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This page is designed to help you to understand pain medications and how to get the most out of them.
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
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.
Our Maternity and Neonatal safety champions play an essential role in ensuring that mothers and babies continue to receive the safest care possible.
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.
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 page provides information about what to expect when having injection treatment for piles.
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.
When you are a fitted with a hearing aid, it remains the property of the NHS that you are responsible for. It is an expensive piece of technology and you should do all you can to keep it safe.
This page gives you information about transperineal biopsy of the prostate, including the nature of the procedure, risks, benefits, alternatives and what to expect.
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.
Putting you in control of your follow-up care This page provides you with information about Patient Initiated Follow-Up appointments or PIFU for short, at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. It explains what PIFU appointments are and how they work.
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (the Trust) is a public benefit corporation established under the National Health Service Act 2006.
Making the choice to stop smoking and reduce how much alcohol you drink is a step you can take to support your health
We want to say thank you to all our Allied Health Professionals for their dedication to delivering outstanding patient care.
It is essential that your bowel is empty for this investigation. In order for your bowel to be empty please follow the instructions below.
This procedure is 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.
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.