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Changes to Cheltenham A&E during BMA Industrial Action 17 - 22 December
This page provides information for a person and their carer, family or friend who has suffered an injury to their throat. It is possible to have a serious injury without visible signs, meaning a medical assessment should be given.
An ultrasound scan is a test that uses high frequency sound waves to build a picture of your baby in the womb. Ultrasound scans are very safe and can be carried out at any stage of pregnancy.
This page is for those with parental responsibility for children who need X-ray’s and scans when there are concerns raised for a child’s welfare.
We are looking for volunteer hair dressers and nail technicians to help cancer patients
What we have done to make maternity care safer for you.
Thanks to donations to our Focus fund, a new research role is helping to make a real difference for local cancer patients and NHS staff.
This page gives you information about having a Computed Tomography (CT) guided bone biopsy. It explains how the procedure is carried out and some of the possible complications.
This page aims to help guide you through your recovery from gynaecological surgery.
Where to turn if you’re struggling with becoming a parent
This page gives you information about spiking, how it can affect you and what you should do if you think you have been spiked.
From sharing your thoughts and ideas, to helping out in and around our hospitals, from becoming a member and electing our governors to fundraising for our charity – there are many different ways you can get involved.
As parents we understand that End of Treatment (EOT) can bring with it a variety of different feelings and emotions, as well as more practical questions. This page is designed to give you information to read and digest at a time that feels right for you.
Patients in Gloucestershire who have advanced head and neck cancers will be given enhanced access to a trial of a potential new cancer vaccine, in an expansion of the NHS Cancer Vaccine Launch Pad (CVLP).
You have been advised to have a gastroscopy, which you may also have heard being called an endoscopy or OGD (meaning an oesophageal-gastro-duodenoscopy). A gastroscopy will help us to investigate the cause of your symptoms. It is important that you read this page before your appointment so that you understand what will happen during this procedure and the preparation involved.
This page gives you information about having an operation on your leg to bypass a narrowing or blockage in a blood vessel. This information answers some of the commonly asked questions with regard to hospital admission, the operation and discharge home.
Advice and guidance on visting our hospitals, including visiting times.
Staff across Gloucestershire Hospitals can now benefit from a brand-new Workplace Health Check Service. The specialist wellbeing nurse role, funded thanks to your donations, has been designed to help support physical wellbeing.
This page gives you details of how to obtain information from the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy about managing your musculoskeletal pain. Also included on this page are the details of how to Self-refer to the Physiotherapy Departments at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Cheltenham General Hospital or your local community hospital for assessment and/or advice.
by Beth Jones
The following exercises and advice will help you to get back in shape after you have had your baby. The exercises are also suitable for all deliveries. Remember to start gently and progress slowly.