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This page gives you and your birthing partner information about the benefits and safe use of essential oils and massage during your labour. The service is offered to you by Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Many of our midwives are trained to be able to advise and administer essential oils to you during labour.
by Annie Lester & Kate Clifford
Feeding your baby in the first few weeks can be very rewarding but this may also be a stressful time
The essential information you need to know when working in the UK as an international medical graduate
In October 2023, the Orthopaedic team at Cheltenham General Hospital performed the first meniscal transplants ever to take place in Gloucestershire. The treatment is to relieve knee pain in people who have had their meniscus (the shock absorber in the knee) removed following injury.
Designated teams of midwives will care for women at all stages throughout their pregnancy, birth and in the early days following birth in a Continuity of Carer scheme being launched in Gloucestershire at the end of April.
This page provides you with information about the condition Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP). It is designed for parents/carers of babies on the Neonatal Unit who are examined and found to have this condition.
This page explains why you need to use an antimicrobial wash called Octenisan® before your vascular operation and how to use it.
This page provides information on Varenicline.
Work on a new day surgery unit and two new theatres at Cheltenham General Hospital (CGH) costing £17.2m is progressing well with patients set to benefit as early as the new year.
This page provides you with important information for when you are discharged from hospital after having a cardiac catheterisation.
This page provides information for people with diabetes, about having a hypoglycaemic (low blood glucose) episode.
Patients come to Woodmancote ward for specialist care following a stroke. This part of our stroke unit focuses on the rehabilitation phase of stroke care and HASU at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital specialises in the acute phase.
This page provides information to help you understand and decide if you wish to store sperm samples before any cancer treatment. Please read this page carefully. If you have any further questions, contact a member of the team at the Oncology Centre. The telephone number is at the end of this page.
This page is to inform you about how some of your medicines will be supplied. The medicine(s) shown on this page will be delivered to you by a clinical homecare provider.
As November comes to a close, this year we intend to use the days of advent to share positive reflections about a colleague or department at what can be a challenging time of year.
Local patients are now benefitting from the ‘VScan Air’ Wireless Ultrasound to help provide faster and more accurate treatment at our hospitals.
Thanks to your kind donations, eight new electric haematology treatment couches have been funded to help improve the patient and staff experience at our hospitals.
Gloucestershire Hospitals has approved clear face masks, to help health and care workers to communicate with people with conditions such as hearing loss, autism and dementia throughout the pandemic.
