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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).
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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.
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) represents a major global threat across human, animal, plant, food, and environmental sectors.
Gloucestershire Managed Services have announced the appointment of a new Chair, Kaye Law-Fox.
The aim of the study is to see whether regular endoscopic surveillance is better than endoscopy at need for detecting early signs of oesophageal cancer in patients diagnosed with Barrett’s oesophagus.
Transforming our hospitals to make them fit for the future
Dr Bodycombe trained at Birmingham Medical School, working initially in the West Midlands before starting his anaesthetic training in Cheltenham. He moved back to the West Midlands to complete his training before spending a year as a locum consultant in anaesthesia and pain medicine with the Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust.
Bile duct cancer, also called cholangiocarcinoma, is a rare cancer that's found anywhere in the bile ducts.
Patients in Gloucestershire who are experiencing late side effects following radiotherapy treatment can now benefit from an important new service
Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall have today visited Gloucestershire Royal Hospital and met staff working in health and social care throughout the county.
This page gives you information about the medication nortriptyline 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.
by Liz Brice and Sally Pugh
Dr Gillings is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine with a specialist interest in toxicology.
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 page gives you information about aftercare following your CT bone biopsy.
This page gives you information about scleral contact lenses, how to insert the lenses and the care and cleaning needed.
This page gives you information about having lithotripsy treatment for kidney stones.
Plans to create our new cancer care centre in Cheltenham have been given a major boost with a £2million donation from a charitable trust.
These drugs are described as Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapies (SACT).