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This page is for patients about to have a rigid or flexible ureteroscopic operation. Ureteroscopy is used for treatment and investigation of stones, tumours or obstruction such as narrowing of the ureter. It is also useful for investigating symptoms such as blood in the urine, pain or abnormal cells found in urine.
This page provides information for patients having coronary angioplasty at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital. This procedure is also known as PCI (Percutaneous Coronary Intervention).
Two thirds of COVID-19 patients who received intensive care at Cheltenham General and Gloucestershire Royal Hospitals have been discharged.
This page gives you information about having a CT (Computed Tomography) scan of the heart.
Women in a Gloucestershire village whose lives have all been touched by cancer have joined together to get behind the £17.5m Big Space Cancer Appeal.
This page is for patients who will be having an MRI arthrogram of a joint.
This will provide you with information about Patient Initiated Follow-Up appointments (PIFU), at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. It explains what PIFU appointments are and how they work.
This page gives you information about having a Computed Tomography (CT) guided lung/pleural biopsy. It explains how the procedure is carried out and some of the possible complications.
This page gives you information about performing Intermittent Self-Dilatation (ISD).
This page gives you information about intermittent claudication, the causes and treatments that may help to reduce the risk.
This page gives you information and advice about how to manage the effects of fatigue after a brain injury.
This page gives you instructions about the safe use of crutches.
When you finish your radiotherapy treatment, you will be given advice by your radiographers about what to expect in the early weeks. This page gives you general information about coming to the end of your radiotherapy treatment and what happens next.
This page explains how to administer your medication (enema) which is important for your procedure.
by Dr Isabelle Hancock
This new facility at Quayside in Gloucester will offer more than 80,000 extra diagnostic appointments each year, allowing patients across Gloucestershire to access potentially lifesaving checks more quickly, without having to go to hospital.
This page provides guidance on the benefits of a healthy, balanced diet during your radiotherapy treatment.
This page gives you information about the medication gabapentin which you have been prescribed to reduce the pain of vulvodynia. Vulvodynia is pain in the vulva (area around the outside of the vagina) that lasts at least 3 months and does not have a specific cause.
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.
