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Going through a cancer diagnosis and treatment can be a very difficult time. The condition itself, treatments and the stress from the experience may affect your vulval and vaginal health. This page explains the possible effects you may experience and ways these can be managed.

You have been advised to have a procedure called an enteroscopy, which is a close look at the small bowel. The procedure is like a gastroscopy, but goes on into the small bowel and so will take more time.

This page gives you information about your planned dobutamine stress echocardiogram.

This page provides information to help you understand and decide if you may wish to store samples of semen before any cancer treatment.

This page gives you helpful guidance to make sure that any item of patient information you are working on is evidence based, and written in keeping with Plain English standards and those of the Trust.

As November comes to a close, this year we intend to use the days of advent to share positive reflections about a colleague or department at what can be a challenging time of year.

This page gives you information about having a Computed Tomography (CT) guided bone biopsy. It explains how the procedure is carried out and some of the possible complications.

You have been advised to have an Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection ( It is important that you read this information before your appointment so that you understand this procedure and the preparation involved.

The information on this page will help to answer some of the questions you may have about the eye condition Central Serous Chorioretinopathy, commonly called CSCR.

You need to have a further colonoscopy to attempt to remove the polyp(s) found at the time of your last procedure. It is important that you read this information before your appointment so that you understand this procedure and the preparation involved.

This page gives you information about vaginal hysterectomy and pelvic floor repair, including information about the benefits and risks of the procedure.

The information on this page answers many of the commonly asked questions about leg ulcers. If you have any further questions about your condition or treatment, please feel free to ask at your next clinic appointment or the next time you see your primary care nurse.

You have been advised to have an ERCP either to help us find out the cause of your symptoms or for the management of your symptoms. This page should help answer any questions you may have.

You have been advised to have a flexible sigmoidoscopy to investigate the cause of your symptoms. It is important that you read this page before your appointment so that you understand what will happen during the procedure and any preparations needed.

Contact lenses are fitted to patients in the hospital when there is a medical need or when vision can only be improved to an adequate level with contact lens correction.

This page gives you information about radical trachelectomy, a treatment for early-stage cervical cancer. This treatment is suitable for women who have very early invasive cervical cancer who would like to preserve their fertility; only a few cancer centres can offer this procedure.

This page gives you important information about the day case Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) tube procedure. It is essential that you read this page if you are having a PEG tube inserted, replaced or removed.

This page is to inform you about your planned Direct Current (DC) electrical cardioversion. A cardioversion is an electrical treatment which aims to treat abnormal heart rhythms. It involves connecting you to a defibrillator machine and giving you a controlled electric shock.

This page will provide you with basic information about a procedure for stress incontinence known as colposuspension.