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2ml or 4ml EDTA sample.
Dr. Gentles is a Consultant Physician specialising in the care of older patients. Dr. Gentles works half in the hospital and half in the community, in a joint appointment between GHNHSFT and GHC. Her hospital time is spent mainly seeing older patients who have presented to the Emergency Dept at GRH or who are on the short-stay unit for older patients with frailty. Her community work is carried out across Gloucester city. She has an interest in patient and carer involvement and believes co-production and equal partnership of clinicians and patients is the way forward in improving services. She recently worked at the Royal College of Physicians as their Patient Involvement Officer. She is a voluntary board adviser to Healthwatch Gloucestershire.
If patient on high dose biotin therapy (>5mg/day) collect sample at least 8 hours after the last dose.
For adults, blood taken into a 5mL gold top tube (or rust top for the Acute Unit)
Recent field safety notices provided by both ResMed and Phillips Healthcare concern the use of magnets on their CPAP therapy masks
By Dr Hina Iftikhar, Dr Seema Alaee, Dr Jessica Bennett, Dr Rachel Kaminski, Dr David Windsor, Dr Charlie Sharp
It’s not too late to support these amazing colleagues who are running the London Marathon this Sunday. Each of them is supporting a different but equally worthy charity. Good luck to all of them
NHS leaders in the county say they want Gloucestershire to be ‘at the leading edge of healthcare’ as they resume a public discussion on ideas for how community urgent care and specialist hospital services could be provided in the future.
Over Easter, local charity ‘Feed the Hungry’ donated around 1,500 chocolate eggs for our inpatients, our volunteers and our staff.
The Research, Innovation, and Genomics department is hosting an Awareness Week at the end of September to showcase the Trust's pivotal role in research and innovation, which is essential for advancing healthcare practices and enhancing patient outcomes.
Chemical Pathology
Serum - paired samples normally required
Serum - paired samples not required
The high efficacy and low toxicity of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) has contributed to their frequent prescription worldwide, often without clear indication.
Mr Mutimer is an orthopaedic surgeon with a specialist interest in hip and knee arthroplasty.
Some types of cancer treatment can cause side effects that affect your bladder and bowel.
