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This page provides information for people with diabetes, about having a hypoglycaemic (low blood glucose) episode.

We are delighted to announce an exciting new partnership with Gloucestershire Academy of Music to bring the therapeutic power of music to patients, staff and visitors.

For adults, blood taken into a 5mL gold top tube (or rust top for the Acute Unit)

Transfusion-associated graft-versus-host disease (TA-GVHD) is a rare but often life threatening complication of blood transfusion, characterised by the engraftment and proliferation of donor T lymphocytes in the recipient. This occurs when the recipient's immune system fails to reject transfused lymphocytes, leading to widespread immune-mediated tissue damage.

Patients should be antibiotic-free for at least 7 days before a biopsy is performed

Mrs Soare originally trained in general practice and worked as a GP for 11 years. Her main areas of interest are orthopaedics and paediatrics. She is an ALTS instructor and is also interested in ENP development.

This is Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s (GHFT) ninth Gender Pay Gap report. It is based on a snapshot of all of our staff on 31 March 2025.

Cheltenham A&E has a consultant-led Emergency Department from 8am - 8pm and a nurse-led Minor Injuries and Illness Unit (MIIU) from 8pm - 8am

The Quantitative Faecal Immunochemical Test (qFIT) is used to detect occult blood in faeces. qFIT is available as part of a pilot scheme to replace the Guaiac Faecal Occult Blood test (gFOBt), which has not been available in Gloucestershire primary care for several years. The qFIT has many advantages over the gFOBt, for example, qFIT is specific to human haemoglobin so is less influenced by diet and medication than gFOBt.

I enjoy the daily interactions with patients and their families, which made me decide to train as a nurse. It is always rewarding to see the progress patients make in overcoming their illnesses and extremely fulfilling to know that I played a role.

This page gives you information on care following your colonoscopy/flexible sigmoidoscopy.

Chemical Pathology

by Emma Rodgers

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.

To implement this at the level of everyday patient encounters in our Trust we need to know what levels of competence and understanding currently exist within the workforce.

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 diagnostic gastroscopy will help us to investigate the cause of your symptoms.

Microbiology

4ml EDTA sample.