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This page has been designed to help you exercise your sphincter muscles. Sphincter exercises can help you to reduce leakage from the bowel. These exercises are also beneficial for patients who are due to have a colostomy or ileostomy (stoma) reversal operation. When done correctly these exercises can build up and strengthen the muscles to help you to hold both wind and stool in the back passage.

You have been referred this page because we want to measure the level of kidney function of your child/young person. This page gives you information about the glomerular filtration rate (IGFR) test that is used to do this and what to expect. At Gloucestershire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust we use iohexol (harmless dye) to measure the IGFR of the kidneys to show us how well they are working.

This page explains what an ectopic pregnancy is, how it is treated and answers some of the commonly asked questions.

The Silver course consists of two half days (face to face), followed by four online modules, with the aim of developing improvement teams and working through the initial stages of their improvement initiatives. The programme is completed upon presentation of your project at Graduation.

Our counter fraud team are part of a national network of specialist investigators. Our aim is to prevent it from happening and to deal with fraud allegations.

Steroid is a powerful anti-inflammatory drug, used to treat many conditions around the hand, such as arthritis, trigger finger, carpal tunnel syndrome and tendonitis.

This page gives you information about the hormone coil recommended by your doctor.

Renal dietitians, more commonly known as kidney dietitians support the dietary needs of people with chronic kidney disease (CKD).

This page gives you information about what to expect when a child comes into hospital to have an operation or an investigation under general anaesthesia.

This page gives you information about the eye condition blepharitis, the possible causes and how to treat it.

This page gives you information about aftercare following your CT abdominal biopsy.

This page gives you information about the main pain relief options available after major surgery. You will probably only need this pain relief for the first few days following surgery. Pain is to be expected after surgery and poor pain relief can increase the risk of complications. Our aim is to make sure that you receive the best possible pain relief. Good pain relief is a high priority, the benefits are: • It can help you to get better. • Your overall experience will be much better. • It can shorten the length of your hospital stay. • It can reduce your risk of complications such as developing a chest infection.

If you’re a patient who smokes, our Tobacco Free Team are here to help as part of your stay in hospital.

It is essential that your bowel is empty for this investigation. In order for your bowel to be empty please follow the instructions below.

GHNHSFT works in collaboration with Approved Education Institutes (AEIs) across the region to provide practice placements for Undergraduate Nursing Students. We hope that the information you find on these pages will be useful and give you an insight into your placement and the learning opportunities available. We are very much looking forward to having you on placement with us.

This page covers some of the most important things that have been discussed with you during admission. The information on this page aims to help you through the first few weeks following diagnosis and also gives you advice and guidance to help you to make the safe transition from hospital to home.

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.