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At night, please keep noise and light to a minimum and ensure that all mobile phones are switched off or on silent between the hours of 10pm and 6am.
, both of which will have a positive impact on the future of patient care in Gloucestershire.
Turnaround time Microscopy results on day of receipt Culture results 2 – 3 days
The emotional support that they provide will also allow our staff to focus on their very busy clinical roles.
You will be asked to remove the clothes from the lower part of your body and then lie on your left side on the bed.
From 8:00 am up until midday on the day of your surgery, you can only drink sips of water
On admission
If you are unable to lie on your left side, we can carry out the echo while you are lying on your back.
Our length of stay on the Frailty Assessment Unit (based on AMU) is consistently below 24 hours, with our lowest LOS being 17.6 hours for April 2019.
Going home When you arrive on the ward your nurse will advise you approximately how long your stay in hospital will be.
It is located on the fifth floor of the Tower Block at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital.
to set a base line and to seek ideas on how we could improve the reporting and asking what they wanted to use the report for.
They may not be able to breathe on their own, and they may have multiple organ failure.
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After your operation - On the ward
follow the advice on NHS UK about testing
patients, visitors and contractors consistently demonstrate acceptable standards of behaviour towards our staff, other patients, visitors and people on
Update on Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT) production
general surgery on the Gloucestershire Royal Site, should it be predicted safe staffing parameters can no longer be met.