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This page gives patients with arthritis advice on how to manage a flare (worsening of symptoms).

You have been advised to have a therapeutic gastroscopy which provides treatment carried out via an endoscope. A gastroscopy may also be referred to as an endoscopy or OGD (meaning an oesophageal-gastro-duodenoscopy).

For polycythaemia;

by Andy Champion

Thanks to your support, a state-of-the-art ECG (electrocardiogram) machine is helping patients at our Trauma and Orthopaedics Department.

Thanks to our supporters, a dedicated room in Gloucestershire Royal Hospital’s A&E department has been created as a much-needed safe haven for patients.

This page explains what happens when you are referred to the One Stop Neck Lump Clinic as a result of your GP finding a lump that they think needs further investigation. At the clinic we aim to, where possible, carry out all of the investigations that are necessary to diagnose your problem.

During your examination today the doctor or nurse specialist took a small biopsy (a tiny piece of tissue) about the size of a grain of rice from your cervix (neck of the womb). This will be looked at more closely in the laboratory to help us to diagnose abnormal cells and support and manage your care.

A carpal boss is a bony lump which appears on the back of the hand at the junction between the wrist and the hand, known as the carpo-metacarpal joint. It is common and completely harmless.

Thanks to donations, we have been able to fund a new ‘Rea Azalea’ wheelchair for patients on our Lilleybrook and Rendcomb wards.

You have been advised to have a trans-nasal endoscopy to help us to investigate the cause of your symptoms. This page contains information about having a trans-nasal endoscopy through the nose.

This page gives you information about spiking, how it can affect you and what you should do if you think you have been spiked.

New Hub supports staff through the pressures of work and modern life

by Margaret Collins

This page gives you information about the hormone coil recommended by your doctor.

Following media coverage today about the future of Cheltenham General Hospital’s A&E department, we are pleased to have had the support today of the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care in communicating our message that there are no proposals to close Cheltenham A&E.

This page will give you general information about having a barium meal or barium follow through X-ray and answer some of the commonly asked questions.

Providing timely and appropriate care in the most suitable setting is essential for stroke patients’ long-term recovery.

This page provides you with basic information about vaginal vault prolapse and how it is repaired with a procedure called pelvic floor repair and sacrospinous fixation. Sacrospinous fixation is a vaginal procedure performed for women who have developed vaginal vault prolapse after a hysterectomy.

This page provides information for patients being offered trabeculectomy for the treatment of glaucoma.