Cancer patient died alone after hospital sent him to hotel His body was discovered by his visiting wife on November 2 last year. The hospital said it was now "looking to see if lessons could be learned" from the incident. Under the "ambulatory chemotherapy service" at UCLH, patients have been routinely discharged to nearby hotel rooms so they can rest between doses, St Pancras Coroner's Court was told. A spokeswoman for UCLH said: "The patient was given the option to stay in the hotel which is a quieter and more relaxing environment. This service is known as ambulatory care because it allows patients, where there is no need fro them to be in hospital, to get treatment as day cases by choosing to sleep in a hotel nearby or go home if they live close enough to the hospital. Ambulatory care was part of Mr Curtis's treatment plan, which included being monitored on a daily basis within the hospital by his nursing and medical team. He fulfilled the strict criteria required for patients to be eligible to stay in the hospital. We do not put seriously ill patients in hotel rooms. The policy of allowing eligible patients to stay in a hotel room whilst receiving their care in hospital will continue. As with any inquest, we are looking to see if we can learn anything from the case.