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Changes to Cheltenham A&E during BMA Industrial Action 17 - 22 December
The extensor tendons of the hand are cord like structures that allow you to straighten your fingers or thumb (digits).
This page gives you information about the medication gabapentin which you have been prescribed to reduce the pain of vulvodynia. Vulvodynia is pain in the vulva (area around the outside of the vagina) that lasts at least 3 months and does not have a specific cause.
How are phlebotomy (blood samples) services affected by industrial action?
This page is designed to allow you to gauge how you are doing after having a wrist fracture.
You have been referred this page because one of the blood tests taken when you came to the Pre-Operative Assessment Clinic shows that you are anaemic and/or iron and vitamin levels in your blood are low.
30 mL sterile Universal container
1ml, 2ml or 4ml EDTA sample
Cold haemagglutinin disease (CHAD) accounts for 16-32% of all cases of immune haemolysis. It occurs as an acute or chronic condition. The acute form is often secondary to lymphoproliferative disorders or Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection.
This page gives you information about pneumonia and the follow up care after you have been discharged from hospital.
This page covers some of the most important things that have been discussed with you during admission. The information on this page aims to help you through the first few weeks following diagnosis and also gives you advice and guidance to help you to make the safe transition from hospital to home.
This page gives you advice on how to care for your PEG feeding tube and the stoma site during and after the healing process.
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This page provides information for patients who have a mallet finger injury.
The information on this page is to prepare you for when your plaster has been removed. Although you will be keen to resume normal activities there may be a few adjustments that you will need to make.
This page gives you information about MSSA (Meticillin-sensitive Staphylococcus Aureus) and its treatment.
The information in this page will help to answer some of the questions you may have about posterior vitreous detachment. If you have any further questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to speak to the doctor or nurse caring for you.
This page provides information for patients who have been diagnosed with the condition cystinuria and advice on how to try to reduce the risks of developing future stones.
Construction works for the Electrical Infrastructure Phase 2 project will begin at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, from 6 January 2026 and continue until 14 August 2026.
This test is only performed following discussion with the Consultant Haematologist.