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A patient’s experience of using our hospital services should be positive. We want all of our patients, their families, carers and friends to feel confident in our services.
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.
This page gives you information about the general anaesthetic and/or sedation you will have before your operation.
During your stay on the ward, you may be moved from the monitored bays to one of our side rooms to enable safe and effective nursing care or into the bays However, on the very rare occasion when the hospital is full to capacity there is a chance that we will make a clinical decision to move a patient into the corridor. We try to avoid this if we can and it will only happen when needed to facilitate care for patients. This is called the boarding policy.
An ultrasound scan is a test that uses high frequency sound waves to build a picture of your baby in the womb. Ultrasound scans are very safe and can be carried out at any stage of pregnancy.
Highly sensitive and specific test for coeliac disease or dermatitis herpetiformis.
To learn more about LDH visit Lab Tests Online
This page explains what to expect when you come to the Falls Clinic. You will read about who you will meet, what will happen, how long the assessment will take and what you will need to bring with you. The Falls Clinic is for people who have had more than one fall. The purpose of the clinic is for staff to carry out an assessment to identify all of the risk factors for falls and to give advice on ways to reduce the risk in the future.
diathlete sports clinic event
This page provides you with information and advice about services that may be able help you if you are homeless or at risk of being homeless.
You have been given this page as you are anaemic with low iron levels in your body. Your doctor has suggested that you receive Ferinject® which is a special type of iron preparation given through a drip. Ferinject® is used instead of iron tablets.
This page gives you information about transperineal biopsy of the prostate, including the nature of the procedure, risks, benefits, alternatives and what to expect.
Six year old Thomas was the first patient at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital to be part of Harvey’s Gang when he visited our pathology labs with his brother Lewis and mum Lorraine on 20th December.
by Catrin Davies & Laura Cummings
What we have done to make maternity care safer for you.
This page gives you information about the intra-articular steroid injection your child has been given and what to expect afterwards.
Your kidney mass has been surgically removed and analysed by our pathology department. It has been confirmed as a renal cell carcinoma (kidney cancer).
The enzyme pancreatic elastase-1 (E1) is secreted by the acinar cells of the pancreas and acts to break down collagen. This enzyme is not degraded on transit through the gut so acts as a good marker of pancreatic exocrine function when measured in faecal samples.
