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Patient information leaflets
- 2 Week Wait Suspected Cancer Referrals – Lung
- 2 Week Wait Suspected Cancer Referrals – Upper Gastrointestinal
- 24 hour urine collections
- 24-Hour Blood Pressure Monitor
- 24-Hour ECG
- A Guide To Healthy Hips and Knees
- A guide to your Specialist Oesophago-Gastric (OG) pathway
- Accommodative Esotropia
- Acetazolamide Tablet (Diamox®)
- Achilles Pain / Tendinopathy
- Acid reflux and oesophagitis
- Acromioclavicular Joint Injury (dislocation)
- Acromioclavicular Joint Injury (self-management)
- Active Cycle of Breathing Technique (ACBT)
- Acupuncture – Patient Information Sheet
- Acute low back pain – managing your pain
- Acute Oncology Fast Track Clinic
- Administration of Buccal Midazolam to Children
- Admission to hospital for treatment (Section 3 of the Mental Health Act 1983)
- Admissions Unit – Eastbourne DGH – Information for the day of your surgery
- Adolescent Anterior Knee Pain
- Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
- Adolescent Muscular Back Pain
- Advice about specialised footwear
- Advice following radiotherapy treatment for prostate cancer
- Advice for patients being discharged home with a drain following surgery to the breast and/or axilla – Conquest Hospital patients
- Advice for patients undergoing coronary angioplasty and stents
- Advice for patients with a prosthetic heart valve
- Advice on the use of your Silicone Devices
- After Trauma Team
- After your biopsy of the breast
- After your Bladder Botox Treatment
- Ageing Feet
- Alcohol advice and local support
- Ampcare effective swallowing protocol: treatment for oropharyngeal dysphagia in adults
- An Introduction to the Breast Clinic – Conquest
- An Introduction to the Breast Clinic – Eastbourne
- An Introduction to the Breast Multidisciplinary Team – Conquest
- An Introduction to the Breast Multidisciplinary Team – Eastbourne
- An introduction to the multi-disciplinary team for Hepatobiliary Cancers
- An Introduction to the multi-disciplinary team for Upper Gastro-Intestinal Cancers
- An Introduction to the Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) in Upper Gastro-Intestinal (GI) Cancers
- An introduction to the multidisciplinary team for Gynaecological cancers
- An Introduction to the Multidisciplinary Team for Urological Cancers
- Anaesthesia explained
- Anaesthetic choices for hip or knee replacement
- Ankle Arthroscopy
- Ankle Avulsion Fracture
- Ankle Fracture – Weber A
- Ankle Fracture – Weber B
- Ankle Soft Tissue Injury
- Ankle Sprain – Children
- Ankyloglossia
- Anorectal Manometry
- Antegrade Ureteric Stenting
- Anterior Cruciate Ligament reconstruction
- Anti-D Prophylaxis in Pregnancy for Rhesus Negative Women
- Antibiotics Information for Patients and Visitors
- Anticoagulants
- Antiplatelet combination treatments for Stroke patients
- Apicectomy under Local Anaesthetic
- Arthrocentesis
- Athletes Foot
- Atropine Occlusion for children
- Avulsion Fracture of the Foot
- Awareness during general anaesthesia
- Bacillus Calmette Guerin (BCG) treatment for Superficial Bladder Cancer
- Barium Studies: Barium follow-through
- Barium Studies: Barium meal
- Barium Studies: Barium swallow
- Barium Studies: Barium/water-soluble enema
- Barrett’s oesophagus
- Bartholin’s Gland Cyst
- Baxter Infusor
- Becoming confused after an operation
- Being discharged from the Breast Clinic following treatment for Breast Cancer
- Best interest meeting
- Bladder Chemotherapy
- Bladder Instillation of Cystistat (sodium hyaluronate)
- Bladder Instillation of iAluRil (sodium hyaluronate)
- Blepharitis and Eyelid Hygiene
- Blisters – on your feet
- Bone Marrow Aspiration and/or Biopsy
- Botox Injections for Blepharospasm and Hemifacial spasm
- Botulinum toxin treatment for squint
- Breast Reduction (Mammoplasty)
- Breast screening for women with a family history of breast cancer
- Brostrom Operation
- Brown’s syndrome
- Bubble PEP
- Bunions (Hallux Abducto Valgus)
- Burning Mouth Syndrome
- Cannulated Prolactin Test
- Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae
- Cardioprotective diet
- Cardioprotective snack ideas
- Care at the End of Life – A leaflet for families and friends
- Care following your minor operation
- Care in the Last Days of Life
- Care of a child following an Arthroscopy and/or Menisectomy – advice for parents/carers/guardians
- Care of a child following Appendicectomy – advice for parents/carers/guardians
- Care of a child following Circumcision – advice for parents/carers/guardians
- Care of a child following Hernia or Hydrocele under General Anaesthetic – advice for parents/guardians
- Care of a child following Orchidopexy under General Anaesthetic – advice for patients/carers/guardians
- Care of a child following plaster of paris cast – advice for parents/carers/guardians
- Care of a child following Toenail Surgery – advice for parents/carers/guardians
- Care of a child with croup
- Caring for a child with gastroenteritis at home – advice for parents and carers
- Caring for my Caesarean Section Wound after Delivery A guide for patients, birthing partners and relatives
- Caring for someone recovering from a general anaesthetic or sedation
- Caring for your cannula at home
- Caring for your child in a Hip Spica – Advice for Parents/Guardians
- Caring for your Child with a Cannula at home
- Carpal or Metacarpal Fracture
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Caudal epidural injection
- Central Serous Retinopathy (CSR)
- Check flexible cystoscopy clinic
- Chilblains
- Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services
- Children’s Community Nursing Team
- Children’s Foot and Heel Pain (CFHP)
- Choosing the best treatment for your stress incontinence at East Sussex healthcare NHS Trust
- Choosing where to give birth to your baby
- Chorionic Villus Sampling (CVS) and Amniocentesis
- Chronic Cough Control Guide
- Clavicle (collar bone) Fracture
- Clomiphene Citrate (Clomid)
- Clostridium Difficile
- Collection of midstream, spot or random urines
- Colonic Transit Studies: Adult (Over 16 years)
- Colonic Transit Studies: Paediatric (1-16 years)
- Colonography Scan (CT Virtual Colonoscopy)
- Community Stroke Rehabilitation (CSR)
- Computerised Tomography (CT) Scan
- Congenital Cytomegalovirus (CMV) testing in Audiology
- Congratulations your ulcer has healed What next?
- Conjunctivitis (Allergic)
- Conjunctivitis (Bacterial and Viral)
- Conserving your energy during activity
- Contraception advice for patients following the administration of sugammadex
- Controlled Drugs – Opioid medicines
- Convergence insufficiency
- Core Biopsy of the Breast
- Corneal Abrasion
- Corns and Callus
- Coronary Care Unit (CCU)
- Corticosteroid injection
- Critical Care Rehabilitation and follow up clinic
- CT Colon Aftercare Advice
- CT Coronary Angiogram
- CT Coronary Angiogram with ivabradine
- CT Enteroclysis (Small bowel study)
- Damage to teeth, lips and tongue
- Damage to the eye during general anaesthesia
- Davy the Detective – finding out about anaesthetics
- De Quervains Tenosynovitis
- Death or brain damage
- Deep Vein Thrombosis and Legs in Plaster Casts
- Dermatology Minor Skin Surgery
- Detention in hospital for assessment in an emergency (section 4 of the Mental Health Act 1983)
- Detention of patients already in hospital (Section 5 (2) of the Mental Health Act 1983)
- Diabetes management during bowel preparation prior to colonoscopy/flexible sigmoidoscopy
- Diabetes management during Moviprep bowel preparation prior to Colonoscopy/Flexible Sigmoidoscopy – Afternoon Procedure
- Diabetes management during Moviprep bowel preparation prior to Colonoscopy/flexible Sigmoidoscopy – morning procedure
- Diabetic Retinopathy and Maculopathy Laser Treatment
- Direct Current Cardioversion (DCCV) Nurse-led
- Discharge Instruction following Hernia Repair Surgery
- Discharge Instruction following Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
- Dislocation of the Patella
- Dobutamine Stress Echocardiogram
- Drainage of ascites (abdominal paracentesis / ascitic drain)
- Drug Allergy
- Drug treatment of an Overactive Bladder (OAB)
- Dry Skin (Anhydrosis) and Skin Fissures
- Dry Socket (Alveolar Osteitis)
- Duane’s Syndrome
- Dupuytren’s Disease
- Ear infection in children
- Ear wax – helpful information
- Ear Wax Self-Treatment
- Early miscarriage
- Early Pregnancy Assessment Unit (EPAU)
- Eating and drinking with acknowledged risks
- Eating well with a small appetite (cardioprotective)
- Echocardiogram
- Ectopic Pregnancy
- Elbow dislocation
- Elbow Soft Tissue Injury
- Electrical Stimulation – Instructions
- Electrical Stimulation for the Pelvic Floor Muscles
- Electro-Convulsive Therapy for patients detained in hospital (Section 51A of the Mental Health Act 1983)
- Electromyography and nerve conduction studies
- Endo Anal Ultrasound Scan
- Endometriosis
- Enhanced recovery after having a Cystectomy (removal of the bladder)
- Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) – Bowel Surgery
- Enhanced Recovery following Breast Surgery
- Enhancing your recovery after pelvic floor surgery for prolapse
- Epidural pain relief after surgery
- Epilepsy and Pregnancy
- Epirubicin
- Equipment failure
- ESCAPE Pain
- Excision of Ear or Facial Lesion
- Excision of Skin Lesion
- Excision of skin lesion under local anaesthetic by a maxillofacial surgeon
- Exercise ECG Test
- Exercise Stress Echocardiogram
- Exercises to Prevent Pain and Clicking of the Jaw Joint
- Expansion of Covid 19 testing to pregnant women coming into hospital during pregnancy or to give birth, and women returning to hospital after they have given birth
- Expose and bond of an unerupted tooth
- External Dacryocystomy with Silicone Intubation (DCR)
- Extra Corporeal Shockwave Therapy (ESWT) for Gluteal, Patella and Achilles tendinopathy or Plantar Fasciopathy
- Extraction of teeth under general anaesthetic
- Eye protection for patients receiving UVL treatment
- Fasting gut hormone profile blood test
- Feeling sick
- Female Urodynamic Investigations
- Fetal fibronectin Testing
- Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring
- Fever in children
- Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallow (FEES) Clinic
- Fibroids
- Fixed appliances
- Flashes and Floaters
- Flat Feet (Pes Planus)
- Flat feet in children
- Flexible Cystoscopy
- Flexible Cystoscopy and removal of Ureteric Stent
- Flexible Cystoscopy with Urethral Dilatation
- Flow rates
- Fluorescein Angiography Photography
- Follow up schedule – following treatment for breast cancer
- Food and Fitness for Children and Adolescents
- Food Challenge
- Food Poisoning (Foodborne Infection)
- Footcare advice for people with Diabetes
- Footwear – helping you make the right choices
- Footwear adaptions
- For patients receiving narrow band UVB light treatment (TL01)
- For patients receiving Psoralen and Ultra-Violet Light Therapy (PUVA)
- Fracture Liaison Service – Bone Health Assessment
- Fracture of the Foot (for review)
- Fracture of the Foot (self-management)
- Fracture of the Foot (toe weight bearing and review)
- Fracture of the Foot (undisplaced)
- Fracture of the mid-shaft of the 5th metatarsal (for review)
- Fracture of the mid-shaft of the 5th metatarsal (self-management)
- Fractured Coronoid Process
- Frailty practitioner service
- Frenectomy under local anaesthetic
- Fungal nail infection
- Gastro-oesophageal Reflux Disease (GORD)
- General advice for going home after breast surgery
- General advice for going home after breast surgery – Conquest Hospital patients
- General Fertility Advice
- General foot care information
- Giant cell (temporal) arteritis
- Glaucoma – Laser Treatment
- Glaucoma Assessment Clinic
- Glue Ear – Information for parents
- Gluteal Tendinopathy
- Glycopeptide Resistant Enterococci (GRE) also known as Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci (VRE)
- Going home after an epidural: what to look out for
- Guide to health services in East Sussex
- Guidelines for choosing a Chair
- Guidelines for the use of abdominal and spinal supports
- Guidelines for the use of ankle foot orthosis (AFO)
- Guidelines for the use of cervical collars
- Guidelines for the use of compression hosiery/stockings
- Guidelines for the use of functional foot orthoses (insoles)
- Guidelines for the use of protective helmets
- Guidelines for the use of spinal braces
- Guidelines for the use of trusses
- Hand Soft Tissue Injury
- Hastings and Rother integrated Musculoskeletal Service (iMSK)
- Having a Bronchoscopy
- Having a Bronchoscopy and Insertion of Bronchial Stent
- Having a Colonoscopy
- Having a fibroscan
- Having a Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
- Having a Gastroscopy
- Having a Gastroscopy and Colonoscopy
- Having a Gastroscopy and Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
- Having a Mammogram
- Having a Mammogram and Stereotactic core biopsy
- Having a Mammogram and Stereotactic Vacuum assisted core biopsy
- Having a Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) tube inserted
- Having a Thoracoscopy
- Having a Transnasal Endoscopy (TNE)
- Having a vacuum assisted core biopsy/excision
- Having an Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS) and lymph node sampling procedure
- Having an Endoscopic Mucosal Resection
- Having an Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio-Pancreatography (ERCP)
- Having an Oesophageal Dilatation during a Gastroscopy
- Having an Oesophageal Stent Insertion during a Gastroscopy
- Head and neck cancer pathway information
- Head Injury – Advice for Adults when leaving hospital
- Healthy Eating in Pregnancy with Pre-existing Diabetes
- Healthy Eating with Gestational Diabetes
- Healthy Lifestyle Post-Gestational Diabetes
- Hearing Aid Guidance – Ear Mould Fitting
- Hearing Aid Guidance – Open Fitting Type
- Hearing Aid Instructions: GN ReSound UP967
- Hearing Aid Instructions: GN ReSound UP977 / 88
- Hearing Aid Instructions: Phonak Auto M / Auto SP
- Hearing Aid Instructions: Phonak Auto micro
- Hearing Aid Instructions: Phonak Auto UP
- Hearing Aid Repairs and Servicing
- Heel pain and Plantar Fasciopathy (pain beneath the heel)
- Helping a Child who is Sensitive to Loud Sounds
- High Dose Dexamethasone Suppression Test
- High Resolution Anorectal Manometry
- Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis
- Hip fractures – information for patients and carers
- Histology examination after early pregnancy loss
- HIVEC – Hyperthemic (heated) Intravesical (bladder) Chemotherapy
- Home use of tap water Iontophoresis
- How to care for your Supra Pubic Catheter site
- How to fortify your food and drinks
- How to instil your own eye drops
- How to look after your wound after Oculoplastic surgery
- How to make fortified milk
- How to make nourishing drinks
- How to reduce your risk of Gestational Diabetes
- How to take an Oral Bisphoshonate Medication
- How will I have my baby?
- Hydatidiform Mole
- Hydrocortisone day curve
- Hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil® or Quinoric®) – Importance of Eye Screening
- Hyperemesis Gravidarum (pregnancy sickness)
- Hysterosalpingogram
- I want my hips and knees to hurt less
- If you would like information in another language, braille or on audiotape, please ask us
- If your water breaks before Labour starts (PROM)
- Immunoglobulin Shortage
- Induction of Labour
- Infection Prevention and Control Information when visiting adults in hospital
- Infection Prevention and Control Information when visiting children in hospital
- Information about isolation
- Information about loss of consciousness or backouts
- Information about your insole or foot orthoses
- Information explaining the urgent two week wait referral system
- Information for Patients Living with Haematological Malignancies
- Information for patients undergoing Femoral Angioplasty
- Information for those in contact with Group A streptococcal infection
- Information for Women with an Inconclusive Early Pregnancy Scan Result
- Information held about your child information for parents/guardians and families
- Information on exercising with hip and knee Osteoarthritis (OA)
- Information resource for family, carers and friends and for people living with dementia
- Insertion of a Tunnelled Pleural Catheter
- Insertion of a Vena Cava Filter
- Insertion of prostatic stent
- Insertion of Supra Pubic Urinary Catheter
- Instruction after Minor Mouth Operations
- Instructions following removal of teeth
- Instructions for redressing toes following toenail surgery
- Intermediate Care Rehabilitation Service
- Interventional Angiography/Angiogram
- Interventional Bone Biopsy
- Interventional Herniogram
- Interventional Inferior Vena Cava Filter (IVC) placement
- Interventional Oesophageal Dilatation
- Interventional Percutaneous Transhepatic Cholangiogram (PTC)
- Interventional Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC)
- Interventional Portacath insertion
- Interventional Radiologically Inserted Gastrostomy (RIG)
- Interventional Tunnelled Drain
- Interventional Urethrogram
- Interventional Venous Stenting
- Interventional Vertebroplasty
- Intoeing gait in children
- Intravitreal treatment for Wet Age Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD)
- Invasive Group A streptococcal Infections – information for hospital inpatients
- Iron in your diet
- Irvine Unit
- Jaw Joint Malfunction and Associated Facial Pain
- Joint protection techniques for hands
- Juzo and Otto Bock Compression Socks
- Keeping stuff private: why we collect information about you and how we keep it safe
- Kipling Ward – Information for Parents and Children
- Knee ankle foot orthoses (KAFO) and knee braces/supports
- Knee Arthroscopy
- Knee replacement surgery
- Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy
- Laparoscopic Cystectomy
- Laparoscopic Nephrectomy
- Laparoscopy and Chromotubation (Dye Test)
- Laser capsulotomy
- Late Night Salivary Cortisol Collection
- Lesser Toe deformities – Problems with the small toes
- Let us know your views
- Lichen Sclerosus
- Local anaesthesia for your eye operation
- Looking after your foot ulcer
- Loss of sensation in limbs
- Low Dose Aspirin (150mg) in Pregnancy
- Low Dose Dexamethasone Suppression Test
- Low irritant, high fibre diet
- Lumbar puncture
- Macmillan Breast Care Nurse Specialist and Key worker information
- Macmillan Breast Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) and Key worker information
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Scan
- Malignant Hyperthermia
- Mallet Finger
- Managing a Urinary Catheter Valve
- Managing Dupuytren’s disease
- Managing early Osteoarthritis of the thumb
- Managing with one hand following injury or surgery
- Managing your catheter and drainage bag
- Managing your nephrostomy tube and drainage bag
- Manual for fathers
- Medial Malleolus Fracture
- Medicines Optimisation in a Domiciliary Setting (MODS)
- Metatarsalgia
- Midshaft Fibula Fracture
- Midshaft Humerus Fracture
- Minor Surgeries Patient Information Leaflet
- Mouth biopsy performed under local anaesthetic
- Mucous Cyst
- Multiple Sclerosis Nurse Service
- Musculoskeletal (MSK) Therapy Services
- Neck of 5th Metacarpal Fracture
- Nerve blocks for surgery on the shoulder, arm or hand
- Nerve damage associated with an operation under general anaesthetic
- Nerve damage associated with peripheral nerve block
- Nerve damage associated with spinal or epidural injection
- Newborn wellbeing
- Nuclear Medicine 2 Phase Bone Scan
- Nuclear Medicine 3 Phase Bone Scan
- Nuclear Medicine Bone Scan
- Nuclear Medicine Cardiac Amyloid Scan
- Nuclear Medicine Cardiac MIBG Scan
- Nuclear Medicine CCK Hepatobiliary (HIDA) Scan
- Nuclear Medicine DAT Brain Scan
- Nuclear Medicine Gastric Emptying Scan (Liquid)
- Nuclear Medicine Gastric Emptying Scan (Solid)
- Nuclear Medicine Gastrointestinal Bleed Scan
- Nuclear Medicine GI Bleed Scan
- Nuclear Medicine Hepatobiliary (HIDA) Scan
- Nuclear Medicine information – for patients leaving the country
- Nuclear Medicine Kidney (DMSA) Scan
- Nuclear Medicine Kidney (Renogram and DMSA) Scan
- Nuclear Medicine Kidney (Renogram) Scan
- Nuclear Medicine Lachrymal Tear Duct Scan
- Nuclear Medicine Lung (VQ) Scan
- Nuclear Medicine Meckels Scan
- Nuclear Medicine MIBG Scan
- Nuclear Medicine Myocardial Perfusion Heart Scan
- Nuclear Medicine Parathyroid Scan
- Nuclear Medicine PSMA Scan
- Nuclear Medicine Sehcat/Bile Acid Malabsorption Study
- Nuclear Medicine Sentinel Lymph Node Injection
- Nuclear medicine sentinel lymph node scan
- Nuclear medicine somatostatin receptor (Tc) scan
- Nuclear Medicine Thyroid Scan
- Obstructive Defaecation Syndrome
- Ocular Foreign Body
- Oesophageal Stent Insertion
- One stop male urinary tract symptom (LUTS) clinic
- Open access to the children’s ward – a parent’s guide
- Oral Glucose Suppresion Test – for Acromegaly
- Oral Glucose Tolerance Test
- Orthodontics and Jaw Surgery
- Orthognathic Joint Planning Clinic
- Orthopaedic MRI Scans
- Osgood-Schlatter’s Disease
- Osteoarthritis at the base of the thumb
- Osteoporosis
- Outpatient induction of labour with Propess
- Outpatients Urethral Bulking (Bulkamid) for Urinary Stress Incontinence
- Overnight 1mg Dexamethasone Suppression Test (OnDST)
- Overseas Visitors
- Pad test
- Paediatric Head Injuries – Information for Parents, Carers and Relatives When Leaving Hospital
- Paediatric Micturating Cystourethrogram (MCUG)
- Paediatric Serial Casting for Toe walking
- Pain control following orthopaedic surgery
- PAPP-A (Pregnancy associated plasma protein-A)
- Patella dislocation
- Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
- Patient advice following a Prostate Biopsy
- Patient Discharge Information Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS)
- Patient Information Leaflet for Patient Initiated Follow-Up Gastroenterology
- Patient Initiated Follow Up – General Surgery Gallstone / Hernia / Colorectal
- Patient Initiated Follow-Up – Cardiology – Arrhythmia
- Patient Initiated Follow-Up (PIFU) – ENT
- Patient Initiated Follow-up (PIFU) – Orthotics
- Patient Initiated Follow-Up After Treatment For Primary Breast Cancer
- Patient Initiated Follow-Up Rheumatology
- Patient initiated follow-up–Urology
- Patient-initiated follow-up – gynaecology
- Patient-Initiated follow-up – Urogynaecology
- Patient-initiated follow-up information for patients from oral and maxillofacial surgery
- Pelvic floor exercises for Women
- Pelvic Floor Exercises for Young People
- Pelvic Floor Service the ‘holding on’ programme
- Pelvic Health – Physiotherapy Robotic Assisted Radical Prostatectomy (RARP) Pelvic Floor Muscle Exercises and Advice for Men
- Pelvic Health Physiotherapy Antenatal Advice for Women Experiencing Back or Pelvic Pain
- Pelvic Health Physiotherapy Bladder Training
- Pelvic Health Physiotherapy Bowel Control – Exercises and Advice
- Pelvic Health Physiotherapy Diastasis of rectus abdominis muscles postpartum
- Pelvic Health Physiotherapy Instructions for use of Tubigrip for Pregnancy Related Pelvic Girdle Pain
- Pelvic Health Physiotherapy Pelvic Floor Muscle Exercises and Advice for Men
- Pelvic Health Physiotherapy Post Natal Information and Exercise Sheet
- Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)
- Pelvic Stretches Sequence – Sussex Pelvic Floor Service
- Percutaneous Abscess Drainage
- Percutaneous Biliary Drainage or PTC
- Percutaneous Gastrostomy
- Percutaneous Liver or Lung Biopsy
- Percutaneous Nephrostomy
- Perinatal Mental Health
- Perthes
- Phalanx (Finger) Fracture
- Physiotherapy advice following Breast Surgery
- Physiotherapy advice following gynaecology surgery
- Physiotherapy advice following Laparoscopic Abdominal Surgery
- Physiotherapy advice following laparoscopic robotic assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP)
- Physiotherapy exercises following transfemoral (above knee) amputation
- Physiotherapy exercises following transtibial (below knee) amputation
- Physiotherapy following a grade 3 or 4 perineal tear
- Physiotherapy information for Achilles Tendinopathy
- Physiotherapy information for hip fractures
- Planning a homebirth
- Plasma Metanephrine Blood Test
- Plasma Renin and Aldosterone Blood Test
- Podiatry Services
- POGP website leaflets for Ante/Post Natal Women
- POGP website leaflets for Gynae/Urology patients
- Polycycstic Ovarian Syndrome
- Post Ablation
- Post Emergency Surgery Discharge Information
- Post General Surgery Physiotherapy Exercises
- Post Insertion Care of a CORFLO Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG)
- Post Insertion Care of a CORFLO Balloon Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG)
- Post Micturition Dribble – Men
- Post Operative Information for Diagnostic Laparoscopy
- Post Operative Information for Hydrotherm Ablation
- Post Operative Information for Hysteroscopy and Curretage / D & C Patients
- Post Operative Information for Laparoscopic Sterilisation
- Post Operative Orthognathic Surgery
- Post Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI)
- Post Procedure Advice following a Bronchoscopy and EBUS (Endoscopic Bronchial UltraSound)
- Post Procedure Advice following a Colonoscopy
- Post Procedure Advice following a Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
- Post Procedure Advice following a Gastroscopy (OGD)
- Post Procedure Advice following a Gastroscopy (OGD) and Colonoscopy
- Post Procedure Advice following a Thoracoscopy
- Post Procedure Advice following a Transnasal Endoscopy
- Post Procedure Advice following an Endoscopic Mucosal Resection/Large Polyp Removal
- Post Procedure Advice following an ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio-Pancreatography)
- Post Procedure Advice following Bronchoscopy
- Post Procedure Advice following insertion of an Oesophageal Stent
- Post Procedure Advice following Oesophageal Banding
- Post Procedure Advice following Oesophageal Dilatation
- Post-operative chest infection
- Postnatal wellbeing of the mother
- Potassium Permanganate
- Pregnancy Care
- Preparing for foot and ankle surgery
- Preparing for hand surgery and recovery afterwards
- Preventing Deconditioning in Hospital
- Preventing hospital-associated blood clots
- Prolonged Oral Glucose Tolerance Test
- Prostate Biopsy Procedure: Local anaesthetic transperineal biopsy with transrectal ultrasound
- Prostate Gland Enlargement
- Protected Mealtimes – what does it mean?
- Proximal Humerus fracture
- Proximal Radius Fracture (requiring further X-Ray)
- Proximal Radius Fracture (undisplaced)
- Pseudostrabismus
- Psychological Care in Critical Care
- Psychological Support for Staff in Critical Care
- Pterygium
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation
- R Test
- Radical Orchidectomy
- Radio-Iodine Treatment for Hyperthyroidism
- Reactive Hypoglycaemia
- Recovering from a heart attack
- Reducing the risk of falling
- Rees Bear has an anaesthetic
- Removable appliances
- Removal of a tooth or teeth under local anaesthetic
- Removal of wisdom teeth under general anaesthetic
- Renal Colic and Renal Stone Collection
- Respiratory tract infections
- Revocation of community treatment order for treatment under Part 3 of the Mental Health Act
- Rheumatoid Forefoot Reconstruction
- Rib fractures and chest injury
- Routine pregnancy testing before treatment for Females aged 12 years and over
- Routine pregnancy testing before treatment for Females aged 12 years and over – PARENT
- Same Day Emergency Care Unit (SDEC)
- Sativex 4 week trial Information
- Scabies
- Scaphoid Fracture
- Scapula Fracture
- Scar Tissue Management
- Scarf Osteotomy
- Schatzki ring
- Sedation explained
- Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty
- Self / carer administration of medicines
- Self removal of urinary catheter following a Robotic Assisted Radical Prostatectomy (RARP)
- Self removal of urinary catheter following a Trans Urethral Resection of Bladder Tumour (TURBT)
- Self treatment of hypoglycaemia – low blood sugar/glucose
- Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy of the Axilla
- Sepsis – Information for adults
- Serious allergy (anaphylaxis)
- Service improvement feedback – Podiatry
- Severe Valve Programme Exercise Stress Echocardiogram
- Shivering
- Short Stay Paediatric Assessment Unit (SSPAU)
- Short Synacthen Test
- Short-term Steroid Treatment for children
- Shoulder dislocation
- Shoulder Distension Procedure
- Shoulder Soft Tissue Injury
- Sick day rules for families of children and young people with type 1 diabetes
- Sickness After Surgery
- Skin prick allergy testing for airborne allergens
- Skin Surgery post-operative instructions
- Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis (SCFE)
- Snapping Hip Syndrome – Children
- Soft Tissue Injury of the Foot
- Soft Tissue Injury of the Knee
- Sore throat
- Spinal probe injection
- Squamous Cell Carcinoma skin care
- Squint Surgery
- Sterilisation at the time of Caesarean Section
- Straightening Lesser Toe(s)
- Sub-conjunctival haemorrhage
- Subacromial Impingement
- Suction Evacuation of the Uterus (Womb)
- Superficial Cancer of the Bladder
- Supported self management follow up after treatment for Prostate cancer
- Supported self-management after cancer treatment
- Supportive and Palliative Care team
- Suppression Therapy prior to elective Caesarean Section
- Surgical Management of Miscarriage Under Local Anaesthetic (Manual Vacuum Aspiration MVA)
- Surgical treatment for Ectopic pregnancy
- Sussex Pelvic floor Service – Faecal Incontinence
- Sussex Pelvic Floor Service Loperamide ( Imodium)
- Sussex Pelvic floor Service Rectal prolapse
- Sweaty Feet (Hyperidrosis of the feet)
- Sweeteners
- Talonavicular Fusion
- Tarsometatarsal Fusion
- Telephone Retainer Review Appointment
- The choice of conserving or removing the ovaries at the time of hysterectomy for benign conditions
- The Choice of Subtotal (leaving the Cervix) or Total (removal of Cervix) Hysterectomy
- The Gynaecological cancer team multi-disciplinary team (MDT) and your Key Worker
- The Radiological X-ray Exam: Leg Length Measurements
- The unlicensed use of Misoprostol in the Medical Management of Miscarriage
- This is my Hospital Passport
- Threatened Miscarriage
- Thrombolysis
- Thumb MCP Joint Soft Tissue Injury
- Thumb Phalanx Fracture
- Tinnitus in Children
- Tip toe walking
- Toe fracture or dislocation
- Toenail Surgery – Advice for Patients
- Toenail Surgery – Post Operative Advice
- Total Abdominal Hysterectomy
- Total contact casting – King’s Hospital Method
- Total hip replacement surgery
- Total knee replacement surgery
- Total shoulder replacement, resurfacing and hemiarthroplasty
- Trans Urethral Laser Ablation (TULA)
- Transfer of Care Around Medicines (TCAM)
- Transoesophageal Echocardiogram (TOE)
- Transrectal Ultrasound of the Prostate
- Transurethral Resection of Bladder Tumour
- Treatment of iron deficiency anaemia with intravenous iron
- Trial without catheter (TWOC)
- Trigger Finger
- Troubleshooting Guide Urethral and Suprapubic Catheters
- TVT Abbrevo procedure – Conquest
- Twin – Block Appliance Instructions
- Ultrasound Guided Trigger Finger Release
- Understanding Cataract Surgery
- Undisplaced Patella Fracture
- Unlicensed Medicines
- Upper and or Lower Jaw/Chin Surgery
- Urgent Community Response
- Urgent Treatment Centre
- Uro-Oncology Wellbeing clinic
- Urodynamics procedure
- Uroflowmetry and bladder scan
- Urology One Stop Clinic
- Use of Entonox
- Useful POGP website leaflets
- Using strong opioids
- Using the Combined Contraceptive Pill, Patch or Ring (also known as Combined Hormonal Contraception, CHC)
- Uterine Artery Embolisation for the Treatment of Fibroids
- Vaginal bleeding and pain in early pregnancy
- Varicocele (pronounced vari-co-seal) Embolisation
- Vascular line insertion
- Venesection
- Verrucas
- Video Consultation with Speech and Language Therapy
- Videofluoroscopy
- Videourodynamics
- Viral wheeze/ asthma action plan
- Virtual OCT Clinic (Optical Coherence Tomography)
- Vitamin D in Orthopaedics
- Vitamin K for newborn babies
- Volar Plate Injury
- Water Deprivation Test
- Wearing and caring for your Essix Retainer
- Wearing and caring for your Hawley Retainer
- Weil Osteotomy
- What is Amblyopia? – Information for Parents
- What is MRSA? – Information for Parents of Children with MRSA colonisation or infection
- What is MRSA? – Information for Patients
- What is pain?
- What should I do if someone is choking?
- What to expect after your Gastroscopy (OGD)
- What to expect on discharge from hospital
- Why have I been referred urgently to the hospital?
- Why Your Weight Matters In Pregnancy
- Wig information
- Women and Men’s Health Physiotherapy Outpatient Service
- Wound care following excision of Skin Lesion
- Wrist fracture
- Wrist fracture – advice following removal of your cast
- X-ray Guided Joint Injection
- You and your anaesthetic
- You and your anaesthetic: a young person’s guide
- Your anaesthetic for a broken hip
- Your anaesthetic for major surgery
- Your child’s general anaesthetic
- Your child’s general anaesthetic
- Your Child’s Gastric Emptying Scan
- Your child’s nuclear medicine 3 phase bone scan
- Your child’s nuclear medicine bone scan
- Your child’s nuclear medicine gastric emptying scan
- Your child’s Nuclear Medicine Hepatobiliary (HIDA) Scan
- Your child’s nuclear medicine kidney (DMSA) scan
- Your Child’s Nuclear Medicine Kidney (Renogram and DMSA) scan
- Your Child’s Nuclear Medicine Kidney (Renogram) Scan
- Your Child’s Nuclear Medicine Kidney Renogram and Cystogram
- Your Child’s Nuclear Medicine Meckels Scan
- Your child’s nuclear medicine thyroid scan
- Your Childs hearing aid
- Your free standing toilet frame and how to use it safely
- Your hospital stay – information for patients, relatives and carers
- Your Macmillan Dermatology Clinical Nurse Specialist and Dermatology Cancer Support Worker
- Your Macmillan gynaecology cancer nurse specialist and key worker
- Your Macmillian Gynaecology Cancer Nurse Specialist and Key worker
- Your nearest relative under the Mental Health Act 1983 (Section 26-30 of the Mental Health Act 1983)
- Your Outpatient Appointment
- Your perching stool and how to use it safely
- Your personal information and how we use it
- Your right to complain to the Care Quality Commission (CQC)
- Your spinal anaesthetic