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You will already have been told by a member of the team during a telephone call and appointment letter that you must not eat anything for 6 hours before your procedure, this includes chewing gum or sucking sweets. You will be able to continue sipping clear fluids, including squash/cordials and fruit juice (without bits), right up until the time of your appointment.

This is where your clinical oncology team provides you with all the information you need to make an informed decision about your treatment and consent to this. If you are happy to proceed with the treatment, you will be referred for radiotherapy treatment. At this stage, you will be given the information you need about your specific treatment, any side effects which you may experience and the aim of your treatment.

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 5HIAA urine test.

Whether you’re coming to hospital for the first time, or are already a patient, we have all the information you need about being treated at our Children’s Centre.

The aim of this page is to answer any questions you may have about your appointment in the Urology Assessment Clinic.

This will provide you with information about Patient Initiated Follow-Up appointments (PIFU), at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. It explains what PIFU appointments are and how they work.

We know that it's not always easy staying in hospital when most of the patients are young children. We have facilities especially for our teenage patients and do our best to meet your needs while you're with us.

Gloucestershire Royal's A&E provides 24 hour emergency care, including 999 ambulances, GP referrals, children's emergencies, minor injuries and illnesses, and maternity care.

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

At the NHS, we want our patients to have the best experience possible and having continuous patient feedback is crucial in helping us deliver what patients want and need.

Your doctor has recommended that you consider having Radioactive Iodine Therapy (RAI) for the treatment of your overactive thyroid gland. This page gives you information about the treatment. When you attend the department for the treatment, you will be given more information and you will be able to ask any questions that you may have.

This page gives you information about your child’s rheumatology blood tests and details of how to access a video to watch with your child.

The Delivery Suite at the Women's Centre at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital is a state of the art facility, designed to give you the best possible service if you need medical assistance during labour.

Stroud maternity unit is a small midwife led centre that helps deliver around 300 births every year, and offers a home from home environment for new parents.

Cancer Support Workers are part of your hospital team. We help people with cancer feel safe, listened to, and supported.

The aim of the study is to see whether regular endoscopic surveillance is better than endoscopy at need for detecting early signs of oesophageal cancer in patients diagnosed with Barrett’s oesophagus.

Our role is to help test for sleep disorders, and to help you get more sleep.

This page gives you information about Transitional Care (TC) but it does not replace any discussion between you and the healthcare team. If you have any concerns or require more information after reading this page, please discuss with a member the Transitional Care team.

Image Guided Interventional Surgery (IGIS) means procedures where the surgeon uses instruments with live images to guide the procedure.