For healthcare & patient organisations
Practical patient-made resources for people going into hospital, having treatment or recovering — and for the people trying to help them.
The Sick List was made by a small group of long-term patients who have spent years in and out of hospital. It turns the practical things patients often learn too late into guides, checklists, printables and recommendations that are easier to use when somebody is already ill, tired or overwhelmed.
We are not part of the NHS and we do not provide medical advice. Nurses we know have contributed informal practical input in places, but this is patient-made information rather than clinical guidance or NHS endorsement.
Share our resources
Healthcare teams, patient-experience services, charities and other organisations are welcome to share or link to any public Sick List guide, checklist or printable. You do not need our permission.
Resources that may be particularly useful include:
- Hospital-bag checklists
- Ward-round notes
- Going into hospital when you’re autistic — a visual story, with accompanying patient/staff sheet
- The ADHDer’s guide to surviving hospital, with accompanying patient/staff sheet
Sharing or linking to a Sick List resource does not imply NHS or organisational endorsement of the wider site.
Posters & print resources
We’ve made a small set of Sick List posters and resources for healthcare teams, patient-experience services, charities and other organisations.
You can download print-ready patient posters in A4, A3 and A2, along with our healthcare-professionals information poster.
We’ve also made web-ready versions that can be used on healthcare and organisation websites, intranets, digital newsletters and other communications. If you use one online, please link it to thesicklist.co.uk so people can get to the resources themselves.
They’re free to download, print, display and share. You do not need our permission to use or share them.
If you need professionally printed copies, larger quantities or want to discuss using the resources across a service or organisation, email healthcare@thesicklist.co.uk. We can arrange physical printing where needed.
- Patient poster — A4 office printing
- Patient poster — A4 professional printing
- Patient poster — A3 office printing
- Patient poster — A3 professional printing
- Patient poster — A2 professional printing
- Healthcare professionals information poster — A4 office printing
- Healthcare professionals information poster — A4 professional printing
For websites & newsletters
Work with The Sick List
The founder of The Sick List is available for selected talks, workshops and co-production work with healthcare teams, patient-experience teams and organisations developing information for patients.
This can include conference and staff-team talks about long-term patient experience; practical workshops looking at hospital journeys from the patient side; lived-experience review of patient information, leaflets and webpages; and working with staff to co-produce clear, useful patient guides and resources.
The focus is practical: the ordinary details of hospital care, information and environments that can make a disproportionate difference to how patients experience them.
Professional enquiries
For healthcare organisations, patient groups, conference organisers and collaborative work:
This inbox is for professional enquiries only. The Sick List is not a patient support or advocacy service and we cannot help with individual care, complaints, contacting a hospital or resolving somebody’s treatment.
If you are a patient, family member or carer looking for practical help, please use the guides and resources on the site rather than emailing this address.