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Changes to Cheltenham A&E during BMA Industrial Action 17 - 22 December
Due to essential works to replace hot water pipes, hot water will be unavailable throughout the main atrium block at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, including the Children’s Centre, from 7:30am to 9pm on Sunday 29 September.
The Respiratory team offers a high-quality service supporting children and young people with a range of respiratory illnesses. We provide specialist clinics with both the consultant and nurse specialist, as well as nurse-led clinics for mild to moderate asthma.
Parents and loved ones affected by baby loss could soon be able to visit a new garden of remembrance as part of our Big Plus Fund.
We are based at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital and see patients who have either been referred to our service from the community (e.g. their GP) or those who have attended the Emergency Department following an acute illness or event such as a fall.
Based in the Gloucestershire Oncology Centre, the Focus Support Centre offers information, help and advice for local cancer patients and their loved ones.
The doctors looking after you/your family member are considering performing a tracheostomy. This is to help with your overall treatment while you are a patient in the Department of Critical Care (DCC). We have written this page to give you information about having a tracheostomy. It explains what a tracheostomy is, what the procedure involves and the possible risks. We hope that it will help to answer some of the questions you may have. If you have any further questions or concerns, please speak to a member of the Critical Care team.
From 9 to 15 October, we are joining people across the country to mark Baby Loss Awareness Week. This is a time to remember babies who have died during pregnancy, at birth or in infancy and to offer support to anyone affected.
This page gives advice about having a brother or sister in the Neonatal Unit (NNU)
You have been asked to produce a sample of semen for analysis (examination). Semen analysis is looking closely at the sample, through a microscope, to see how many moving sperm cells are present and whether they are normal in appearance. The quality of semen is a vital factor in fertility and for this reason careful examination of a semen sample is of great importance. This examination needs to be done in a laboratory and may need repeating.
GPs and community NHS teams in some areas of the county will start COVID-19 vaccination of priority groups, for example the over 80s, from mid-week (pending vaccine delivery) with other areas following very soon.
Work on a new Emergency Department (ED) at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital (GRH) costing £17.3m remains on course for a spring opening next year.
Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) is a multidisciplinary approach to help people recover more quickly after major surgery. It’s sometimes called rapid or accelerated recovery.
The COVID-19 situation in the UK is changing over time and we therefore recommend that you follow the up-to-date advice being provided by Public Health England and the Government. There is also very useful information specifically for rheumatology patients provided by Versus Arthritis.
This page gives you information about your planned dobutamine stress echocardiogram.
Specially commissioned artwork for the new Gallery Ward 2 at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital brings a sense of the peace of the natural world into the busy ward environment.
We have created the Big Plus Fund to help support local projects that will improve the patient experience and transform the hospital environment wherever the need is greatest.
As part of the Government’s commitment to greater transparency and accountability in the NHS, a new performance assessment system has been introduced: the NHS National Oversight Framework (NOF).
The countywide Ophthalmology Cataract Service is provided in partnership by Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Gloucestershire Health and Care Foundation Trust at Cheltenham General and Tewkesbury Hospitals
The Trauma Unit at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is part of the Severn Trauma Network, and helps to make sure that patients who have experienced an orthopaedic problem receive timely and co-ordinated treatment.
Find the latest guidance from our hospitals if you are receiving cancer treatment or are living with a cancer diagnosis.