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We're proud to announce the release of our annual review, Proud to Care, covering the period from April 2024 to March 2025
We have launched a survey for teenagers and young adults with a long-term health condition, who have recently moved, or are due to move (transition) from Children's to Adult services.
11DEOXY, 11CORT
Every September, Blood Cancer Awareness Month raises awareness and understanding of blood cancers. This year, our cancer support workers are holding a series of events at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital.
The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is an international campaign to call for an end to violence against women and girls (VAWG).
Gloucestershire nurse, Matthew Stewart, has been given a prestigious Award of Merit at the Royal College of Nursing’s annual Congress in Liverpool.
Chemical Pathology
by Charlotte Malone & Sophie Finch Turner
Note: levels of IGF-1 may be low with anorexia or malnutrition.
During the operation to treat your retinal condition, a bubble of gas or silicone oil was put into your eye. It is important that the gas or oil bubble floats into the correct position to support the part of the retina that needs flattening.
For adults, blood taken into a 5mL gold top tube (or rust top for the Acute Unit)
Cancer antigen 15.3 (CA 15-3) should only be used to determine response to therapy in patients with metastatic breast cancer or for the early detection of recurrence in patients with previously treated stage II and stage III breast cancer. Requests should therefore only be made as advised by the specialist secondary care team.
by Zoe Brown
Non-executive directors are not full-time employees of the Trust. They help to ensure the Trust is accountable to the people it serves. They are people who live or work in the area and have shown an interest in the provision of health services for the local people. The Board of Directors is accountable to the Board of Governors for the running and performance of the Trust.
Opiate bioavailability and response are highly variable. Wide inter-patient variation exists.
