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We have created the Big Plus Fund to help support local projects that will improve the patient experience and transform the hospital environment wherever the need is greatest.

Epilepsy disrupts the normal electrical activity our brains use to communicate with the rest of the body, resulting in someone having a ‘seizure’ or a ‘fit.’

If you are unwell, require close monitoring or your treatment is administered over several hours, you may need to stay on an inpatient ward.

High Performance Liquid Chromatography to distinguish normal and abnormal Haemoglobins. Tests include:

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As the largest provider of children’s services in Gloucestershire, we aim to provide all children and young people with safe, effective and reliable care.

This page will give you general information about having a barium meal or barium follow through X-ray and answer some of the commonly asked questions.

The following exercises and advice will help you to get back in shape after you have had your baby. The exercises are also suitable for all deliveries. Remember to start gently and progress slowly.

This page gives you information about having a caesarean section.

This page gives you information about the procedure known as an Abdomino Perineal Excision of Rectum (APER). It explains what the procedure involves and also some of the common complications related to it.

This page gives you information about performing Intermittent Self-Dilatation (ISD).

The aim of this booklet is to provide you or those caring for you with the necessary information to feel confident in caring for your tracheostomy. There is a lot of information which we have tried to simplify by grouping into sections.

The ‘End PJ paralysis’ campaign aims to help patients to become active in their recovery, keep their independence and help improve mental wellbeing and dignity.

Information for Oncology and Haematology patients This page explains what an extravasation is and how to care for your skin should this happen.

This page gives you information about the medication pregabalin which you have been prescribed to reduce the pain of vulvodynia. Vulvodynia is pain in the vulva (area around the outside of the vagina) that lasts at least 3 months but does not have a specific cause.

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.

S.H.E.D is a new group for fathers of babies who start their life at Gloucester’s neonatal unit

This page gives you information about Urinary Tract Infections (commonly known as a UTI) and how they can be treated, managed and prevented. Also included are the common symptoms of UTI’s.

This industrial action by Resident Doctors, led by the British Medical Association (BMA), will take place from Friday 14 November (7am) to Wednesday 19 November (7am)

The aim of this page is to answer any questions you may have about your appointment in the Urology Assessment Clinic.