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You have been asked to come to the hospital for an oral Glucose Tolerance Test (GTT). This page gives you information about the test and the preparations needed.
Do you feel that you are in a daily battle with your pain? Is your mind full of thoughts, fears, frustrations or muddle? Do you feel like you are always rushing? Does your mind and body feel disconnected? Mindfulness can help you find a calmer way to live life despite having pain.
Here you can find the frequently asked questions from patients using the Rheumatology service.
This page is designed to help you to understand pain medications and how to get the most out of them.
Whatever method of feeding you choose, your midwife, health visitor, or breastfeeding counsellor can explain how to do it.
This page aims to help individuals who struggle to hear and help make communication more effective and easier. These tips are designed for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, and for those communicating with them. The aim is to support clearer, more effective communication for everyone involved.
Taking place on 11th May 2025, the Great Bristol Run provides an amazing opportunity to take in the beautiful views and history of Bristol.
Our Maternity and Neonatal safety champions play an essential role in ensuring that mothers and babies continue to receive the safest care possible.
The exercise information in this page has been written to help men who leak stool from their back passage or find it hard to control wind. Performing these exercises can help you to reduce leakage from the bowel by strengthening the sphincter muscles. If you are due to have a colostomy or ileostomy (stoma) reversal operation these exercises have been shown to help regain control more quickly. Practising these exercises daily can help you hold both wind and stool in the back passage.
This page provides information about what to expect when having injection treatment for piles.
We are the Gloucestershire Hospitals Young Influencers. We work as a group to get young voices heard and make a difference in the Trust and our local community.
This is a procedure designed to straighten the finger, and is something that people usually opt to do because of restriction in the function of the hand as a result of Dupuytren’s disease
We appeal to smokers to take their cigarettes well away from our buildings and grounds, and hope that they will consider others before they light up.
The scaphoid is the most commonly injured bone within the wrist, but frequently difficult to assess on X-rays.
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (the Trust) is a public benefit corporation established under the National Health Service Act 2006.
An MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) scan has been booked for you. This page gives you information about the MRI, the risks and what will happen during the scan.
It is essential that your bowel is empty for this investigation. In order for your bowel to be empty please follow the instructions below:
We want to say thank you to all our Allied Health Professionals for their dedication to delivering outstanding patient care.
An ultrasound scan is a test that uses high frequency sound waves to build a picture of your baby in the womb. Ultrasound scans are very safe and can be carried out at any stage of pregnancy.
This page gives you information about transperineal biopsy of the prostate, including the nature of the procedure, risks, benefits, alternatives and what to expect.