Community Open Day 2023
Royal Surrey Community Open Day 2025: you’re invited!
When: 28 June 11am-3pm
Where: Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford
Come to our FREE event, see our world-class healthcare facilities, talk to our inspiring staff and find out about the future of Royal Surrey.
Thanks to the generous support of Royal Surrey Charity, this event is not ticketed - BUT if you'd like to go on one of our tours you can pre-book using the links below.
Who is the event for?
The open day is for anyone interested in health, care, or finding out more about Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust, including:
- everyone who uses our health services – that’s probably you!
- families looking for fun for the kids (free face painting, competitions, prizes and loads of interactive activities)
- anyone interested in NHS careers and working with us at Royal Surrey
- staff/representatives from other healthcare providers and community groups
What will I see?
The day will include a range of interactive activities for all ages:
- get a glimpse inside our operating theatres and surgical robots
- walk the laboratory with our histopathology team
- test your medical skills on our high tech dummy patients
- learn to save a life with our brilliant resuscitation team
- find out about different healthcare roles and career opportunities
- get a bird's-eye view of our new surgical innovation centre as it's being built
- visit our kids' zone offering face painting, competitions, prizes and loads of games to keep little ones entertained
- take a tour of our new Cancer Centre and see the work of our radiotherapy team
- there will be food, live music and a chance to see inside a fire engine, police car and ambulance
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Activity |
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Theatre tours What to expect: Our wonderful surgical team gives you access to our operating theatres. You'll see surgical robots in action! |
When:15 minute tours will run between 11am-3pm. Where: Meet in main reception 5 minutes before your tour starts Booking: Book a tour of our theatres here |
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Histopathology Laboratory tours What to expect: This amazing tour will give you access behind the scenes to our working histopathology laboratory. You'll be shown a specimen's journey from surgery to slide as one of our histopathology specialists shows you the integral part they play in diagnosis of diseases. Suitable for all over 8 years of age. This is a working laboratory and there will be clinical specimens visible. |
When:11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm. Each session will take an hour. Where: Meet in main reception 5 minutes before your tour starts Booking: Book a histopathology tour here |
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Radiology Department tours; X-rays and Ultrasound What to expect: This exciting opportunity allows you to direct our diagnostic experts to perform an X-ray and ultrasound on our dummy patients. |
When:15 minute tours will run between11am-3pm Where: Meet in main reception Booking: Book on the day in main reception |
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Royal Surrey Choir performance What to expect: Come and enjoy live music with our home grown choir — be inspried and see why singing is good for your health and wellbeing! |
When:1130am-12.15pm Where: Main reception |
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Learn to save a life; Adult and 12+session What to expect: Take part in the first of our CPR sessions. This one is for adults and older children wishing to learn CPR with an experienced resuscitation officer. |
When:12-12.30pm Where: Outpatients 2, Fracture Clinic Booking: Book on the day at the Clinic. Suitable for adults and children over the age of 12 only. |
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Your future career in healthcare What to expect: Come and learn about the opportunties at Royal Surrey with our brilliant experts who'll be discussing everything NHS careers. You’ll have the opportunity to quiz them about their field, as well as life at Royal Surrey. There will be talks on medicine, nursing and midwifery, allied health professional roles and health sciences — watch this space for more details! |
When:11.15am, 12.15pm, 1.15pm, 2.15pm Where: Lecture Theatre, Education Centre Booking: No booking necessary |
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Learn to save a life; Family session What to expect: Our second CPR session is open to all. This family-friendly session will give you the chance to practice chest compressions and play an interactive game. |
When:1.30-2pm Where: Outpatients 2, Fracture Clinic Booking: Open to all |
Where is it?
The event is based at Royal Surrey County Hospital in Guildford and the open day route will begin in the front entrance hall.
Visitors’ parking will be free for the duration of the open day – you do not need to buy a ticket. Please park in the visitors’ spaces.
Visit our Getting to Royal Surrey page to find out how to access the hospital via public transport.
Our address is:
Royal Surrey County Hospital
Egerton Road
Guildford GU2 7WW
Please note, the post code will take you to the rear of the hospital on sat navs. To come to the main entance, please continue straight at the traffic lights onto Gill Avenue and follow the road signs for the car park entrances.
Got a question?
Please contact the Communications team.
