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Changes to Cheltenham A&E during BMA Industrial Action 17 - 22 December
Our chaplains provide spiritual and pastoral care and support for all faiths to help people find strength, comfort and meaning at what can be a very difficult time in their lives.
The latest COVID-19 vaccine booster study is to launch in Gloucestershire this month
by Dr Tim Spencer and Dr Lorna Hawley
Help us build a bigger, brighter home for cancer care - for you, your loved ones, your community.
by Alison Lovett-Turner
‘Changing Places’ are specialist facilities for disabled people requiring assistance from 1 or more carers, or who need the larger manoeuvring space provided
This page is a guide for patients having an angiogram or angioplasty.
This page is for patients about to have a Trans Urethral Resection of the Prostate (TURP). Over 45,000 TURP operations are carried out each year in the United Kingdom, 350 of these are performed at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. This surgery is carried out at Cheltenham General Hospital. Other operations for enlargement of the prostate are available.
The Emergency Department (ED) at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital is beginning a partnership with volunteers from Gloucestershire branches of Samaritans this month.
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust included in National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation.
Procalcitonin (PCT) is the precursor of the hormone calcitonin, which in normal metabolic conditions is mainly produced by the C‐cells of the thyroid medulla and to a lesser extent by other neuroendocrine cells. The blood of healthy individuals contains only very low levels of PCT.
Improvement works at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital in early March may cause some disruption to affected areas. Signage for alternative routes will be in place. This does not affect the main entrances and exits to the hospital.
In April this year, a group of ear, nose and throat (ENT) surgeons from Gloucestershire Royal Hospital travelled to Zambia at the request of Lufunda Lukama, an ENT surgeon working in the country.
This page explains what a midwifery-led birth unit is and the options available to you in Gloucestershire. If you have no major medical conditions and have a straightforward pregnancy, the National Institute for Health & Care Excellence (NICE) recommend that the safest and best place for you to have your baby is in a midwifery led birth unit. For more information follow the link at the end of this page.
No specific preparation required
by Dr. Sabrina Sargent and Dr. Alexander Carpenter