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This information is for patients who have had a nephrostomy tube inserted into one or both of their kidneys. This page answers the commonly asked questions, gives information about aftercare and provides contact information for when you need help and advice.

You have been advised to have a colonoscopy to help investigate the cause of your symptoms. 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.

As a Foundation Trust, our governance structure includes a Council of Governors.

Nursing Support Workers' Day is on 23rd of November, celebrating the important contribution nursing support workers make to patient care and health and social care services. This year some of our HCSWs are sharing their career stories.

This page gives you information about stress fractures, how they happen and how to help them repair and be less painful.

This information has been given to you to explain what a fibroscan involves. Your doctor has recommended that you have this test to help understand the condition of your liver. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to speak to the nurse or doctor caring for you.

A mucous cyst is a harmless type of ganglion cyst; a fluid filled sac containing a thick jelly-like fluid. They arise around the distal inter-phalangeal joints (the end joints) of the fingers and the end joint of the thumb.

This page gives you information about having a bone densitometry scan, the risks involved and what you need to do to prepare for the scan.

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A general anaesthetic will mean your child will be asleep when they have their treatment.

Fractures of the distal radius occur usually with a fall onto the outstretched hand. Often, the tip of the ulna will fracture at the same time.

This is a guide to keep your child safe and help them recover from their head injury. Your child has been assessed and is able to go home. Please make sure they are with an experienced carer who is able to closely observe them for the next few days.

Having a nosebleed is common and it is usually mild and easily treated. Some nosebleeds can be more severe which is usually the case in older people who have other medical conditions. This page gives you information about what causes a nosebleed and the different treatments available for children and adults.

For many of us the festive period is a time to be with family and friends, to relax and to have some well-deserved rest but for others it will be time spent at work

Steroid is a powerful anti-inflammatory drug, used to treat many conditions around the hand, such as arthritis, trigger finger, carpal tunnel syndrome and tendonitis.

You have been advised to have a gastroscopy, which you may also have heard being called an endoscopy or OGD (meaning an oesophageal-gastro-duodenoscopy). A diagnostic gastroscopy will help us to investigate the cause of your symptoms.

Anaesthesia is a type of drug treatment used to prevent patients feeling pain when they have a medical procedure, such as an operation.

Find out how you can refer yourself or your child to see a physiotherapist.

by Helen Giles

You have been advised to have a gastroscopy, which you may also have heard being called an endoscopy or OGD (meaning an oesophageal-gastro-duodenoscopy). A gastroscopy will help us to investigate the cause of your symptoms. It is important that you read this page before your appointment so that you understand what will happen during this procedure and the preparation involved.