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In October 2023, the Orthopaedic team at Cheltenham General Hospital performed the first meniscal transplants ever to take place in Gloucestershire. The treatment is to relieve knee pain in people who have had their meniscus (the shock absorber in the knee) removed following injury.

You have been asked to attend Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) or the Ambulatory Emergency Care (AEC) departments because you may have an infection in your legs called cellulitis. This page contains information about lower limb cellulitis and how it will be treated.

We are sorry that you have had a miscarriage. To help you get through this difficult time, you should have already received information about different treatment options. This page gives you information about a surgical option called Manual Vacuum Aspiration (MVA), which can be done using local anaesthesia. It also explains the possible risks and benefits of the procedure and what to expect during and after discharge.

This page gives you information about your planned exercise stress echocardiogram.

Patients at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital (GRH) are today (Wednesday 3 August) benefitting from a new state-of-the-art 24-bedded ward costing £4.5m.

This page contains guidance and advice on caring for your dialysis catheter. You will also receive individual instructions on how to care for your catheter. Please read this information and discuss any concerns you may have with your doctor or nurse.

Patients come to Woodmancote ward for specialist care following a stroke. This part of our stroke unit focuses on the rehabilitation phase of stroke care and HASU at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital specialises in the acute phase.

Your oncologist has recommended that you have a course of radiotherapy treatment to your oesophagus (the long tube that carries food from your throat to the stomach) using external radiotherapy. This page gives you information about radiotherapy and what will happen during your treatment. Please be aware that radiotherapy centres are training centres for doctors, nurses and radiographers. 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 any questions you have before you start your treatment. A space is provided within the PDF leaflet attached.

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.

Eight out of 10 apprentices at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust go on to find permanent work there, according to the latest figures.

The department offers a comprehensive service for bacteriology, mycology, parasitology, serology and virology

This page gives you information about having a Computed Tomography (CT) scan of the body. It explains how the procedure is carried out and some of possible complications.

This page provides information for patients having coronary angioplasty at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital. This procedure is also known as PCI (Percutaneous Coronary Intervention).

You have been referred this page to help answer some of the questions that you may have about the treatment of ectopic pregnancy using methotrexate.

This page gives a brief introduction as to what to expect when visiting a patient in the Department of Critical Care (DCC) at Gloucestershire Royal or Cheltenham General Hospital.

This page gives you information about having cardiac catheterisation, also called cardiac angiography (angiogram).

This page explains what High Flow Nasal Oxygen (HFNO) is and why it is part of your treatment. It may also answer some of the questions that you may have about HFNO. The information on this page is not meant to replace the consultation between you and your medical team but may help you to understand more about what is discussed. Please do not hesitate to speak to the doctor, nurse or physiotherapist if you have any further questions.

The phalanges are the bones of the fingers and thumb beyond the palm. There are three phalanges in each finger, and two in the thumb.

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