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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 is a guide to keep your child safe and help them recover from their head injury. Your child has been assessed and is able to go home. Please make sure they are with an experienced carer who is able to closely observe them for the next few days.
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.
Information about breastfeeding in the first few hours and days, including your baby’s feeding cues
This page gives you information about your oesophageal manometry test. Any questions that you may have will be answered by a member of the clinic staff. Your appointment is at the Gastrointestinal (GI) Laboratory located in the GI/Lung Function Department at Cheltenham General Hospital. You should report to the receptionist in the Lung Function Department on arrival.
This page provides information about using ice and heat in the treatment of soft tissue injuries.
This page answers the commonly asked questions that parents have about their child’s angiography procedure.
Latest on staffing challenges and the impact on maternity services at Stroud Maternity and Cheltenham Aveta
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 suggested 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 iohexal to measure the IGFR of the kidneys to show us how well they are working.
This page gives you information about intermittent claudication, the causes and treatments that may help to reduce the risk.
This page has been written by the Insulin Pump Therapy Team to standardise the information given to patients about Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion (CSII) pump therapy in Gloucestershire. We advise that you and/or your family read the booklet PDF attached to the bottom of this page and keep it in a safe place for reference when needed.
At Gloucester, we invested up to £30m on improving the Emergency Department and acute medical care facilities.
The home enteral feeding team (HEFT) provide a countywide service to patients in Gloucestershire. Find out what we do, meet the team, and check how to make referrals.
This page provides information for parents whose baby has been found to have a tongue-tie which may be causing feeding issues and could benefit from having a minor procedure called ‘frenulotomy’.
This page gives you information about having a caesarean section.
This page will give you information about having hernia surgery. It also answers some of the commonly asked questions and outlines some of the risks and possible complications linked with hernia surgery.
This page gives you information about your planned dobutamine stress echocardiogram.
Our Trust has 13 public governors who represent the views of their local communities in their respective constituencies.
This page gives you information about the operation known as Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery (TEMs). It explains what the operation involves and some of the common complications associated with it.