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This page explains what a molar pregnancy is, how it is diagnosed and how it is treated. It also answers the frequently asked questions.
Our appointments can help you develop new skills which will continue to help after you have been discharged from our service.
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is taking the opportunity to highlight apprenticeship at Gloucestershire Royal and Cheltenham General Hospitals throughout the week.
This page gives you information about having cystoscopy and/or urethroscopy.
Who to contact and how to get advice from the departments in our pathology service.
This page gives you general discharge advice following your day surgery procedure. It is important to remember that you have had a general, local or spinal anaesthetic or sedation for your procedure. Day surgery does not mean day recovery and you must go home and rest.
This page is for patients about to have a Trans Urethral Resection of the Prostate (TURP). Over 45,000 TURP operations are carried out each year in the United Kingdom, 350 of these are performed at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. This surgery is carried out at Cheltenham General Hospital. Other operations for enlargement of the prostate are available.
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 gives you information about the surgical management of miscarriage and answers the commonly asked questions about this operation.
This page gives you information about having lithotripsy treatment for kidney stones.
Some of this year's team share their stories ahead of the Games which begin 31 July - 3 August.
This page gives discharge advice following an oesophageal stent insertion.
It is important to drink plenty of fluid. You should drink 6 to 8 glasses of fluid every day to prevent dehydration. During warmer weather you need to drink more fluids. The information in this page will help you choose the type and amount of fluid your body needs to maintain a healthy bladder and bowel.
Welcome to Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. In the best interests of the patient, carers are welcomed and supported to stay with the person they care for while they are in hospital. This page gives you information about the support available for you in your role as a relative/carer. It also provides you with details about the support services available for carers in Gloucestershire.
This page gives you information about having nail surgery and what to expect after the procedure.
In April this year, a group of ear, nose and throat (ENT) surgeons from Gloucestershire Royal Hospital travelled to Zambia at the request of Lufunda Lukama, an ENT surgeon working in the country.
This page is for patients about to have a rigid or flexible ureteroscopic operation. Ureteroscopy is used for treatment and investigation of stones, tumours or obstruction such as narrowing of the ureter. It is also useful for investigating symptoms such as blood in the urine, pain or abnormal cells found in urine.
Our specialist physiotherapists work with both inpatients and outpatients.
