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A new powerful county-wide campaign launches today highlighting the need to keep Gloucestershire’s two Accident and Emergency Departments clear for real emergencies.

This page explains how to administer your medication (enema) which is important for your procedure.

This page provides information about major head and neck surgery including the risks involved and what to expect when you go home.

Gloria Hunniford is heading up a campaign to promote the delivery of localised NHS cancer treatment with the use of mobile cancer care units.

This page gives you information about attending an outpatient clinic for assessment of your bladder and bowel dysfunction.

Triggering of the finger (or thumb) is a common condition. The tendons run in a tight fibrous tunnel from the palm to the fingertips. At the entrance to this tunnel the tendon can have trouble gliding, resulting in a catching sensation or ‘triggering’ as the finger is straightened out.

Your oncologist has recommended that you have a course of radiotherapy. This information page aims to tell you about radiotherapy and what will happen. Please be aware that radiotherapy centres are training centres for doctors, nurses and radiographers including both male and female members of staff. Students may be present in the department but they are supervised at all times. If you would prefer not to have students present during your treatment, please let a member of staff know. You may find it useful to write down some questions before you start your treatment.

Patients on a waiting list at Gloucestershire Royal or Cheltenham General Hospitals are being contacted via text message or postal letter as part of our work to reduce the delays caused by the pandemic.

This page gives you information about having medical photographs taken of your skin condition.

We appeal to smokers to take their cigarettes well away from our buildings and grounds

by Ruth Bees

Beta-hydroxybutyrate (BOHB, also known as 3- hydroxybutyrate) is a ketone body produced when glucose cannot be used as a fuel source. It is measured in conjunction with free fatty acids (FFA) and glucose in order to investigate hypoglycaemia or symptoms associated with ketoacidosis. The ratio of FFA to BOHB in hypoglycaemia can help to detect hyperinsulinism or a fatty oxidation defect.

Spironolactone is a medicine often used to treat heart problems, high blood pressure and fluid buildup. It can also affect hormones by blocking male hormones (called androgens), which women naturally produce in small amounts. If a woman has too much of these hormones or is sensitive to them, it can cause skin disorders such as acne.

Resolving the Phlebotomy Industrial Action

I am an identical twin. My father was born in Jamaica and came to England when he was 21, my mother is English and I consider myself to be mixed race. My step-dad is also mixed race. I am also a born and bred Brummy but I’m very proud to be a Gloucestershire Nurse.

This page gives you information about uterine prolapse and laparoscopic hysteropexy (also known as sacrohysteropexy). This procedure is performed for women who wish to have uterine preservation surgery for their prolapse.

Becoming more active is important for improving health and easing pain

This page gives discharge advice following an oesophageal stent insertion.

We are looking for new volunteer massage therapists to add to the team working in our Oncology Centre at Cheltenham.