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It is important to drink plenty of fluid. You should drink 6 to 8 glasses of fluid every day to prevent dehydration. During warmer weather you need to drink more fluids. The information in this page will help you choose the type and amount of fluid your body needs to maintain a healthy bladder and bowel.
This page is to inform you about how some of your medicines will be supplied. The medicine(s) shown on this page will be delivered to you by a clinical homecare provider.
“A butterfly lights besides us like a sunbeam, and for a brief moment its glory and beauty belong to our world: but then it flies again. And though we wish it could have stayed; we feel so lucky to have seen it”
The information on this page is a guide for patients and carers about vitrectomy surgery.
This page is a guide to Endovascular Aneurysm Repair surgery and should help to answer some of the questions you may have.
The information on this page is for patients having a bladder tumour removed by a Trans Urethral Resection of Bladder Tumour (TURBT) operation.
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.
Read this page if you have been diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM). This page explains what GDM is, how it is treated, and how it may affect your pregnancy.
This page gives you information about using dilators, following a course of external beam radiotherapy and brachytherapy (where radiotherapy is given internally). We also wish to support your sexual well-being after your treatment.
This page is designed to provide carers/family and friends with information if the person they are caring for discharges themselves from hospital against medical advice. This is known as self-discharge.
In November 2025, we made the difficult decision to extend the home birth service suspension for at least six months.
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 information about having a nuclear medicine scan, including any preparation required and the equipment used.
This page has been produced for patients diagnosed with anal cancer. It aims to help you understand the patient pathway and make you aware of the various treatment options that might be available to you.
This page has been written so that you will have the names and contact details for the Gynaecological Cancer Care team. We have also included some other resources that you might find useful.
This page gives you information about the oesophageal stent procedure. It is important that you read this page before your appointment so that you understand what will happen during the procedure and the preparation involved.
This page has been written for patients diagnosed with a cancer in the colon (large bowel). It aims to help you understand the process involved in your care and make you aware of the various treatment options that might be available to you.
This page provides information for patients who have Clostridioides difficile Infection (CDI). If you have CDI, please make sure that those caring for you at home also read this page or the leaflet provided by your healthcare professionals.
Experience of care week is an opportunity to show the breadth of the patient experience team, the services we offer to support our patients and their carers and how we respond to their feedback.
This page provides information for patients, relatives and carers about the support offered by the Gloucestershire Home Enteral Feeding Team (HEFT) when you have an enteral feeding tube. It answers some of the commonly asked questions.