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Gloucestershire Hospitals has scooped a national award for its commitment to patients living with incurable blood cancer.

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Our live A&E waits page is currently suspended. A recent IT incident meant the page was showing incorrect information. We have taken this opportunity to pause and review the way we capture and share information about our Emergency Departments (EDs) and wider urgent care services.

The early pregnancy assessment clinic is an emergency service if you are between 7 and 15 weeks pregnant and experience pain or bleeding.

This page provides information for an adult to perform an accurate Mid-Stream Sample of Urine (MSSU). This can then be tested by the microbiology laboratory.

It is essential that your bowel is empty for this investigation. In order for your bowel to be empty please follow the instructions below.

It is essential that your bowel is empty for this investigation. In order for your bowel to be empty please follow the instructions below.

It is essential that your bowel is empty for this investigation. In order for your bowel to be empty please follow the instructions below.

We're introducing lots of capabilities for our Patient Portal, transforming how we interact with you and improving your Outpatient experience.

The Brain Injury Team is a multidisciplinary therapy team who offer in and outpatient assessment and therapy for adults who have had an acquired brain injury.

In May 2009, the EU Committee for Medicinal products for Human Use (CHMP) concluded that concomitant use of any Proton Pump Inhibitor (PPI) with clopidogrel should be avoided unless considered essential.

Dr Anderson is a Consultant Gastroenterologist with over 20 years of specialised practice in training and endoscopic therapy, with a particular interest in bowel cancer screening. His clinical practice is purely endoscopy-based, mainly at Cheltenham General Hospital’s endoscopy unit.

This page has been designed to help you exercise your sphincter muscles. Sphincter exercises can help you to reduce leakage from the bowel. These exercises are also beneficial for patients who are due to have a colostomy or ileostomy (stoma) reversal operation. When done correctly these exercises can build up and strengthen the muscles to help you to hold both wind and stool in the back passage.

You have been prescribed apixaban for a heart condition called nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF). This type of medication is known as direct-acting oral anticoagulant (DOAC). This page gives you information that you might find useful about atrial fibrillation and the apixaban medication. You will find a written information leaflet and a Patient Alert Card in your apixaban medication pack. Please read the information and complete the Patient Alert Card. The Patient Alert Card provides you with the required apixaban information and the importance of taking the medicine. You should keep the Patient Alert Card with you.

This page explains what High Flow Nasal Oxygen (HFNO) is and why it is part of your treatment. It may also answer some of the questions that you may have about HFNO. The information on this page is not meant to replace the consultation between you and your medical team but may help you to understand more about what is discussed. Please do not hesitate to speak to the doctor, nurse or physiotherapist if you have any further questions.

This page provides guidance on the benefits of a healthy, balanced diet during your radiotherapy treatment.

Patients, carers, families, friends and members of the public are invited to nominate a member of staff or a team who has gone the extra mile to provide outstanding care at Gloucestershire Hospitals

Patients at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital (GRH) are today (Wednesday 3 August) benefitting from a new state-of-the-art 24-bedded ward costing £4.5m.