Patient information leaflets

Service name A-Z

If you want to browse leaflets by service then you can 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.

Gastroenterology

Abdominal Paracentesis

Alcohol - Why Cutting Down Counts

Autologous fascial sling to treat stress urinary incontinence

C-Urea Breath Test

Gastroscopy and Endoscopic Mucosal Resection

Human Probiotic Infusion

Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Service

Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) aftercare booklet

Undergoing a percutaneous liver biopsy


GEM Centre

Blood borne infection screen

Blood borne infection screen (Tigrinya)

Blood borne infection screen (Amharic)

Blood borne infection screen (Farsi)

Blood borne infection screen (Kurdish Sorani)

Blood borne infection screen (Pashto)

Blood borne infection screen (Vietnamese)


General Surgery

Abdominal Surgery: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS)

Anterior Resection

Axillary Lymph Node Clearance (ALNC)

Care of Wound Drains following Breast Surgery

Discharge information for post-operative patients and their relatives

Distal Feeding

Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS)

Left Hemicolectomy

Pectus Excavatum / Carinatum Procedures to correct defects to the chest wall

Right Hemicolectomy

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

Sentinel lymph Node Biopsy (SLNB)

Simple Mastectomy without Reconstruction

Stoma Care Discharge Advice: Colostomy

Stoma Care Progress Record

Surgical Discharge Advice

Supported Self-Management and Surveillance for Colorectal Cancer

Welcome to the Colorectal Multidisciplinary Team

Welcome to the Upper Gastrointestinal Multidisciplinary Team

“What to watch out for”

Your Pre-Operative Assessment Appointment

Your Stoma Care Follow Up


Gynaecology

Anterior Vaginal Repair (Bladder Repair) Without the use of mesh

Autologous fascial sling to treat stress urinary incontinence

Bartholin’s Cyst or Abscess

Bladder Pressure Studies (Urodynamics)

Bleeding in Early Pregnancy (Threatened Miscarriage)

Botulinum Toxin A (BOTOX) for Overactive Bladder and Neurogenic Detrusor Overactivity

Care of a third- or fourth-degree tear that occurred during childbirth (also known as obstetric anal sphincter injury - OASI)

Colpocleisis (Prolapse repair that closes the vagina)

Colposcopy

Colposcopy Procedure; Loop Diathermy of the Cervix (LLETZ)

Cystoscopy

Ectopic Pregnancy

Endometrial Biopsy

Endometriosis and Adenomyosis

Expectant Management of Miscarriage

Fenton’s Operation

Gynaecology Rapid access clinic

Gynaecology Ward Information for Patients

Heavy Menstrual Bleeding (heavy periods)

Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) for the Menopause

Hyperemesis Gravidarum (Severe nausea and vomiting in pregnancy)

Hysterectomy

Hysteroscopy, Dilation and Curettage (D&C) or Endometrial Biopsy

Laparoscopic Sacrocolpopexy

Laparoscopic Sterilisation

Laparoscopy

Laparoscopy and Tubal Patency Surgery

Laparotomy (Abdominal Surgery)

Laparoscopic Hysteropexy

Management of miscarriage – your options

Manual Vacuum Aspiration for Management of Miscarriage

Maternity Patient and Public Involvement Group

Medical management of ectopic pregnancy or pregnancy of unknown location using Methotrexate

Medical Management of miscarriage

Medical management of miscarriage (outpatient)

Molar pregnancy (Gestational Trophoblastic Disease)

Myomectomy

Outpatient Hysteroscopy (OPH) (See and Treat)

Pelvic Ultrasound Leaflet

Pessaries for Vaginal Prolapse

Polycystic ovary syndrome

Posterior Vaginal Wall and Perineal Body Repair (without the use of mesh)

Pregnancy of Unknown location

Protecting your baby from low blood sugar

Robotic assisted laparoscopic hysterectomy for treatment of endometrial and cervical cancer

Sacrospinous Fixation of the Vaginal Vault Sacrospinous Fixation of the Uterus

Surgery for uterine prolapse

Surgery for vaginal vault prolapse

Surgical Management of a Miscarriage

Taking Care Of Your Vulval Skin

Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy (TLH)

Trans-Cervical Resection of Endometrium (TCRE) procedure

Understanding the Menopause

Urethral bulking for stress urinary incontinence

Vaginal Hysterectomy For Prolapse

Vaginal Micronised Progesterone for Threatened Miscarriage

Vulval Biopsy