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by Harriet Dykes
This leaflet will explain why you are being offered the Hepatitis B vaccine. Patients with chronic kidney disease are at an increased risk of Hepatitis B virus infections due to the increased exposure to blood and blood products. All donated blood is tested for Hepatitis B. However, the Department of Health recommends that all patients with kidney failure are vaccinated against the virus.
This page gives you instructions for putting drops into your eyes and how to care for your eyes after surgery.
This page describes de Quervain’s syndrome (also known as de Quervain’s disease or de Quervain’s tenosynovitis) and the symptoms it may cause. The information will help you to understand the treatment available to reduce your symptoms.
This page provides information on wound care after your skin surgery
This page provides information for bereaved parents who have suffered the loss of a baby before 24 weeks of pregnancy. Please accept our sympathy at such a difficult time. We hope you find the following information helpful.
This page explains what an ectopic pregnancy is, how it is treated and answers some of the commonly asked questions.
Bile duct cancer, also called cholangiocarcinoma, is a rare cancer that's found anywhere in the bile ducts.
An independently chaired Engagement Hearing will be held in public on Thursday 24 October 2019 offering people an opportunity to share their ideas and views on developing urgent and specialist hospital care in Gloucestershire in the future.
This new facility at Quayside in Gloucester will offer more than 80,000 extra diagnostic appointments each year, allowing patients across Gloucestershire to access potentially lifesaving checks more quickly, without having to go to hospital.
I wanted to care for people but not as a nurse (initially)! I got into nursing because I could not do Medicine back then. Several events orchestrated and confirmed my pathway into nursing; once I got in, I loved it with a passion and I've never looked back.
The TFCC refers to a number of structures, including ligaments and cartilage, which connect the two forearm bones and the wrist joint.
The histology department is based on the Cheltenham General Hospital site.
Flow Cytometry tests including;
In 2013, I celebrated my 36th birthday with my twin brother Tim, with a family lunch, a trip to the Lego store, followed by an appointment that night for a short stay at Royal Liverpool Hospital.
This leaflet gives you information on care following your gastroscopy and Radio Frequency Ablation (RFA) or Endoscopic mucosal Resection (EMR).
Thanks to your support, sensory aids are now available for patients with autism or learning disabilities to help reduce the impact of the sensory environment.
This page describes breathing exercises which may help you to clear excess sputum to help your lungs to function more effectively. If you have an airway clearance device, you may want to incorporate this into the cycle, a physiotherapist can guide you as to how this can be done.
Our £17.5m appeal looks to create a new cancer centre that will offer local patients the very best environment for treatment, healing and recovery.
On this page we have a list of our latest reports which highlight the progress we are making, and our next steps.