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BMA Resident Doctors’ Industrial action – 7 April to 13 April and temporary changes to Cheltenham A&E
This page gives you information about the condition you are being assessed for and the processes carried out during the assessment.
This page has been produced to answer the most commonly asked questions about HPV (Human Papilloma Virus).
This page gives you hints and tips to help improve your bowel function and control. Also included is information about bowel routine, skin care and dietary advice.
by Lowri Bowen
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.
by Craig Blakeway, Karen Wheeldon and Louise Jones
This month's Board Meeting took place on the 25 November 2016, chaired by Peter Lachecki in the Lecture Hall, Redwood Education Centre, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital.
This month's Board Meeting took place on the 26 May 2017, chaired by Peter Lachecki in the Lecture Hall, Sandford Education Centre, Keynsham Road, Cheltenham.
Everyone diagnosed with diabetes (Type 1 and Type 2), aged 12 and above, will be invited to Diabetic Eye Screening. This will be repeated yearly with some exceptions for patients we have referred into the hospital eye services.
This page gives you information about the carbohydrate counting and Diabetes Education options for people with Type 1 Diabetes.
Phlebotomy Industrial Action
Microbiology
This page is a guide for patients having an angiogram or angioplasty.
by Eleanor Adams
You have been told you are likely to have uric acid stones, these are the only stones which may be dissolved by changing the pH of urine.
This page explains why you need to use an antimicrobial wash called Octenisan® before your vascular operation and how to use it.
You have attended Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) or the Ambulatory Emergency Care (AEC) department because you have a tiny tear on the outer part of your lung. This is called a spontaneous primary pneumothorax. This page gives you information about what to expect when treated for a spontaneous primary pneumothorax.
Haemolysed and lipaemic samples should not be tested.
by Jim Moriarty