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Stroud maternity unit is a small midwife led centre that helps deliver around 100 births every year, and offers a home from home environment for new parents.
by Dr Helen Mansfield
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has introduced child-friendly imaging technology to ease anxiety and improve the experience of young patients undergoing scans.
This week is Dying Matters awareness week. The theme for this year’s Dying Matters week is 'Dying to be Heard', which aims to encourage people to listen to their loved ones if they want to talk about death.
You have been asked to attend Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) or the Ambulatory Emergency Care (AEC) departments because you may have an infection in your legs called cellulitis. This page contains information about lower limb cellulitis and how it will be treated.
We provide most of our antenatal education through The Real Birth Digital Programme. You can also speak to your community midwife about Antenatal Education sessions in your area, which are provided by some of our units and continuity teams
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the most significant global health challenges of our time, which is why we are supporting this awareness week this November
Cheltenham A&E will temporarily close from 8pm on Thursday 22 February to 8am on Thursday 29 February. No Minor Injury and Illness Unit (MIIU) service will be provided there during this period.
Gloucestershire Hospitals has appointed its first ever Admiral Nurse to help coordinate care and provide expert guidance for dementia patients, their carers and families.
Download the poster for this Quality Improvement
The Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) unit is in Gloucestershire Royal Hospital and Cheltenham General Hospital. Both units provide same day assessments and treatment, removing the need for you to be admitted.
Epilepsy disrupts the normal electrical activity our brains use to communicate with the rest of the body, resulting in someone having a ‘seizure’ or a ‘fit.’
by Lisa Jones
You have been given this page because your child, or someone you care for, has been given medicine that contains morphine. This page contains information about some of the medicines your child may need to take to help control their pain.
General support and guidance for Frailty.
This page has been written to help you understand more about Lichen Planus (LP) affecting the vulva and/or vagina. It gives you information about Lichen Planus, what causes it and the available treatment. Listed at the end of the page are the websites where you can find out more about the condition.
This page gives you information about your planned exercise stress echocardiogram.
The information given here is intended for use by healthcare professionals. Please see Lab Tests Online-UK for more general advice, links and background.
This is a reference laboratory investigation – tests performed in Southmead Hospital (NBT) Microbiology Department. Antimicrobial Reference Laboratory. We recommend monitoring co-trimoxazole levels in patients with renal failure and/or high dose co-trimoxazole therapy. They can also be useful for monitoring absorption in neutropenic patients.