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Changes to Cheltenham A&E during BMA Industrial Action 17 - 22 December
If you are unwell, require close monitoring or your treatment is administered over several hours, you may need to stay on an inpatient ward.
No specific preparation required
Chemical Pathology
We are sorry that you have had a miscarriage. To help you get through this difficult time, you should have already received information about different treatment options. This page gives you information about a surgical option called Manual Vacuum Aspiration (MVA), which can be done using local anaesthesia. It also explains the possible risks and benefits of the procedure and what to expect during and after discharge.
For adults, blood taken into a 5mL gold top tube (or rust top for the Acute Unit)
Our team of experts provide high quality, expert care for ill and premature babies at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital.
Purpose
This page provides information for patients due to have a urodynamic investigation. We want you to understand the risks and benefits, how to prepare for the investigation and what to expect both during and after the test.
This page provides information for women and birthing people who have been identified as being at risk of having a preterm (premature) birth. We hope that this information will help you to understand the risk factors and how the Preterm Birth team will support you during pregnancy to try to reduce the risk.
This page gives you important information about having a bronchoscopy. It should also help to answer any questions you may have.
Cheltenham General Hospital’s A&E department resumes its night-time nurse-led service on 30 June in line with plans to restore the service to its pre-pandemic status
Parents-to-be are being reminded of the importance of taking notice of baby’s movements during pregnancy, in a new campaign from Gloucestershire Local Maternity and Neonatal System.
By Emilie Kerslake, Dr Hina Iftikhar, Dr Seema Alaee, Dr Rachel Kaminski, Dr Charlie Sharp
The information on this page is for women who are not ovulating on their own. Ovulation induction is a kind of fertility treatment where a daily injection of a hormone is taken to stimulate the ovary for eggs to grow.
This page is for patients about to have a rigid or flexible ureteroscopic operation. Ureteroscopy is used for treatment and investigation of stones, tumours or obstruction such as narrowing of the ureter. It is also useful for investigating symptoms such as blood in the urine, pain or abnormal cells found in urine.
There are lots of practical things you can do to help during labour, although none as important as just being there.
Dr John Smallwood, Dr Charlotte Dobson, Dr Oliva Murphy
This page gives you information about aftercare following your CT scan of the heart.