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Screening for MSSA is only done by prior arrangement with Microbiology. Please contact the department for further information if screening is required.
The learning technology team at Gloucestershire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (GHNHSFT) has been named Learning and Development Team of the Year, at the fifth Our Health Heroes Awards, for their rapid delivery of an eLearning package that helped ensure more staff had the skills to care for people with respiratory problems, within days of the COVID-19 outbreak.
We have launched a survey for teenagers and young adults with a long-term health condition, who have recently moved, or are due to move (transition) from Children's to Adult services.
Your donations help to provide specialist care and wellbeing support when people need it most
Maintenance work at the Women’s Centre on Saturday 25 March means that hot water will be unavailable from 8am – 5pm.
As with most tumour markers there is a high incidence of false positive and false negative results. CA 19-9 is most appropriately used in monitoring disease progression or effectiveness of treatment once diagnosis of the tumour has been made and serum concentrations have been shown to be raised prior to treatment (Lewis negative individuals do not express CA 19-9).
by Michael Connelly
This page has been given to you as a reminder on how to manage a single step, up or down, when using sticks, crutches or a walking frame.
This page gives you information about a fracture of the upper jaw and answers many of the commonly asked questions. If you have any further questions, please ask a member of the medical or nursing staff or contact us on the phone number at the end of this page.
Miscarriage can have a major emotional effect on individuals, couples and their families. Feelings of loss, grief or a sense of failure can sadly be common. When miscarriage happens 3 or more times, it is called recurrent miscarriage or recurrent pregnancy loss. This affects around 1 in every 100 couples. We are sorry that you have experienced recurrent pregnancy loss and hope that this page will give you some information and signpost you to further support to help during difficult times.
The 12th GSQIA Graduation and Awards Ceremony took place on Thursday, 30th of May 2019 from 9:30am – 12.30pm in the Lecture Hall at Redwood Education Centre, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital.
Children visiting the Children’s Outpatients Department at Cheltenham General Hospital are now welcomed by a burst of colour and creativity, thanks to new charity-funded artwork designed to make hospital visits a little brighter!
Newborns in Gloucestershire will now have access to cutting-edge genomic screening as Gloucestershire Hospitals joins the national Generation Study.
A team of local hospital staff, led by their Chief Executive Deborah Lee, will face up to an epic army challenge on Exmoor this weekend to raise vital funds for local cancer patients.
Hereditary haemochromatosis (HH) is a very common inherited disorder of iron metabolism, characterised by inappropriately high absorption of iron, leading to excessive storage in the liver, skin, pancreas, heart, joints and testes.
No specific patient preparation is required.
Having qualified as an orthopaedic surgeon, Mr Kempshall completed two years of advanced training fellowships in knee surgery based in Coventry and Bristol. He currently sits on the steering committee of the UK National Ligament Registry and has a diploma in sports medicine.
by Jonathan Brown
