward and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit)
  3. Cefn Coed Hospital, Swansea
  4. Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Grimsby (restaurant/cafe)
  5. Goole and District Hospital (restaurant/cafe)
  6. Harrogate District Hospital (Chemotherapy)
  7. James Paget University Hospital (4 wards)
  8. Kent and Canterbury Hospital (Renal unit)
  9. Milton Keynes General Hospital (Children’s wards)
  10. Princess of Wales Hospital, Ely (Oliver Zangwill Centre)
  11. Princess Royal Hospital, Telford (Renal Unit)
  12. Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital, Margate (Children's ward)
  13. Royal Preston Hospital (Renal wards)
  14. Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (Chemotherapy and Haematology Day Centres, Renal Unit)
  15. Royal Victoria Hospital, Dundee (Roxburghe House)
  16. Salford Royal (Hope Building Cafe)
  17. Scunthorpe General Hospital (restaurant/cafe)
  18. Singleton Hospital, Swansea (Special Care Baby Unit, wards 4,6,11, and 12, Oncology Day Unit)
  19. Southampton General Hospital (Young People’s ward and Cystic Fibrosis Unit)
  20. Southmead Hospital (new Brunel Building)
  21. William Harvey Hospital, Ashford (Children's ward)

Hospitals that have patient and visitor WiFi as a charged service include:

  1. Campus for Aging and Vitality, Newcastle
  2. Croydon University Hospital
  3. Epsom General Hospital
  4. Freeman Hospital, Newcastle
  5. Glenfield Hospital, Leicester
  6. Grantham & District Hospital
  7. Hurstwood Park Neurosciences Centre, Haywards Heath
  8. King’s College Hospital
  9. Kingston Hospital
  10. Leicester General Hospital
  11. Leicester Royal Infirmary
  12. Lincoln County Hospital
  13. Newham University Hospital
  14. Nottingham City Hospital
  15. Pilgrim Hospital, Boston
  16. Princess Royal Hospital, Haywards Heath
  17. Queen's Hospital, Burton
  18. Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham
  19. Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital, Brighton
  20. Royal Derby Hospital
  21. Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital
  22. Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton
  23. Royal Victoria Hospital, Newcastle
  24. St Helier Hospital, Carshalton
  25. University Hospital of North Tees, Stockton-on-Tees