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There is a power in words and language, at our Trust this must reflect our values, beliefs and work as a system.
Serum - paired samples normally required
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.
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.
This is an exciting opportunity to make a difference to our patients this winter.
Apolipoprotein E (Apo E) genotyping is sometimes requested when a patient has significantly elevated cholesterol and triglyceride concentrations, when a patient presents with xanthomas on their skin and the doctor suspects Type III hyperlipoproteinaemia (also known as dysbetalipoproteinaemia, remnant disease or broad beta disease); or very rarely when family members have apo E e2/e2 and a doctor wants to see if the patient may be at a higher risk for early heart disease.
Across Gloucestershire all NHS and care partners are working more closely than ever before to support patients and local communities through what we already know will be a very difficult winter.
All of us suffer pain at some time in our lives but our experiences of pain are very individual. Here at the Gloucestershire and Herefordshire Pain Management Service we try to tailor your treatment to your experience of pain. We want to support you to live as well as you possibly can.
This page provides information about using ice and heat in the treatment of soft tissue injuries.
Clotted blood. (No patient preparation or special handling required)
The information given here is intended for use by healthcare professionals. Please see Lab Tests Online-UK for more general advice, links and background.
Gloucestershire Royal Hospital hosted a large scale multi-agency emergency services exercise on Saturday 28 February 2026.
This page gives you information about how we create an Arterio-Venous (AV) fistula. We want you to have the information you need before you agree to have the procedure carried out. This information does not replace any discussions between you and your doctor. Please ask your doctor any questions you may have, so that you fully understand what is involved. If you take warfarin, clopidogrel or any other blood thinning medications you must let your surgeon and the Pre-assessment Clinic staff know.
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) represents a major global threat across human, animal, plant, food, and environmental sectors.
Temporary changes to services at Gloucestershire Royal and Cheltenham General Hospitals will help ensure better and safer care for patients as we move into the next phase of the pandemic, clinicians have said.
This page gives you information about Osgoods Schlatters Syndrome (OSS) and how it is best managed.
Women in a Gloucestershire village whose lives have all been touched by cancer have joined together to get behind the £17.5m Big Space Cancer Appeal.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published two reports for the Trust’s Children’s Centre and Emergency Department. They have also issued an enforcement notice on Maternity Services.