Patient information leaflets
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Ambulatory Care
Anaesthetics
Intravenouse sedation for dental patients-
For information on all types of anaesthetic, including leaflets in Easy Read, please see:
- The Royal College of Anaesthetists website
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Blood transfusion
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Please see Haematology
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Cancer (Oncology) Services
- Support for self managed follow-up for breast cancer
- Open Access Follow-up Treatment for Breast Cancer
- Support for self-managed follow-up for prostate cancer
- Non-Specific Symptoms Pathway
- Support for self-managed follow-up for colorectal cancer
Cardiology
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Artial Fibrillation Ablation
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Artial Flutter Ablation
- Direct Electrical Cardioversion (DCCV)
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Electrophysiology study (EP) of the heart and cardiac catheter ablation
Complaints and PALS
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Dermatology
- Advice following skin surgery
- Advice for patients after skin surgery
- Cleasing baths for eczema
- Oral zinc for warts
- Integrated Dermatology Service
- Teledermatology Servic)
- Patient Initiated Follow-up (PIFU)
- Care after skin cancer treatment
- Advice following shave excision or curettage and cauter A5
Diet after Surgery
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Easy Read
Discharge from hospital form Emergency Department
Following your visit to ED- Having a Bronchosopy
- Having a Colonoscopy
- Having a colon capsule endoscopy
- Having an ERCP
- Having a Gastroscopy Endoscopic Ultrasound
- Having a Gastroscopy
- Having a Flexible Sigmoidoscopy and Argon Plasma Coagulation Therapy
- Having a Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
- Having an OGD Insertion of Oesophageal Stent
- Having an OGD and an Insertion of Duodenal Stent
- Having an OGD and Colonoscopy
- Having an Oesophageal Manometry and 24Hr pH Study
- Having a Colonoscopy Polypectomy
- Having a Flexible Sigmoidoscopy with Oral Bowel Preparation
- Having a Flexible Sigmoidoscopy and Polypectomy
- Having a Gastroscopy Banding of Varices
- Having a Gastroscopy and Dilatation
- Endoscopic Ultrasound
- Aftercare for Gastroscopy
- Aftercare for Insertion of a Suprapubic Catheter
- Aftercare for Bronchoscopy
- Aftercare for ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio-Pancreatography)
- Aftercare for Colonoscopy and Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
- Aftercare Gastroscopy Endoscopic Ultrasound
- After Having a Flexible Sigmoidoscopy Insertion Colonic Stent
- After care for Therapeutic Gastroscopy
Endoscopy
Procedure leaflets
Aftercare leaflets
Information leaflets
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Falls
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Gastroenterology
Gynaecology
- Amniocentesis
- Body Mass Index
- Clomiphene citrate
- Endometriosis and Subfertility
- Gynaecology Ambulatory Care Unit-GCAU
- Gynaecology Cancer Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) - A Patient Guide
- Hysteroscopy - Why do you need one
- Hysteroscopy
- Inserting a Word catheter to treat a Bartholin’s cyst or abscess
- Laparoscopy and Dye Test
- Laparoscopic Ovarian Diathermy (LOD)
- Manual Vacuum Aspiration (MVA) for management of miscarriage
- Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Dietary Advice
- Pregnancy Loss Under 12 Weeks
- Pregnancy Loss Over 12 Weeks
- Outpatient Endometrial Ablation
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Haematology
- Advice for patients following a blood transfusion
- Cell Salvage
- Macmillan Haematology Clinical Nurse Specialists
- Preventing blood clots
- Intra-operative cell salvage
- Intravenous Iron therapy for adults under 16 years
- Stopping Anticoagulation after DVT or PE
- You have received an unexpected transfusion
Hepatology
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Information Governance
Intensive Care Unit
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Maternity
- Anaemia in pregnancy
- Low Carbohydrate Snacks
- Eating for a healthy pregnancy with gestational diabetes
- Healthy Eating Guide for Adults with Type 2 Diabetes
- LabourPains.com is a website that provides translations in 20 languages of reliable information from doctors, midwives and mothers on pain relief and anaesthesia choices for your baby’s birth’s birth
- Preventing blood clots in pregnancy
- Group B streptococcus infection in newborn babies
- Uterine Artery Doppler Ultrasound Measurements
- Your caesarean section and enhanced recovery
- Transitional Care Unit
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Neurology
Nutrition and Dietetics
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Occupational Therapy
Ophthalmology
Orthopaedics
- Carpal Tunnel Release
- Discharge Advice Following Attendance with a Radial Head or Neck Fracture
- Balloon Kyphoplasty
Oral and Maxillofacial Department
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Palliative Care
Paediatrics
- Adrenaline Auto Injector – Emerade
- Adrenaline Auto Injector – Epipen
- Adrenaline Auto Injector – Jext
- Adolescent Discharge from Childrens Allergy Service
- Deferred or optimal cord clamping for preterm babies
- Following a first seizure without a fever in children and young people
- Emergency allergy pack with antiheistamine
- Emergency allergy pack
- Emergency Allergy Pack with AAI
- Head injury or concussion
- Helping your child to swallow tablets
- Henoch Schonlein Purpura (HSP)
- Home glucose testing for Neonates on Diazoxide)
- Hydrogen Breath Test
- Integrated Children’s Asthma and Wheeze Service
- Negative Oral Food Challenge
- Paediatric Sedation for CT or MRI scans
- Preventing blood clots in children and adolescents
- Positional Talipes Calcaneovalgus
- Preparation for discharge
- Positive Oral Food challenge
- Rooming in on SCBU
- Skin Prick Test Information Leaflet for Parents and Carers
- Support after discharge Community A5
- Support after discharge
- Your child's asthma
- What is Renal Pelvic Dilatation
- Wound Care
- Adjusting Insulin Pump Doses
- Adjusting Insulin Doses
- Continuous Glucose Monitoring System
- Flash Glucose Scanning System
- Sick Day Rules - Insulin Pump
- How to manage hyperglycaemia CYPD
- Insulin Pump therapy
- Management of Hypoglycaemia in children and young people with diabetes
- Manually calculating insulin for meals
- Managing high blood glucose and ketones with illness – Insulin Injection Therapy
- The use of Insulin Degludec (Tresiba) (Children and Young People)
- Diabetes Transition Clinic
Paediatric diabetes
Pancreatic cyst
Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) and Complaints department
Patient Lounge
Pharmacy
- Antibiotic Treatment for Adults
- Circadin [melatonin] Crushing Tips
- Denosumab (Prolia) Treatment of Osteoporosis
- Gentamicin Injection
- Giving lansoprazole orodispersible tablets to children
- Medicines Supplied by Homecare
- Strong Opioids
Physiotherapy
- Acute Injury Management
- Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction (1142)
- Breast scar and cording management
- Contrast Bathing
- Physiotherapy Advice for Positional Talipes
- Fitting TLSO brace - sitting or standing
- Fitting TLSO brace lying
- Fitting TLSO brace - sitting or standing without bar
- Fitting TLSO brace - lying position no bar
- How to fit Cerivcal Collars sitting
- How to fit Cerivcal Collars lying
- Physiotherapy Following Spinal Discectomy
- Physiotherapy after spinal decompression
- Physiotherapy
following your total knee replacement
- Physio following spinal decompression surgery
- Gastrostomy feeding
- Scar Management
- Spinal fusion
- Theraband Excercises
Pre-operative Assessment
- Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion Consent Form and Patient Information
- Enhanced recovery programme for colorectal patients
- Intravenous Iron therapy for adults
- Lumbar Fusion Consent Form and Patient Information
- Spinal Injections Consent Form and Patient Information
- Trans-rectal Ultrasound Biopsy
- Vasectomy
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Radiology
- Aftercare for CT Enterography
- Aftercare for CT Pneumocolon
- Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Cardiac stress Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- CT Colonoscopy
- CT Guided Lumbar Nerve Root Block
- CT Cardiac Angiogram
- CT Coronary Angiogram
- CT Guided Lung Biopsy
- Facet Joint Sacroiliac Joint Injection
- Having a liver biopsy in the radiology department
- Uterine Artery Embolisation - Fibroid Embolisation
Respiratory
- Confirmed Pulmonary Embolism
- Keeping active whilst in hospital with a respiratory condition
- Suspected Pulmonary Embolism PRINT version
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Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) English
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Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Polish
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Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Portuguese
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Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Romanian
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Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Urdu
Resuscitation
Rheumatology
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Speech and Language Therapy
- Dysarthria for relatives and carers
- Delirium Recovery Programme
- Dysarthria
- Dysphasia (also known as Aphasia)
- Dysphagia (swallowing difficulties)
- High energy and protein liquid diet sheet
- Risk Acknowledged Feeding
- Swallowing difficulties after stroke
- Verbal apraxia
- Videofluoroscopy
- What is a Stroke and the role of the Speech Therapist?
- Xerostomia – A dry mouth
Stroke
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Trauma and Orthopaedics
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Urology
- Having a Urodynamics Test
- Having a transperineal prostate biopsy
- Trial without catheter
- Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) Information Leaflet Public Health England
- Intravesical Mitomycin Chemotherapy treatment
- Intravesical Bacillus Cal-mette-Guerin (BCG) Immunotherapy treatment
- Ureteric stent for endoscopic removal
- Ureteric stent on a string
- Ureteric stent for future replacement
- Urology Upper GI Cancer Multidisciplinary Team (MDT)
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Vascular lab
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Ward Information
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Ward Information - v2
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X-ray (Radiology)
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