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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.
Cheltenham’s General Hospital’s East Block Out Patients Department has recently benefitted from a £256,000 refurbishment.
by Helen Overton, Silvia Oliva and Vivienne McCrorie
by Dr Nesem Al-Ali
A vital cancer support service for people living with the late effects of radiotherapy has been secured for the future across the South West.
A carpal boss is a bony lump which appears on the back of the hand at the junction between the wrist and the hand, known as the carpo-metacarpal joint. It is common and completely harmless.
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.
by Lowri Bowen
This page tells you about some of the common problems patients have on being moved to a ward following a stay in Critical Care and also on leaving hospital. This page suggests simple ways to solve these problems and also tells you what to expect.
GPs and community NHS teams in some areas of the county will start COVID-19 vaccination of priority groups, for example the over 80s, from mid-week (pending vaccine delivery) with other areas following very soon.
Congratulations on the birth of your baby! This page provides information relating to caring for yourself and your newborn.
This page gives you information about having a Computed Tomography (CT) guided Ablation. It explains how the procedure is carried out and some of the possible complications.
What we have done to make maternity care safer for you.
A perilunate dislocation is a severe injury to the ligaments of the wrist which results in dislocation of the wrist around the lunate bone.
It is essential that your bowel is empty for this investigation. In order for your bowel to be empty please follow the instructions below.
When collecting and transporting samples which may play a part in a medico-legal case, it is usually necessary to observe a “chain of evidence” procedure. Please contact the laboratory in advance of sending any specimens so that we can ensure that the correct procedures are understood and followed.
Trained in histopathology in Oxford and Sri Lanka, Dr de Cates is a General Histopathologist working mainly with gastrointestinal and breast pathology cases.
This page gives you information about what to expect when a child comes into hospital to have an operation or an investigation under general anaesthesia.
Head and neck cancers can affect areas such as the mouth, throat, voice box, nose, and salivary glands.
