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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.

Across Gloucestershire all NHS and care partners are working more closely than ever before to support patients and local communities through what we already know will be a very difficult winter.

Find out everything you need to know about parking exemptions and permits.

by Michelle Sterry, Kate Adamson, Trine Jorgensen, Jo Daubeney

All of us suffer pain at some time in our lives but our experiences of pain are very individual. Here at the Gloucestershire and Herefordshire Pain Management Service we try to tailor your treatment to your experience of pain. We want to support you to live as well as you possibly can.

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.

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.

This page provides information about your breast care psychology appointment

Everything you need to know about coming to hospital, what to bring, where to go and how to get help.

Frequently used local treatment guidelines

This leaflet gives you information on care following your gastroscopy and Radio Frequency Ablation (RFA) or Endoscopic mucosal Resection (EMR).

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.

Lung cancer is the third most common type of cancer in the UK.

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.

Here you can find the frequently asked questions from patients using the Rheumatology service.