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Changes to Cheltenham A&E during BMA Industrial Action 17 - 22 December
You have been advised to have a procedure called an enteroscopy, which is a close look at the small bowel. The procedure is like a gastroscopy, but goes on into the small bowel and so will take more time.
Your oncologist has recommended that you have a course of radiotherapy to help manage your condition. This page aims to tell you about radiotherapy and what will happen. Please be aware that radiotherapy centres are training centres for doctors, nurses and radiographers, including both male and female members of staff. Students may be present in the department but they are supervised at all times. If you would prefer not to have students present during your treatment please let a member of staff know. You may find it useful to write down some questions before you start your treatment.
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) represents a major global threat across human, animal, plant, food, and environmental sectors.
This page provides Fever advice for children and young people
This page gives you information about the process of gynaecological follow-up appointments.
This page provides information for patients who have an open wound (not closed with stitches) that needs debriding (removal of unwanted tissue) to allow it to heal. Larval therapy and bio surgical debridement are 2 other terms that we use to describe the debriding of wounds using sterile larvae (maggots). Larval therapy is a reliable and recognised practice to assist debridement in a wound.
Frequently used local treatment guidelines
Everything you need to know about coming to hospital, what to bring, where to go and how to get help.
This leaflet gives you information on care following your gastroscopy and Radio Frequency Ablation (RFA) or Endoscopic mucosal Resection (EMR).
This page gives you information on care following your therapeutic gastroscopy including banding of varices/endoscopic dilatation.
The aim of this page is to answer any questions you may have about your appointment in the Urology Assessment Clinic.
Listed below are a number of frequently used local treatment guidelines. Please use the search function above if the guideline you require is not listed. Alternatively, search for treatment guidelines hosted on the GHNHSFT intranet (intranet access required).
This page provides you with basic information about vaginal vault prolapse and how it is repaired with a procedure called pelvic floor repair and sacrospinous fixation. Sacrospinous fixation is a vaginal procedure performed for women who have developed vaginal vault prolapse after a hysterectomy.
You have been advised to have a Bravo™ reflux testing system inserted for the assessment of heartburn or related symptoms. This page has been written to help answer any questions you may have. It is important that you read this before attending for the procedure as it contains important information about the investigation.
The information on this page will help to answer some of the questions you may have about the eye condition Central Serous Chorioretinopathy, commonly called CSCR.
Everything you need to know about our on-site pharmacies.
We have two purpose-built training centres at our hospitals.
For many patients, a skin cancer diagnosis can be overwhelming. At Gloucestershire Hospitals, the specialist team behind skin cancer care fully understands this and provides support that extends far beyond the clinical aspects of treatment.
We have made the difficult decision to extend the home birth service suspension for at least six months.
A mallet injury refers to a tear in the tendon that straightens the end joint of your finger. This can be a simple tear of the tendon from the bone (soft tissue mallet), or a piece of bone can come off with the tear (bony mallet).