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Your oncologist has recommended that you have a course of radiotherapy to help manage your condition. This page aims to tell you about radiotherapy and what will happen. Please be aware that radiotherapy centres are training centres for doctors, nurses and radiographers, including both male and female members of staff. Students may be present in the department but they are supervised at all times. If you would prefer not to have students present during your treatment please let a member of staff know. You may find it useful to write down some questions before you start your treatment.

This page has been written for patients diagnosed with a cancer in the colon (large bowel). It aims to help you understand the process involved in your care and make you aware of the various treatment options that might be available to you.

On Tuesday 23rd November, our Chief Executive, Deborah Lee received an Honorary Fellowship award from University of Gloucestershire in recognition of her career within the NHS, and her success in leading the Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust through very challenging times, including the current COVID-19 pandemic.

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This page has been written for women who are about to start cancer treatment. You may not be thinking of children right now, but might do in the future. If your treatment is likely to affect your chances of having children, you might want to think about fertility preservation (maintaining your ability to conceive a child).

We're working in partnership with Gloucestershire Libraries to promote free digital library services, including thousands of eBooks, eAudiobooks, eMagazines and eNewspapers that can be enjoyed via your smart phone, tablet, or laptop.

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 has been written to help you understand the emotional changes you may have after a stroke.

by Annie Lester & Kate Clifford

This page gives you information about the exposure of an impacted upper canine tooth and answers many of the commonly asked questions. If you have any other questions that this page does not answer or would like a further explanation, please contact the Oral and Maxillofacial department. The details are at the end of this page.

This page gives you information about having a bone marrow biopsy, what the procedure involves and answers the frequently asked questions.

Thanks to donations, a new specialist technology is benefitting local cancer patients for the first time in Gloucestershire.

by Rebecca Draper

Our Trust has 13 public governors who represent the views of their local communities in their respective constituencies.

This page is for patients about to have a Trans Urethral Resection of the Prostate (TURP). Over 45,000 TURP operations are carried out each year in the United Kingdom, 350 of these are performed at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. This surgery is carried out at Cheltenham General Hospital. Other operations for enlargement of the prostate are available.

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