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This page gives you information about having a robotically assisted Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy (TLH) and answers some of the questions that you may have.

This page gives you information about Rigid Gas Permeable (RGP) contact lenses, how to insert the lenses and the care and cleaning needed.

Diabetes and pregnancy Read this page if you have been diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM). This page explains what GDM is, how it is treated and how it may affect your pregnancy.

This page gives you instructions for putting drops into your eyes and how to care for your eyes after surgery.

Bladder cancer is cancer that's found anywhere in your bladder. It's more common if you're over the age of 60.

We're working in partnership with Gloucestershire Libraries to promote free digital library services, including thousands of eBooks, eAudiobooks, eMagazines and eNewspapers that can be enjoyed via your smart phone, tablet, or laptop.

This page gives you information about the care you will need following a thoracoscopy.

This page explains what a hysterectomy involves and answer some of the more commonly asked questions.

Please take the attached booklet, below with you to all healthcare appointments and hospital admissions. You should also keep it with you when travelling. This passport will help you to understand what a catheter is, why you may need one inserted, and how you should look after it. It also has space for healthcare professionals to record important information about your catheter, and for you both to record decisions that you’ve made together about your care.

This page gives you information about having nail surgery and what to expect after the procedure.

This page will help you to understand more about your surgery. It will also give you tips on how you can help your recovery after your back operation. Irritation or pressure (compression) of one or more of the nerves in your back causes pain in your back or legs. You may need to have surgery if the pain is not easing. Before the decision is made to have surgery, you may have several tests such as an MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) scan, a CT (Computerised Tomography) scan or X-rays. This is for your doctor to be sure of the diagnosis and to see at which level in the back the nerve is being compressed.

In October 2023, the Orthopaedic team at Cheltenham General Hospital performed the first meniscal transplants ever to take place in Gloucestershire. The treatment is to relieve knee pain in people who have had their meniscus (the shock absorber in the knee) removed following injury.

Feeding your baby in the first few weeks can be very rewarding but this may also be a stressful time

This page explains why you need to use an antimicrobial wash called Octenisan® before your vascular operation and how to use it.

This page is for mothers who are breastfeeding their babies and have been given an intravenous contrast agent injection as part of a CT (Computed Tomography) or an MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) scan. Breastfeeding mothers of premature babies should follow the advice given to them by their medical team.

This page provides information on Varenicline.

You know yourself or your loved one better than anyone. If you’re worried about a health condition getting worse, talk to us.

The Lilleybrook ward cares for patients being treated for cancer. We are in the Oncology centre, on the ground floor at the back of Cheltenham General Hospital.