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Sedation can make you unsteady on your feet. Please be careful on stairs and have someone with you if you feel unsteady.
Please make sure that you take a bath or shower before you come to the hospital for surgery.
If you change any of your contact details, please make sure the homecare provider is aware of the changes.
We make every effort to make sure that the data we hold about you is accurate and up to date.
You must hold Lasting Power of Attorney for Health and Wellbeing to make health-related decisions.
Do you find that you have to make several visits to the toilet if you drink too much coffee or Coca Cola®?
Do I need to make any special preparations?
Splints: rigid splints (metal or plastic) are effective but make thumb use difficult.
This can make your nose feel blocked, this is expected.
This can make every day things like filling a kettle or lifting a pot difficult.
It is your responsibility to make sure that your storage wishes remain up-to-date.
If you do have to use it, please make sure a Plain English explanation accompanies each medical term.
This can help to improve the image quality and make the results easier to read.
More aggressive causes of cellulitis spread quickly and can make you very unwell. What is the treatment?
Insert your lenses before applying make-up, and remove lenses before removing make up.
Jen wants to make a patients stay in hospital more pleasant with laughter and smiles along the way.
Intravenous sedation will make you lightly drowsy and relaxed, but not unconscious (asleep).
During dialysis, steps are taken to make sure there is minimum exposure to infection and blood borne viruses.
Your judgement may be affected following the sedation so do not make any important decisions or sign any legal documents.
