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This page gives you advice on how to look after your back and pelvis during pregnancy, to lessen any pain or prevent pain happening.

This is an exciting opportunity to make a difference to our patients this winter.

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.

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.

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.

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.

This page gives you information about having lithotripsy treatment for kidney stones.

This page gives you information about Osgoods Schlatters Syndrome (OSS) and how it is best managed.

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.

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.

2ml or 4ml EDTA sample.

Microbiology

Serum - paired samples not required

Dr. Gentles is a Consultant Physician specialising in the care of older patients. Dr. Gentles works half in the hospital and half in the community, in a joint appointment between GHNHSFT and GHC. Her hospital time is spent mainly seeing older patients who have presented to the Emergency Dept at GRH or who are on the short-stay unit for older patients with frailty. Her community work is carried out across Gloucester city. She has an interest in patient and carer involvement and believes co-production and equal partnership of clinicians and patients is the way forward in improving services. She recently worked at the Royal College of Physicians as their Patient Involvement Officer. She is a voluntary board adviser to Healthwatch Gloucestershire.

Clotted blood. (No patient preparation or special handling required)

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) represents a major global threat across human, animal, plant, food, and environmental sectors.

The Friends and Family Test is a national scheme which encourages patients to tell us and other patients what they think about the care they receive.

This information is for the benefit of our primary care colleagues, both dental and medical, and details the process for referring patients for Oral Surgery

This ward specialises in gynaecology and is located on the ninth floor of the Tower Block at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital.