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This information is for patients who have had a nephrostomy tube inserted into one or both of their kidneys. This page answers the commonly asked questions, gives information about aftercare and provides contact information for when you need help and advice.
The term ‘arthritis’ is used to describe a swelling in a joint. There are many different types of arthritis, and osteoarthritis is the most common.
A general anaesthetic will mean your child will be asleep when they have their treatment.
Women in a Gloucestershire village whose lives have all been touched by cancer have joined together to get behind the £17.5m Big Space Cancer Appeal.
Opiate bioavailability and response are highly variable. Wide inter-patient variation exists.
Information for Oncology and Haematology patients This page explains what an extravasation is and how to care for your skin should this happen.
This page gives you information on care following banding of piles (haemorrhoids).
This page aims to provide you with information following your ankle injury. You have a soft tissue injury which usually causes pain, swelling, bruising and some restriction of movement.
Putting you in control of your follow-up care This page provides you with information about Patient Initiated Follow-Up appointments or PIFU for short, at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. It explains what PIFU appointments are and how they work.
This page gives you information about the procedure known as a left hemicolectomy which is performed to remove a diseased area in your bowel. The page will also explain what the procedure involves and list some of the common complications associated with it.
Cerebral Spinal Fluid (CSF) cell count, microscopy & culture
This page gives you information about a tracheostomy and why you may need to have one.
Your time is one of the biggest gifts you can give and there are a number ways you can get involved
Increasing rates of COVID infections in younger age groups means that from 6 August, we will require evidence of a negative test result within the last 24 hours
Experience of Care Week takes place between 27 April – 1 May 2026, and this year’s theme - Building the Foundations of Experience - highlights how every interaction, in every role, shapes the experience of care for patients, families and colleagues.
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by Deborah Painter
by Catherine Billington
