I spend a lot of time in the RVI as most of you know because I’ve commented when I’ve seen Talia in too.
The showers are great and most rooms are en-suite with a shower and a bath. Extremely clean because the GNCH (great north children’s hospital) is relatively new and on the side of the RVI. The showers are lovely and hot / powerful. If you need towels they give you them, they even supply shampoo, toothbrushes etc anything you need they go above and beyond. If you don’t want to ask the. The shop downstairs sells everything! Hair brushes, nail files, bits of makeup, deodorants, different toothpastes, toothbrushes everything is in that shop it’s great!! Many time when it was covid and my other half wasn’t allowed in I survived in that shop lol
I was once in for 2.5 months (10 weeks) with my little on and I did not have a second out of the hospital.
You can also get Uber to deliver anything to your ward door or main reception. Food or items from Asda etc because it’s right in the middle of the city centre everything is available.
What I’m trying to say is there is no excuse.