We use cookies to provide you with a better service. Carry on browsing if you’re happy with this or read more about our cookie policy and privacy policy.
Our principles for the way we work and the projects we fund
Please help us to protect our patients and staff from highly contagious illnesses like Norovirus (diarrhoea and vomiting), COVID-19, Flu and other respiratory infections that are easily spread
This page gives you information which will help you to prepare for your balance assessment at the Hearing Services Department. You will be seen by audiologists specialising in hearing and balance. The assessment will take up to 2 hours.
The triquetrum is one of the eight bones of the wrist joint, situated on the pinkie side of the wrist
A guide for patients self-administering. This page will help you to safely give yourself your treatment by subcutaneous injection. Subcutaneous means giving the injection into the fatty tissue layer just under the skin. Self-administration will allow you to have greater freedom and take control of your treatment.
These tests are only performed by appointment following discussion with the Consultant Haematologist.
The information given here is intended for use by healthcare professionals. Please see Lab Tests Online-UK for more general advice, links and background.
This page gives you advice on how to look after your back and pelvis during pregnancy, to lessen any pain or prevent pain happening.
Injuries to the hand are very common and they can be as a result of many different activities. A fracture is a break in the bone and can occur in any bone of the hand.
An ultrasound scan is a test that uses high frequency sound waves to build a picture of your baby in the womb. Ultrasound scans are very safe and can be carried out at any stage of pregnancy.
This page gives you information about the medication duloxetine 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 but does not have a specific cause.
This page gives you information about the banding of your piles, what to expect after the procedure and the possible complications. It also gives you information about how to stop the piles returning.
This page gives you information about the medication pregabalin 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 but does not have a specific cause.
We are committed to respecting the privacy of everyone who uses our website.
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 instructions for putting drops into your eyes and how to care for your eyes after surgery.
This page gives advice about having a brother or sister in the Neonatal Unit (NNU)
This page gives you information on how to use the eye drops you have been prescribed. Different ways of using your eye drops are explained step by step. A useful chart to note down your doses is also provided within the PDF attached, below.
This page aims to help guide you through your recovery from gynaecological surgery.
The allocated appointment length is between 20 and 40 minutes; please allow the whole morning or afternoon in case you need tests.
