Patient information leaflets

Leaflet name A-Z

If you know the name of the leaflet then you can find it by using the A-Z directory below.

All internally produced written information can be printed at home if you wish. These lists will be updated with new and revised patient information as it becomes available.

All patient information should be used in conjunction with the advice given by a clinician.

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Sacrospinous Fixation of the Vaginal Vault Sacrospinous Fixation of the Uterus (Gynaecology)

Safeguarding children - initial response and investigations (Emergency Department)

Salivary duct dilation and / or stone removal (Radiology)

Salmonella (Infection Prevention)

Scabies (Dermatology)

Scar massage for the hand (Therapy Services)

School Age Children referred to Speech and Language Therapy (Acute and Community AHP Group)

Screening and Treatment of MSSA (Infection Prevention)

Seizures and epilepsy after stroke (Stroke)

SeHCAT Bile Acid Malabsorption test (Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering)

Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty (SLT) (Ophthalmology)

Self-Management Pathway (SMP) after treatment for Colorectal Cancer (General Surgery)

Semen Tests (Pathology)

Sensory Education following Nerve Repair (Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy)

Sensory Issues Activity Pack (Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy)

Sentinel lymph Node Biopsy (SLNB) (General Surgery)

Sepsis: Information for patients, relatives and carers (Critical Care)

Septoplasty (Head and Neck)

Sex and intimate relationships after stroke (Stroke)

SGLT 2 inhibitors for Diabetes (Diabetes)

Shared Care for Children Treated for Cancer (Children’s Services)

Sharing Haemodialysis Care (Renal)

Sharps / Splash Injuries (Occupational Health and Well Being)

Shoulder forward stretch to shoulder height (Therapy Services)

Shoulder Replacement (Trauma and Orthopaedics)

Sialogram (Radiology)

Sickle Cell (Haematology)

Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia (Haematology)

Simple Mastectomy without Reconstruction (General Surgery)

Simulation on the Children’s Ward (A21) (Children’s Services)

Sinogram (Radiology)

Sinus infection (Sinusitis) (Head and Neck)

Six-minute walk test (Respiratory)

Skin biopsy (Dermatology)

Sleep Hygiene (Respiratory)

Smoking and heart and circulatory diseases (Cardiology)

Smoking and the risk of stroke (Stroke)

Snoring and Sleep Apnoea (Head and Neck)

Sore Throat (Head and Neck)

Soft and bite-sized diet (IDDSI 6) (Acute and Community AHP Group)

Specialist palliative care Leaflet (COVID-19 Medicines Delivery Unit)

Specialist palliative care Leaflet (Palliative Care)

Speech Sounds (Speech and Language Therapy)

Spinal Cord Compression Early warning signs (Oncology and Haematology)

Sprains and Strains (Emergency Department)

Squint Surgery for Children (Ophthalmology)

Stay Strong, Stay Steady (Therapy Services)

Stoma Care Discharge Advice: Colostomy (General Surgery)

Stoma Care Progress Record (General Surgery)

Stopping Smoking: Ongoing support from your pharmacy

Stopping your Antiplatelet or Anticoagulant prior to your Bowel Cancer Screening Colonoscopy or Flexible Sigmoidoscopy (Endoscopy)

Stress Echocardiography (Cardiology)

Stress Loading Programme (Therapy Services)

Stretches (Therapy Services)

Stroke Early Supported Discharge Service (Stroke)

Sub-conjunctival haemorrhage after intre vitreal treatment (Ophthalmology)

Submandibular gland excision - Surgery for infection and/or recurrent blockage (Head and Neck)

Submandibular Gland Surgery (Head and Neck)

Sundowning (Dementia)

Sunflower - Special Care (Neonates)

Supported Self-Management and Surveillance for Colorectal Cancer (General Surgery)

Surgery for gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (Gastroenterology)

Supporting a stroke survivor (Stroke)

Surgery for Pleural Effusion (Cardiothoracics)

Surgery for stress urinary incontinence (Urology)

Surgery for uterine prolapse (Obstetrics)

Surgery for vaginal vault prolapse (Gynaecology)

Surgical Management of a Miscarriage (Gynaecology)

Surgical Discharge Advice (General Surgery)

Supporting older children and young people that stammer (Speech and Language Therapy)

Suspected First Seizure Clinic (Neurology)

Swallowing problems after a stroke (Stroke)

Sympathectomy (Cardiothoracics)

Syringe Pump (Palliative Care)