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Your doctor has advised you to have your blood pressure monitored over 24 hours. This page gives you information about what the test will involve.

You may be aware of a BBC report on maternity services here at the Trust. This page provides some background, as well as answers to questions you may have.

This page gives you information about a procedure known as Evacuation of Retained Products of Conception (ERPC). It answers some of the commonly asked questions about this procedure.

This page gives you information about having nail surgery and what to expect after the procedure.

You need to have a further colonoscopy to attempt to remove the polyp(s) found at the time of your last procedure. It is important that you read this information before your appointment so that you understand this procedure and the preparation involved.

Find out more about each level of the training pathway and the QI programme.

The change to (Sensitive - increased dose required) recognises that for certain bug / drug combinations an increased dose of an antibiotic should be given to assure the organisms are exposed to adequate concentrations of the antibiotic at the site of infection.

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.

by Louise Le Hegarat and Emily Darvill

This page provides information about what to expect when you have Yag laser capsulotomy treatment.

You have been referred this page because your child has been diagnosed with a pulled elbow. This type of injury may also be called a radial head subluxation, nursemaid’s elbow or annular ligament displacement.

The Haematinics section of the Haematology laboratory at Cheltenham General Hospital processes Serum Vitamin B12, Folate, Ferritin and Intrinsic Factor antibody assays with the aid of two Beckman-Coulter Access2 Immunoassay analyers.

This page gives you advice on how to care for your PEG feeding tube and the stoma site during and after the healing process.

This page provide information on Self-titration of basal insulin at home for Gestational Diabetes (GDM)

The scaphoid is the most commonly injured bone within the wrist, but frequently difficult to assess on X-rays.

Procalcitonin (PCT) is the precursor of the hormone calcitonin, which in normal metabolic conditions is mainly produced by the C‐cells of the thyroid medulla and to a lesser extent by other neuroendocrine cells. The blood of healthy individuals contains only very low levels of PCT.

by Dr Isabelle Hancock

After-dribble means the loss of a few drops of urine. This is usually after leaving the toilet. The medical term for this condition is post micturition dribbling (PMD). This page gives you information about PMD and how to manage the condition. Few men admit to having this problem but a great many suffer and are embarrassed by it. PMD affects men of all ages. It usually happens just as the penis is being replaced and garments rearranged - then the trousers get wet and stained.