Patient information
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- Abdominal pain in children - advice for parents/carers
- A brief guide to guided imagery
- A brief guide to your neuropsychological assessment
- Accessing an implanted port and administering factor
- ACE Inhibitors
- Achilles tendon rupture
- Achilles tendon rupture: management and rehabilitation
- Acinetobacter
- Active surveillance for Cambridge prognostic group 1 and 2 (CPG1 and CPG2) early prostate cancer
- Activity diary
- Addenbrooke’s Cancer Patient Partnership Group
- Addenbrookes@Home: Helping patients get home quicker
- Addenbrooke's Hospital Combined Cleft Clinic
- Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis - information about surgery
- Adult clavicle fractures
- Adult growth hormone replacement
- Adult head injury
- Adult patients discharged following procedural sedation
- Adult patients discharged with diarrhoea and vomiting
- Adult squint surgery
- Adult Tracheostomy Communication Advice Sheet
- Advice following ear surgery
- Advice following lithotripsy: Frequently asked questions
- Advice for breastfeeding mothers after CT contrast injection
- Advice for children and young people having Methotrexate injections
- Advice for parents / guardians of children with an unrepaired submucous cleft palate (SMCP)
- Advice for parents of children wearing contact lenses
- Advice for patients being referred to the Syncope Assessment Service (SAS)
- Advice for patients with a cast
- Advice for people who have been concussed
- Advice for visitors: Together we can fight infection
- Advice on using a transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) machine
- Advice regarding glasses for children - Parent information
- Advice to be read before having Pain Service injection treatments
- Advice to patients undergoing follow up PSA (prostate-specific antigen) measurement by their GP - FAQ
- Advice to urology patients at the end of treatment
- Aerochamber and mask for an infant/child using the tidal breathing method
- Aftercare following cervical biopsies
- After Your Transplant
- A good practice guide to The Freedom of Information Act 2000
- A guide for patients: Contrast medium extravasation
- A guide to carbohydrate counting at school
- A guide to your Magseed guided wide local excision
- Airway Clearance (Acapella)
- Airway clearance: active cycle of breathing technique (ACBT)
- Airway clearance (Aerobika)
- Airway Clearance (Flutter)
- Alcohol and the Liver
- Alpha-blockers
- Alpha mannosidosis
- Alveolar Bone Graft
- Amblyopia (Lazy Eye) in Children (Parent information)
- Ambulatory care unit
- Ambulatory ECG Monitor
- Amiodarone
- Anaesthetic and pre-operative information
- Anal dilatation in children
- Anal Fissures in children
- Analgesia: Patient controlled
- Andrology leaflet - analysis and test results
- Andrology services at Cambridge IVF and Ipswich IVF - a user guide
- Angiogram / Angioplasty
- Angio-seal – advice for patients following insertion of an angio-seal
- Angiotensin II inhibitors
- Ankle brachial pressure indices test
- Ankle sprains and avulsion fractures
- Ankle sprains and avulsion fractures in children
- An Overview of Brain Aneurysms
- Antegrade Continence Enema (ACE): surgical formation and continuing care in children
- Antenatal Hand Expression
- Antenatal information for parents and carers
- Antenatal perineal massage
- Anterior deltoid re-training
- Anti-embolic stockings (AES)
- Anti-histamine tablets (non-sedating)
- Antihistamine tablets (sedating)
- A patient’s guide to haemodialysis
- Aphasia
- Apicectomy (removal of root tip infection): FAQ
- Appendicitis in children – information for parents and carers
- Are you expecting twins or triplets?
- Arterio Venous Fistula (AVF) as an access for haemodialysis
- Arthroscopy of the jaw joint
- Artificial Oocyte Activation (AOA) with Calcium Ionophore
- Artificial urinary sphincter in men
- Artificial urinary sphincter in women
- Aspirin (Cardiology)
- Assertiveness worksheet (back pain management programme)
- Assessments under anaesthetic for your child
- Atropine occlusion: Instillation of drops
- Auditory Brainstem Implants
- Autoimmune haemolytic anaemia - information for newly diagnosed patients
- Autoimmune Hepatitis (AIH) Patient Advice Leaflet
- Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)
- Avulsion fracture fifth metatarsal base
- A Welcome to Lady Mary Ward When Your Baby is on the Neonatal Unit
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- Back pain
- Back pain management feedback questionnaire
- Balanitis Xerotica Obliterans (BXO) in boys – Information for parents and carers
- Balloon retained gastrostomy tube (Mic-G) in children – information for parents and carers
- Barium leaflet and certificate for paediatric patients
- Bedwetting (enuresis) in children with sickle cell disease (SCD)
- BEP Chemotherapy (3 day regimen) - Treatment for good prognosis metastatic germ cell tumour of the Testis
- BEP Chemotherapy (5 day regimen) - Treatment for germ cell tumour of the Testis
- Bereavement counselling and follow up service
- Bereavement: Information and guidance following your bereavement
- Beta-blockers for angina
- Beta-blockers for heart failure
- Beta-blockers for hypertension (high blood pressure)
- Bevacizumab (Avastin) in Neurofibromatosis Type II
- Bifid Uvula and Submucous Cleft Palate
- Bilateral Salpingo Oophorectomy (BSO) - Risk-reducing surgery
- Bile duct: going home with an external drain
- Biofeedback therapy for children with bladder and voiding problems
- Birth after caesarean patient information
- Bladder and voiding problems in children
- Bladder diary - for children and young persons
- Bladder training: frequently asked questions
- Bladder tumour resection
- Blepharitis
- Blepharitis - parent information
- Blepharoplasty
- Body Plethysmography
- Bone biopsy
- Bone graft from hip
- Bone grafting for dental implants
- Bone marrow & peripheral blood stem cell donation - information for donors
- Botulinum toxin injections into the bladder
- Bowel control
- Bowel preparation with Plenvu - afternoon appointment
- Bowel preparation with Plenvu and oral antibiotics prior to bowel surgery
- Bowel preparation with Plenvu - morning appointment
- Brain Perfusion Imaging (NBPI)
- Breastfeeding Support - after you have gone home from the Rosie Hospital
- Breast milk and your premature baby
- Breast needle biopsy: what happens next?
- Breast Reconstruction
- Breast Screening for women at moderately increased risk of breast cancer due to family history
- Breathing control advice
- Breathing exercises
- Breathing exercises in the treatment of hyperventilation
- Breathing games for children
- Breathing pattern disorders and physiotherapy
- Breathing pattern disorders - an overview
- Breathing techniques to ease breathlessness (Leaflet 3)
- Breathlessness intervention service
- Bronchial thermoplasty
- Bronchiectasis
- Bronchiectasis and Physiotherapy
- Bronchiolitis
- Bronchoscopy
- Bronchoscopy - Parent Information
- Buckle fracture of the wrist
- Burning mouth syndrome
- Burns advice
- Button battery ingestion in children Advice for parents and carers
- Buttonhole Cannulation Technique
- Bypass graft of the leg
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- CADASIL - a guide for patients and families
- Caesarean section: A guide to anaesthesia
- Caesarean section wound care
- Calcaneal fracture
- Calcium acetate tablets (Phosex®)
- Cambridge Centre for Intestinal Rehabilitation - information for patients and families
- Cambridge Skull Base Unit - Useful information and contacts
- Cancer and fertility: A guide for men
- Cancer and fertility: a guide for men with testicular cancer
- Cancer and Fertility: A guide for women
- Can I travel abroad when I have an immunodeficiency?
- Capsular release
- Cardiac CT Angiogram
- Cardiac MIBG Scan (NCAIMC)
- Cardiac Rehabilitation Sexual Advice Information
- Cardiac rehabilitation walking programme
- Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test (CPET)
- Cardioversion: General advice for after your procedure
- Care for skin with sun damage and after treatment for a skin cancer or pre-cancer
- Care of the dying patient - Relative and carer facilities information
- Care of the vulval skin
- Care of your arteriovenous fistula (AVF) after surgery
- Care of your PICC (Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter)
- Care of your scar
- Care of your tunnelled central line
- Caring for a child with fever at home
- Caring for a Monarch Gastrostomy Tube in Children – information for parents and carers
- Caring for your ankle injury
- Caring for your ear mould
- Caring for your mouth after a dental injury
- Caring for your skin in vulval, groin and anal region (perineum) during pelvic radiotherapy
- Caring for your surgical wound
- Caring for your tracheostomy stoma after decannulation
- Carpal tunnel decompression
- Catheter valves: Frequently asked questions
- CEB Chemotherapy (3 day regimen) – Treatment for germ cell tumour of the Testis
- Central venous line - care of
- Cerebral angiogram of the brain
- Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) drainage system
- Cervical Ectropion
- Chest drain care in children
- Chest drain insertion
- Chest injury: Advice sheet for patients:
- Chewable calcium carbonate tablets
- Child and Family Support - End of Treatment Groups
- Childhood pseudo-squint
- Childhood Squint (Strabismus) information leaflet for parents and guardians
- Children and young people having an injection into a joint under Entonox
- Children and young people having an injection into a joint under general anaesthetic
- Children’s Croup and Stridor
- Children's epilepsy nursing service
- Children’s inpatient sleep studies
- Children with sticky and watery eyes due to failure of tear drainage
- Cholecystectomy (laparoscopic) in children
- Cholesterol lowering medicines (statins)
- Cholesterol lowering medicines (statins)
- Choosing the right service to contact after a head injury
- Chronic laryngitis
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and Physiotherapy
- Cinacalcet used to treat hypercalcaemia
- Circumcision
- Circumcision – in boys
- Cirrhosis
- Clean intermittent self-catherisation (CISC) for women
- Cleft lip
- Cleft palate and hearing loss
- Cleft Psychology Team
- Client information sheet (back pain management programme)
- Clinical Immunology Service
- Clinical Movement Analysis (Shoulder)
- Clinical movement analysis (walking)
- Clinical psychology for children and young people at the eye clinic
- Clinical Psychology in Mesh Complications Service
- Clinical Psychology in pain service
- Clinical Psychology in Palliative Care
- Clopidogrel
- Clostridium difficile
- Coeliac disease information for those attending the Paediatric Coeliac Disease Clinic
- Cognitive identifiers
- Colestyramine for bile acid malabsorption (BAM) after stomach / gullet surgery
- Collecting urine for 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) measurement - information for patients
- Collecting urine for measurement of metanephrines - information for patients
- Colonoscopy
- Colonoscopy: Afternoon list Advice for patients/ parents
- Colonoscopy and Gastroscopy: Afternoon list Advice for patients/parents
- Colonoscopy and Gastroscopy: Morning List
- Colonoscopy: Morning list - Advice for patients/parents
- Colposcopy clinic
- Combined kidney and pancreas transplant information
- Coming for colposcopy following an abnormal or inadequate cervical sample
- Communication tactics for everyone (Audiology)
- Community alarm suppliers - Bedfordshire
- Community alarm suppliers - Cambridgeshire
- Community Alarm Suppliers - Essex
- Community alarm suppliers - Hertfordshire
- Community alarm suppliers - Norfolk
- Community alarm suppliers - Suffolk
- Completing chemo-radiotherapy and starting adjuvant Temozolomide
- Complications from excess weight (CEW) clinic
- Compression hosiery for the treatment of deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
- Computed Tomography (CT) Colonography
- Computed Tomography (CT) Colonography with Buscopan
- Computed Tomography (CT) Colonography with Buscopan and Iodine contrast injection
- Computed Tomography (CT) Colonography with Iodine contrast injection
- Computerised tomography (CT) scan for children – Advice for parents and carers
- Congenital cataract
- Consenting to the use of your Gametes and Embryos for Training Purposes
- Consent to flexible cystoscopy
- Consent to share information and your information sharing preferences
- Constipation and Soiling Information for Parents/Guardians
- Constipation: Improving symptoms of constipation and soiling in children - Key messages for parents and carers
- Contamination information instructions for Peritoneal Dialysis patients
- Continuity around Rosie elective sections
- Contrast bathing for the hand and wrist
- Controlling wind and smells
- Convergence insufficiency (CI)
- Corneal abrasion
- Corneal Cross-linking for Keratoconus
- Corneal transplantation
- Coronavirus/COVID-19 risk advice for patients on immunosuppressants
- Cortisol day curve
- Costochondritis (rib pain)
- COVID-19 Parent / Carer and Patient Information
- COVID-19 rehabilitation
- COVID-19 rehabilitation: Breathlessness, fatigue and anxiety management
- Cow’s Milk and Egg Free Diet
- Cow’s milk, egg, wheat and soya (MEWS) free diet
- Cow’s milk-free and soya-free diet
- Crizanlizumab (Adakveo, Novartis) for the Prevention of Pain Crises in Sickle Cell Disease
- Crown lengthening surgery
- CRPS - Complex regional pain syndrome
- Cryotherapy (freezing treatment) to reduce the risk of Retinal Detachment in Stickler Syndrome
- CT colonography (CT pneumocolon or virtual colonoscopy)
- CT (computerised tomography) scan under oral sedation
- CT guided needle biopsy (lung)
- CT Guided Nerve Root Injection
- CUH cancer support service
- Cut Down Procedure for Peritoneal Dialysis Patients
- Cystic fibrosis - annual review
- Cystic fibrosis - management of respiratory infections
- Cystistat bladder instillation for painful bladder syndrome (interstitial cystitis)
- Cystoscopy and evacuation of blood clots from the bladder
- Cystoscopy and hydrodistension of the bladder
- Cystoscopy and litholapaxy (bladder stone crushing/removal)
- Cystoscopy and retrograde studies
- Cystoscopy and stent procedure
- Cystoscopy / dilatation (female)
- Cystoscopy in children
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- Dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR)
- Dalteparin for the treatment of venous thromboembolism (DVT/PE)
- Dasabuvir (Exviera®)
- Day Surgery Unit and Theatre Admissions
- Deactivating your Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator (ICD)
- Delayed cord clamping for preterm births
- Dementia and communication difficulties
- Dental implants in restorative dentistry
- Denture care: Looking after your dentures
- Developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) and management with a Pavlik harness
- Diabetes and Pregnancy: Gestational Diabetes
- Diabetes and pregnancy: Inpatient menu guidance
- Diagnostic laparoscopy
- Diagnostic semen analysis – Information for patients
- Diagnostic vacuum breast biopsy
- Dialysis line insertion (central venous access)
- Diarrhoea and vomiting
- Diet and fluid advice for a high volume stoma or fistula
- Diet and physical activity long-term after a liver transplant
- Dietary advice following a kidney/ kidney-pancreas transplant
- Dietary advice for management of High Triglycerides
- Dietary advice for patients with gallstones
- Dietary advice for patients with short bowel syndrome following re-continuation surgery
- Dietary advice for toddler diarrhoea - Parent / carer information
- Dietary & lifestyle advice for adults with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD)
- Dietary management of diverticular disease
- Diltiazem
- Direct (Surgically placed) Jejunostomy tube – information for parents/carers
- Discharge advice and information following a procedure at pain clinic
- Discharge advice: Following attendance with a foot (5th Metatarsal base) fracture
- Discharge advice: Following attendance with a hand (5th Metacarpal neck) fracture
- Discharge advice: Following attendance with a ‘mallet finger’ injury
- Discharge advice: Following attendance with ankle sprain
- Discharge advice: Following attendance with a paediatric (children’s) ‘buckle’ fracture of the arm/wrist
- Discharge advice: Following attendance with a paediatric (children’s) clavicle fracture
- Discharge advice: Following attendance with a shoulder (acromio-clavicular joint) sprain
- Discharge advice for men attending with abdominal pain
- Discharge advice for women attending with abdominal pain
- Discharge Advice to Patients Following Eye Surgery
- Discharge information for patients with a low white blood cell count (neutropenic) and infection following chemotherapy
- Discharge Planning
- Distal urethroplasty
- DMSA (kidney) scan
- DNA fragmentation test - information for patients
- Donating tissue or cells for research
- Dorsal slit of the foreskin
- Dosi-Fuser pump usage
- Dot card - Orthoptic exercises for Convergence Insufficiency
- Do you suffer from epilepsy? Are you taking medication for epilepsy? Are you pregnant or planning to start a family?
- Drainage of an abscess or haematoma
- Drainage of the penis for priapism
- Dry Age-related Macular Degeneration
- Duo stimulation for IVF treatment
- Dust mites in your home
- DVLA driving regulations: brain tumours
- DXA leaflet and certificate for paediatric patients
- Dysarthria
- Dysarthria: Maximising your speech
- Dyslexia
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- Early knee exercises
- Early listening skills
- Early Onset Scoliosis – Information about guided growth surgery
- Early shoulder exercises
- East Anglian Medical Genetics Service
- Easy to chew foods
- Eating and drinking difficulties in Dementia
- Eating safely during your stem cell transplant: snack list
- Echogenic bowel
- Ectropion Correction
- Eczema of the breast or nipple
- Effects of radiotherapy on swallowing
- Egg freezing and multi-cycle egg freezing packages - financial information for patients
- Egg freezing – Information for patients
- Elbasvir / grazoprevir (Zepatier®)
- Elbow and Wrist Strengthening Exercises
- Elbow dislocation
- Electrodiagnostic eye tests
- Eliglustat (Cerdelga®)
- Elsworth Hostel
- Ely Day Surgery Unit (DSU) - Preparing for your Surgery
- Embryo Cryopreservation – Information for Patients
- Emergency treatment of allergic reactions
- Emotional support for children, young people and their families
- Ending of a pregnancy due to foetal abnormality
- Endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS)
- Endobronchial Valve Treatment - Patient information leaflet
- End of Treatment Colorectal Telephone Clinic
- Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio Pancreatography (ERCP)
- Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS)
- Enlargement of the bladder using a segment of bowel
- Entecavir
- Enteroscopy with and without argon plasma coagulation (APC)
- Entropion correction
- EP Chemotherapy - Treatment of metastatic seminoma of the testis
- Epidurals - information for parents
- Epigastric hernia - in children
- Equipment Suppliers Information List
- Erectile dysfunction: Frequently asked questions
- Erenumab for the prevention of episodic and chronic migraine (autoinjector pen)
- Eslicarbazepine drug information
- Event recorder (R-Test)
- Exchange list of foods for use with the Modified Ketogenic Diet (MKD)
- Exercise induced asthma test
- Exercise Programme Following Cervical Spine Decompression Surgery
- Exercise Programme Following Surgery of the Lumbar Spine
- Exercises for patients before and after a hip injury or operation
- Exercises for patients before and after a knee injury or operation
- Exercises for patients following an acute ankle injury or operation
- Exercises for people with bowel control problems
- Exhaled nitric oxide test
- Expectant management of miscarriage
- Expiratory Muscle Strength Training (EMST)
- Explaining pain
- Exploration of the scrotum for suspected torsion of the testis
- Exposure of impacted upper canine
- Extra corporeal photopheresis (ECP)
- Extracorporeal shockwave disintegration of stones
- Extracorporeal shockwave disintegration of stones in children: procedure-specific information
- Eye care for your child
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- Faecal Microbiota Transplantation (FMT)
- FAST TRACK: Attending your hospital appointment safely
- Fat Pad Sign
- Fatty liver disease in children
- Febrile Convulsions - Information for parents/carers
- Feeding advice following cleft palate surgery
- Feeding your baby infant formula by bottle: Information for parents who choose to feed infant formula by bottle
- Female Chronic Pelvic Pain - Vulvodynia
- Female Pelvic Floor Muscle Exercises
- Femoral angiogram
- Femtosecond laser assisted cataract and corneal surgery
- Fibreoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES)
- Fibular Free Flap Surgery: FAQ
- Fibula shaft fracture
- Fifth metacarpal fracture
- Financial information for patients – September 2022
- Finger dislocations
- First babble advice
- First Seizure - Advice sheet for adult patients
- Fixation of a retractile testis
- Flexible sigmoidoscopy - with enema bowel preparation
- Flexible sigmoidoscopy with full bowel preparation
- Flunarizine to prevent complex migraine in children
- Fluorescein angiography
- Food Hygiene advice for patients discharged following CAR T Cell Therapy
- Food, Mood and Symptom Diary
- Food safety advice for people who are at an increased risk of infection
- Food safety when you are neutropenic: During your stem cell transplant (Grade/stage 2)
- Food safety when your child is Neutropenic (Grade/stage 1)
- Food textures: bite and dissolve/bite and melt
- Fractured neck of femur
- Fracture of the lower jaw
- Fracture of the upper jaw
- Fractures of the cheekbone: FAQ
- Fractures of the nose
- Freeing of foreskin adhesions
- Fremanezumab for the prevention of chronic migraine (autoinjector pen)
- Fremanezumab for the prevention of chronic migraine (prefilled syringe)
- Frequently asked questions about drug withdrawing infants
- Frequently asked questions about methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
- Frequently asked questions: Facial scar revision
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about Necrotising Enterocolitis (NEC)
- Full lung function test
- Functional bowel clinic (bowel retraining)
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- Gallium Whole Body Scan (NGALW)
- Ganglion of Impar Block
- Gastrografin in CT – use of
- Gastroscopy
- Gastroscopy: Afternoon list - Advice for Patients/Parents
- Gastroscopy and colonoscopy
- Gastroscopy and flexible sigmoidoscopy with enema bowel preparation
- Gastroscopy and flexible sigmoidoscopy with full bowel preparation
- Gastroscopy: Morning list - Advice for patients/ parents
- Gastroscopy with Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (EMR)
- Gastroscopy with oesophageal dilatation
- Gastroscopy with oesophageal stent inserted
- Gastroscopy with oesophageal variceal banding or injection
- Gastroscopy with radiofrequency ablation (RFA) for oesophageal dysplasia
- General exercises
- General information about miscarriage
- General information leaflet regarding patient initiated follow-up appointments
- General information leaflet regarding telephone clinics – Infectious diseases
- General information leaflet regarding telephone clinics - Neuroscience
- General information leaflet regarding telephone clinics - paediatrics
- Genioplasty
- Gestational diabetes - medication treatment options
- Getting ready to start Ketogenic Dietary Therapy (KDT) - For children and their carers
- GFR Estimation Study (NGFR3)
- GI Bleed Scan (NGIBS)
- GI Blood Loss Study (NFOCC)
- Glecaprevir / pibrentasvir (Maviret®)
- Glucagon stimulation test – information for adults
- Glucagon stimulation test – with cortisols
- Gluten-free labelling for coeliac disease
- Glyceryl trinitrate (GTN)
- Goal setting (back pain management programme)
- Going home after craniotomy and clipping of cerebral artery aneurysm
- Going home following removal of an acoustic neuroma
- Going home following removal of a pituitary tumour
- Golden Rules for expressing your milk if your baby is not latching at your breast yet
- Good sources of dietary calcium
- Grazax treatment for patients with severe seasonal allergic rhino conjunctivitis (hay fever)
- Great (big) toe fracture or injury
- Greater occipital nerve block for headache
- Group B Streptococcus (GBS) - Your pregnancy and your baby
- Growth Hormone Day Series
- Guidance and support when children are teased and/or bullied
- Guidance following scoliosis surgery
- Guided growth surgery
- Guide to physical activity and exercise in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)
- Gynae-Oncology Information Leaflet
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- Hand-held fan (Leaflet 2)
- Hand Therapy
- Hand therapy active finger exercises
- Hand therapy advice following your carpal tunnel release surgery
- Having a blood test (11+ years)
- Having a blood test (6-10 years)
- Having a blood test (Under 6 years)
- Having a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan under general anaesthetic
- Having an Angiogram – a guide for inpatients and outpatients
- Having a nasogastric (NG) feeding tube
- Having and looking after a gastrostomy tube
- Having an MRI scan
- Having an operation (11+ years)
- Having an operation (6 to 10 years)
- Having an operation (under 6)
- Having an Transarterial Embolisation (TAE) – a guide for patients
- Having a varicocele embolisation
- HCG stimulation test
- Headache after epidural analgesia or a spinal anaesthetic
- Head and Neck Cancer Team
- Head and Neck Service: My information folder
- Heading home from hospital - A guide for adult patients, family and carers
- Head injury going home advice
- Healthy Eating in Diabetes
- Healthy eating with a Colostomy
- Healthy living for pregnancy
- Healthy snack and small meal ideas
- Hearing Screening and Congenital Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
- Helping others to understand chronic pain
- Helping your teenager to independence in healthcare
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis B vaccination (Fendrix®)
- Hepatitis C
- Hepatobiliary Function Scan (NGBFS)
- Hip replacement, total: advice and exercises following
- Hip Spica care
- Hirschsprung’s disease in children
- Holmium laser bladder neck incision
- Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate (HoLEP)
- Holter Symptom Diary
- Home birth
- Home parenteral nutrition
- Home Production
- Hormone replacement therapy for men
- Hostel accommodation in Elsworth House for Adult Oncology Patients
- How is the palate involved in speech?
- How safe are x-rays in interventional radiology (IR)?
- How the voice works
- How to administer clotting factor via an implanted port-a-cath using non-touch technique
- How to administer heparin injections at home using a pre-filled syringe
- How to care for your Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) Catheter
- How to carry out a 48-hour urine collection
- How to collect a 24 hour urine sample
- How to collect a clean catch urine sample from children
- How to keep processors in place
- How to take care of your dialysis catheter
- How to use a metered dose inhaler
- How to use an 'Aerochamber plus' in one breath
- How to use an Autohaler
- How to use Children’s nutritional supplements: advice for parents and carers
- How to use ear drops
- How to use the Aerochamber plus with the tidal breathing method - in a child or young adult
- How to use the Easi-Breathe
- How to use the PhagiaFlex CTAR (chin tuck against resistance) device
- How to use the Turbohaler
- How to use your MRSA screening test
- Human papillomavirus (HPV)
- Human Tissue Act: Tissue Typing patient information and consent
- Humeral shaft fractures
- Humulin R U500 insulin (500units/ml)
- Hydrocele – in boys
- Hydrocortisone Day Curve - 3 point
- Hydrocortisone Day Curve - 4 point
- Hydrocortisone replacement for pituitary patients
- Hydrogen breath test for (small bowel) bacterial overgrowth
- Hyperemesis gravidarum (HG)
- Hyperthyroidism due to Graves’ disease
- Hyperventilation
- Hypospadias - parent information
- Hypoxic challenge test
- Hysterosalpingogram (HSG) - Information for patients
- Hysteroscopy outpatient aftercare advice
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- Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH)
- Ileal conduit formation
- Ileoscopy
- Imaging investigations when there are safeguarding concerns
- Immune effector cell (IEC) therapies: A patient’s guide
- Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP): Information for parents
- Immunoglobulin therapy and management of patient data
- Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator
- Implantable Loop Recorder (ILR) - Pre-procedure information
- Important information for women with Phenylketonuria (PKU)
- Improve your chances of IVF success with EmbryoScope – Advanced time-lapse imaging helps select the best embryos for IVF
- Improving bowel function
- Impulse oscillometry test
- Increased Nuchal Fold (NF)
- Increased risk of low blood sugars after birth: information for parents
- Induction of labour (IOL)
- Indwelling peritoneal catheter (IPeC)
- Indwelling pleural catheter (IPC)
- Infection in newborn babies – information for parents & carers
- Information about a lumbar puncture
- Information about carbapenemase-producing enterobacteriaceae (CPE)
- Information about inserting your child’s Atropine eye drops at home
- Information about our Assessment Clinics - Clinical Recall appointments
- Information about polycystic kidney disease
- Information about surgery for scoliosis (Over 16 years of age)
- Information and consent for arteriovenous fistula operation
- Information for carers about delirium
- Information for children having had general anaesthesia
- Information for discharge from pain service
- Information for Egg Donors
- Information for parents about clinical genetics and genetic testing
- Information for parents in hospital, on what to expect in the first six hours after birth
- Information for parents of children prescribed Azathioprine
- Information for parents of children prescribed Mercaptopurine
- Information for parents whose baby is at increased risk of low blood sugars after birth
- Information for parents whose child is having an operation
- Information for parents, young people and their families
- Information for patients after a Pancreas transplant
- Information for patients being discharged from hospital on fentanyl patches for moderate to severe pain
- Information for patients being discharged from hospital on long-acting morphine for moderate to severe pain
- Information for patients being discharged from hospital on long-acting oxycodone for moderate to severe pain
- Information for patients being discharged from hospital on short-acting morphine for moderate to severe pain
- Information for patients being discharged from hospital on short-acting oxycodone for moderate to severe pain
- Information for patients following an episode of venous thrombosis (DVT or PE)
- Information for patients in the community with MRSA
- Information for patients undergoing a percutaneous aspiration
- Information for patients undergoing a percutaneous biopsy
- Information for patients undergoing a percutaneous drainage procedure
- Information for patients undergoing specialised allergy testing
- Information for Patients Undergoing Venom Desensitisation
- Information for patients who are having a CT scan
- Information for patients who have been discharged within 24 hours of a blood transfusion
- Information for patients who require warfarin reversal
- Information for patients with latex allergy
- Information for patients with Renal (Ureteric) Colic
- Information for people requesting a planned caesarean birth
- Information for people taking pancreatic enzymes for pancreatic insufficiency
- Information for people who have, or are under investigation as potentially having, giant cell arteritis (GCA)
- Information for Post-Operative Posturing following vitrectomy and insertion of a bubble of gas or oil
- Information for pregnant women with a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or more
- Information for surgical sperm retrieval patients
- Information for women with thyroid disease
- Information on Physical Activity
- Information on what to expect when seeing a psychologist in the urology service
- Information regarding Pregnancy for Women with a History of Thyroid Cancer
- Inguinal Hernia – in children
- Injection of Deflux® for the treatment of vesico-ureteric reflux (VUR) – advice for parents and carers
- Input/output chart: Frequently asked questions
- Insect bites and stings
- Insertion of an Artificial Testicle
- Insertion of dental implants
- Insoles and foot orthoses
- Inspection/ examination of the ureter and biopsy
- Instilling your child's cyclopentolate eye drops
- Instructions for men producing semen samples by natural intercourse
- Instructions for production of semen samples
- Instructions for the use of elastomer and putty conformers
- Instructions for wear and care of soft material pre-fabricated splints / braces
- Instructions for your MRSA topical treatment
- Instructions to patients using nebulised Colomycin
- Instructions to patients using nebulised Gentamicin
- Insulin tolerance test
- Interferential Therapy (IFT) for the treatment of constipation and soiling in children
- Intermittent self meatal / urethral dilatation: A parent’s guide
- Intermittent self meatal / urethral dilatation: A user’s guide for boys and adolescents
- Internal radiotherapy to the cervix and uterus
- Interventional radiology: possible side effects
- Intestinal Malrotation and Volvulus in Children
- Intravenous (IV) iron infusion: Monofer® (a combination of iron and ferric derisomaltose)
- Intravesical immunotherapy
- Intravesical mitomycin C chemotherapy
- Introducing egg into your child’s diet at home
- Introduction to relaxation
- Introduction to the Cleft Team
- Introduction to the FAST (Flexible Activity and Symptom Tracker) system for patients using automated telephone calls
- Introduction to the Myeloma Service
- Introduction to the Pain Clinic
- Intussusception – in children
- Investigation of women with abnormal vaginal bleeding around / after menopause
- Investigations to diagnose Cushing’s syndrome/ disease
- Iodine 123 Whole Body (N123W)
- Ivabradine (Procoralan®)
- IVF Plus pricing and refunds
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- Kartagener’s syndrome
- Ketamine – information for parents
- Ketogenic dietary therapy (KDT) - For children who are eating orally and their carers
- Ketogenic Dietary therapy (KDT) For children who are fed enterally and their carers
- Ketogenic dietary therapy (KDT) monitoring
- Kidney stones, diet and lifestyle: Frequently asked questions
- Kidney transplant guide - information for patients after a kidney transplant
- Kidney tumour ablation
- Klean Prep® use for children and young people
- Knee exercises
- Knee replacement, total: Occupational therapy advice following
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- Labour and the latent phase
- Lacosamide drug information
- Lacrimal Study (NDCGM)
- Lamivudine
- Lamotrigine drug information
- Lanthanum tablets (Fosrenol® )
- Laparoscopic de-roofing of simple renal cyst
- Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy discharge information
- Laparoscopic radical removal of the kidney and ureter: procedure-specific information
- Laparoscopic radical removal of the kidney: procedure-specific information
- Laparoscopic / Robotic-assisted laparoscopic pyeloplasty (Keyhole reconstruction of the pelvis of the kidney)
- Laparoscopic simple removal of the kidney
- Laparoscopic varicocele ligation
- Laparotomy to remove a large retroperitoneal mass
- Laryngectomy valve care
- Laser Assisted Hatching
- Laser Assisted Hatching Information for Patients
- Laser excision of mouth lesion
- Laser peripheral iridotomy treatment
- Laser treatment for diabetic retinopathy
- Last Days of Life
- Leaving hospital after COVID-19: Managing cognitive and emotional difficulties
- Legal Parenthood- information for patients
- Lengthening of the penile frenulum (frenuloplasty)
- Letter card - Orthoptic exercises for Convergence Insufficiency
- Lichen planus of the mouth
- Lichen Sclerosus – after diagnosis and initial treatment
- Line Change Instructions for Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) Patients
- Lip exercises
- Lipodystrophy
- Lip trills exercises
- Liquid Gastric Emptying Scan (NLGES)
- Liver shrinkage diet for patients having laparoscopic surgery
- Living with a brain tumour: Discharge advice/follow up
- Living with a brain tumour: Taking steroids
- Living with a brain tumour: Undergoing neurosurgery
- Local anaesthetic nerve blocks for pain relief following surgery
- Local and national organisations offering support for children and young people with hearing loss
- Local hearing help sessions 2022
- Long Term Follow up following BEP Chemotherapy Treatment for Testicular Cancer
- Looking after your balloon retained gastrostomy tube (BGT)
- Looking after your bone conduction hearing device (BCHD) and middle ear implant (MEI)
- Looking after your child’s plaster cast
- Looking after your Monarch tube
- Looking after your percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube (PEG)
- Looking after your percutaneous endoscopic jejunostomy tube (PEJ)
- Looking after your Pexact tube
- Looking after your radiologically inserted gastrostomy tube (RIG)
- Looking after your surgical jejunostomy tube
- Looking after your transgastric-jejunal tube
- Looking after your voice: irritants
- Loop diathermy aftercare
- Loop diuretics (water tablets)
- Lost or Faulty Processors and Hearing Aids
- Low fat dietary information for people with Severe Insulin Resistance
- Low fibre diet for bowel conditions
- Low grade lymphoma nurse-led telephone clinic
- Low IgA Levels in children: Information for parents and families
- Low phosphate diet
- Low profile balloon retained gastrostomy tubes
- Lung Perfusion Quantification Scan (NCHEQ)
- Lung Permeability Scan (NLUPS)
- Lung Ventilation and Perfusion Scan (NLUNV)
- Lymph Scintigram (NLYMP)
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- Macular Holes
- MAG 3 (kidney) Scan
- Male Chronic Pelvic Pain
- Male lower urinary tract symptoms: Lifestyle advice, bladder training and pelvic floor exercises – FAQ
- Male sling for stress urinary incontinence
- Mallet finger
- Mallet finger injury treatment programme
- Management of urethral catheters: Frequently asked questions
- Managing and maintaining changes (back pain management programme)
- Managing bowel leakage: Anal Plug
- Managing the emotional impact of cancer
- Managing your energy levels (Leaflet 8)
- Managing your stoma prolapse
- Mandibular (lower jaw) osteotomy
- Mannitol challenge test
- Maternity Care and Coronavirus (COVID-19)
- Maternity information for those considering giving birth unassisted by a midwife
- Maxillary (upper jaw) osteotomy
- Me and My Fatigue: a self-directed fatigue management guide
- Measuring baselines
- Meatal/ urethral dilatation
- Meatotomy / meatoplasty
- Medical Retina consultation clinics
- Medical thoracoscopy information for patients
- Medication pack for patients who are having surgery to insert a peritoneal dialysis (Tenckhoff®) catheter
- Medicines Helpline
- Memory problems - A practical guide
- Menopause: A healthy lifestyle guide
- Metacarpal neck / shaft / base fracture of the hand
- Methacholine Challenge Test
- Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
- Metyrapone / Ketoconazole day series
- MIBG Iodine Scan (NM123W)
- Microsurgical Sperm retrieval from the testicle: Micro-TESE - Information for patients
- Micturating Cystourethrogram (MCUG) – in children
- Mifamurtide (Mepact®) for Osteosarcoma
- Milk allergy
- Mindfulness (Leaflet 7)
- Minimising the risk of falls in hospital
- Minor eyelid surgery
- Mitrofanoff procedure (catheterisable urinary stoma)
- Modified ketogenic diet (MKD) information for children and their carers
- Motor Neurone Disease
- MRI defaecating proctogram
- MRI scans with cochlear and brainstem implants
- Multi-cycle IVF financial information for patients
- Muscle tension dysphonia
- Muscular flexibility exercise sheet
- Musculoskeletal infection in children
- My child and virus induced wheeze
- My child has had an asthma attack
- Mycophenolate Mofetil (MMF) for Patients with Autoimmune Disorder
- Myeloproliferative service - Introduction and update to the service
- My experience of the back pain management programme
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- Nasal ciliary biopsy
- Nasal Nitric Oxide
- Nasogastric tube feeding at home
- Nasopharyngeal Suction Guidelines
- National Severe Insulin Resistance Service - Carbohydrates
- Near stereograms - Orthoptic exercises for Convergence Insufficiency
- Neck and Shoulder Exercises
- Neck dissection
- Neck dissection operation
- Neck sprain advice
- Neonatal iron supplementation for preterm infants greater than 34 weeks gestation
- Neonatal Outreach Team: Going home
- Neonatal vitamins and iron for infants <34 weeks gestation (with Abidec)
- Neonatal vitamins and iron for infants <34 weeks gestation (without Abidec)
- Nephrectomy/Hemi-Nephrectomy in children
- Nerve block for pain relief after surgery - general
- Nerve block for pain relief after surgery - Lower Limb
- Nerve Blocks for Surgery on the Arm or Hand
- Neurofibromatosis Type 2 (NF2)
- Neuroimmunology Services
- Neuromuscular clinic
- Neuromuscular Hip Reconstruction – Information about Surgery
- Neuromuscular scoliosis - information about surgery
- NHS hearing aids – problem solving
- Niagara line (neck line) care
- Nipple reconstruction
- Nissen’s Fundoplication – in children
- Nocturnal Enuresis (‘bedwetting’) in children
- Nocturnal polyuria: FAQ
- Non- alcoholic fatty liver disease
- Non-aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage (NASAH)
- Non-invasive urodynamics (serial bladder scanning) in children
- Non invasive ventilation (NIV)
- Normal pressure hydrocephalus specialist service
- Nosebleeds (Epistaxis)
- Nuchal Translucency (NT)
- Nurse Controlled Analgesia (NCA) - information for parents
- Nusinersen (Spinraza) for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) type 1, 2 & 3 and presymptomatic patients
- Nutlife Peanut Desensitisation for Children with Peanut Allergy
- Nutritional advice for people undergoing pancreatic surgery
- Nutritional information after a liver transplant
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- Observations of Prechtl's General Movements (In the outpatient Neonatal Neurodevelopmental Follow Up Clinic)
- Occupational therapy
- Occupational Therapy Services
- Oesophageal Atresia (OA) and Tracheo-oesophageal Fistula (TOF) in children
- Oesophageal radiotherapy – at the end of your treatment course
- Oesophageal Reflux Scan (NGERS)
- Oesophageal Transit Study (NEITS)
- Olecranon fractures
- Omnipaque in CT – use of
- One-stop Haematuria clinic (incorporating a CT scan): Frequently asked questions
- One-stop Outpatient Hysteroscopy Clinic
- Open clipping/tying of varicocele
- Open de-roofing of simple renal cyst (Røvsing’s operation)
- Open pyeloplasty
- Open repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm
- Open Wounds
- Ophthalmology Medication Record Card
- Optical Urethrotomy
- Optic Nerve Drusen
- Oral anticoagulant therapy with edoxaban, apixaban, rivaroxaban or dabigatran
- Oral anticoagulant therapy with warfarin, phenindione or acenocoumarol
- Oral bisphosphonates: your new medication
- Oral fluorescein angiography
- Oral Glucose Tolerance Test - Acromegaly
- Oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT): Prolonged five hour test with insulin
- Oral (mouth) biopsy
- Oral suction at home
- Oral viscous budesonide for eosinophilic oesophagitis
- Orchidopexy (bringing down of an undescended testis)
- Osgood-Schlatter Information Sheet
- Outpatient induction of Labour: (IOL) guidance for women (Propess®)
- Outpatient induction of Labour (IOL): Guidance for women (Prostin®)
- Outpatients oral chemotherapy process
- Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation
- Overnight dexamethasone suppression test
- Overnight Oximetry
- Overseas patient leaflet - Emergency department
- Ovulation induction using Metformin - patient information
- Oxygen alert card
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- Pacemaker
- Pacing activities
- Pad test instructions
- Paediatric Cardiology: General information regarding telephone clinics
- Paediatric Cystic Fibrosis (CF) – Helping your child to eat well
- Paediatric diabetes annual review
- Paediatric distal radius fracture
- Paediatric Dressings Advice
- Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition - Welcome to the Service
- Paediatric orthoptic service
- Paediatric Pre-operative Assessment Clinic (PPOAC)
- Paediatric proximal humerus fracture
- Paediatric Psychology and Rheumatology
- Paediatric surgery ‘list orders’ – information for parents and carers
- Paediatric Surgery / Urology Clinical Nurse Specialist Team – Information for parents and carers
- Paediatric Videofluoroscopic Swallow Study
- Pain and/or bleeding in early pregnancy (first 13 weeks)
- Pain Management Programme
- Pain Management Programme by videoconference information sheet
- Pain management seminar
- Pain relief during pregnancy and after birth
- Palate Investigation Clinic
- Palliative Care Team
- Paracentesis
- Parenteral Nutrition: a guide for parents and children
- Parenteral nutrition - Information for patients
- Parents’ guide to the children’s wards
- Paricalcitol capsules (Zemplar® )
- Parson’s cocktail bladder instillation for painful bladder syndrome (interstitial cystitis): procedure-specific information
- Partial removal of the kidney
- Patch diary: Team Giraffe
- Patch diary: Team Tiger
- Patch testing
- Patella (knee cap) fracture
- Patent Ductus Arteriosus
- Patient advice for women requiring a highly-potent topical steroid (for example Dermovate® cream or ointment / Clobetesol)
- Patient controlled analgesia (PCA) - information for parents
- Patient Dexamethasone Reduction Schedule
- Patient information about ankle foot orthoses (AFO’s)
- Patient information about knee ankle foot orthoses (KAFO’s)
- Patient information after embryo transfer in a fresh cycle
- Patient Information After Frozen Embryo Transfer (HRT cycle)
- Patient information and consent to jaw or chin corrective surgery (orthognathic surgery)
- Patient information and consent to Surgical Removal of Impacted Wisdom Teeth
- Patient information for women who have breast implants
- Patient initiated follow-up appointments - Dermatology
- Patient Progress
- Patients seeking treatment with Donor Sperm
- Patients with primary hyperparathyroidism
- Patient transfer from NCCU (Neurosciences Critical Care Unit) to a Neurosciences Ward (A4, A5, D6N and J2)
- Patient Transport Service
- Pelvic floor exercises in men: Frequently asked questions
- Pelvic floor exercises in women: Frequently asked questions
- Penile injections for impotence
- Penile injury repair (including fractured penis)
- Penile straightening (Nesbit or Lue operation)
- Percutaneous and magnetic bone conduction hearing devices (BCHD) and middle ear implants (MEI)
- Percutaneous biopsy of the kidney, another organ or an abnormal mass
- Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tubes – in children
- Percutaneous insertion of a nephrostomy tube
- Percutaneous removal of kidney stone(s)
- Percutaneous removal of kidney stone(s) in children
- Performing a urinary flow rate test: Frequently asked questions
- Perineal Health in Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond
- Perineum care after childbirth
- Peritoneal Dialysis (PD): Peritonitis Information
- Permanent suprapubic catheterisation in men: Frequently asked questions
- Permanent suprapubic catheterisation in women: Frequently asked questions
- Peyronie’s disease: frequently asked questions
- Phenobarbitone drug information
- Phenytoin drug information
- pH-impedance study - advice for patients/ parents
- Phototesting patients
- Physiotherapy Bowel Management
- Physiotherapy for Children with Cancer
- Plasma Exchange
- Pleasurable activities reminder
- Pleurodesis: Attaching the lung to the chest wall to control fluid or air in the space around the lung
- Pneumonia
- Popliteal cyst information
- Portacath - care of your portacath
- Portacath (implantable ports)
- Positions to ease breathlessness (Leaflet 4)
- Positive Direct Antibody Test (DAT)
- Post device implantation
- Post Epidural Infusion/Injection Discharge Instructions
- Post epidural infusion/injection discharge instructions - paediatrics
- Posterior Fossa Syndrome
- Posterior urethral valves (also known as congenital obstructing posterior urethral membranes)
- Posterior vitreous detachment
- Postnatal information for parents and babies being discharged home from the Rosie Hospital
- Postnatal information for women with hypertension (raised blood pressure) in pregnancy
- Post-operative advice for patients who have had skin surgery
- Post-stroke sensory deficits and re-education
- Post Tenckhoff Catheter Insertion Instructions for new Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) Patients
- Post-transplant nurse-led clinic
- Post traumatic stress
- Postural drainage
- Postural hypotension
- Post vasectomy semen analysis – Information for patients
- Potassium lowering dietary advice
- Pouchoscopy
- Powered communication aid funding
- Pre- and post-exercise ABPI (walking/ treadmill test)
- Pregnancy of unknown location (PUL)
- Pre-operative advice for patients who are due to have skin surgery
- Pre-operative assessment
- Preparation for primary cleft lip surgery
- Preparation for primary cleft palate surgery
- Preparing for an admission to critical care
- Preparing for breastfeeding your baby: information for women with diabetes in pregnancy
- Preparing for Radiotherapy: Use of micro-enemas
- Presbyphonia
- Preterm Surveillance Clinic
- Preventing pressure ulcers: a guide for patients and carers
- Prevention of deep vein thrombosis in lower limb immobilisation
- Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC) Patient Advice Leaflet
- Primary ciliary dyskinesia
- PRIME Service - Perioperative review informing management of elective surgery
- Private semen analysis
- Prolonged jaundice
- Propranolol for the treatment of paediatric haemangiomas
- Propranolol (Refractory Headache Pathway)
- Prostate brachytherapy
- Prostate Cancer - Patient Initiated Follow Up (PIFU)
- Protected mealtimes: information for patients, visitors and relatives
- Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs)
- Proximal humeral fractures
- Proximal / Middle phalanx fractures
- Proximal Urethroplasty
- Psychology treatments and pain service
- Ptosis Correction (Adults)
- Pulmonary Shunt Test
- Pump therapy for severe insulin resistance
- Puree food
- Pyeloplasty – in children
- Pyloric Stenosis - Information for parents
- Pyridostigmine drug information
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- Radial angiogram
- Radial forearm free flap
- Radial head / neck fractures of the elbow
- Radical removal of the adrenal gland
- Radical removal of the kidney and ureter
- Radical removal of the kidney: procedure specific information
- Radical removal of the testis (± silicone implant)
- Radical vaginal trachelectomy and laparoscopic bilateral pelvic lymph node dissection
- Radioiodine therapy
- Radioiodine therapy (Outpatient version)
- Radionuclide Bone Scan Feet and Ankles (NBAFBD)
- Radionuclide Bone Scan Femurs (NBFEBD)
- Radionuclide Bone Scan HIPS (NBHIPD)
- Radionuclide Bone Scan Knees (NBKNBD)
- Radionuclide bone scan lower legs (NBLLBD)
- Radionuclide Bone Scan Wrists (NBWSBD)
- Radiotherapy for pancreatic cancer during COVID-19 pandemic
- Radiotherapy - head and neck cancer team radiotherapy for head and neck cancers
- Radiotherapy Treatment for Bladder Cancer
- Radiotherapy treatment for heterotopic ossification
- Radiotherapy Treatment for Prostate Cancer
- Radium-223 Dichloride Therapy (NR223)
- Reactive Hypoglycaemia: dietary advice
- Recall to Assessment Clinic for Calcification
- Recommended suppliers of donor sperm for treatment at Cambridge IVF
- Recovering from an acquired brain injury (ABI)
- Rectal biopsy in children – advice for parents and carers
- Rectal washouts in children with Hirschsprung’s disease
- Recurrent oral ulceration
- Recurrent pregnancy loss clinic information
- Reduced fetal movements
- Reducing the risk of blood clots (VTE) in young people aged 13-17
- Reducing the risk of developing lymphoedema
- Reducing the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in pregnancy and the postnatal period
- Referral to an Eating Disorders Service
- Referral to the East Anglian Clinical Genetics Service
- Regurgitation - 6 to 10 years
- Regurgitation - Eleven plus
- Regurgitation - Under 6 years
- Reimplantation of ureter(s) in children – information for parents
- Reinke’s Oedema
- Relapsed testicular cancer: chemotherapy treatment
- Relaxation
- Relaxation
- Relaxation (back pain management programme)
- Relaxation (Leaflet 6)
- Remifentanil patient controlled analgesia (PCA) in labour
- Removal of cyst from sperm-carrying mechanism (epididymis)
- Removal of dialysis line
- Removal of facial skin lesion
- Removal of parotid salivary gland
- Removal of part or all of the epididymis
- Removal of PEG using the cut and push method
- Removal of skin tumours using Mohs micrographic surgical technique
- Removal of sublingual salivary gland
- Removal of submandibular salivary gland
- Renal Genetics and Tubular Disorders Clinic
- Renal Low Clearance Service
- Renal pelvic dilatation
- Renal stones: Dietary advice for children who form stones: frequently-asked questions
- Repair of Hydrocele
- Repair of the middle ear
- ReSPECT Easy Read Guide: Leaflet 2 - Making choices
- ReSPECT - Recommended Summary Plan for Emergency Care and Treatment
- Respiratory muscle assessment test
- Retinal Vein Occlusion
- Retrograde ejaculation - Instructions for Patients
- Retroperitoneal excision of abdominal lymph nodes (RPLND)
- Reveal LINQ
- Reviewing your cervical screening history
- Rhesus D (RhD) negative blood type: care in pregnancy and after birth
- Ribavirin
- Rifaximin (Targaxan®)
- Risk of cancer in the other testicle
- Rituximab
- Rituximab treatment in autoimmune disorders
- Robotic-assisted (Da Vinci®) Laparoscopic partial removal of the kidney
- Robotic-assisted (Da Vinci®) laparoscopic radical prostatectomy
- Robotic Partial Nephrectomy - Enhanced Recovery Programme
- Rosie Hospital arrangements for the burial of pregnancy remains
- Ruptured membranes after 37 weeks of pregnancy
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- Sacral nerve stimulation (neuromodulation)
- Sacral nerve stimulation (test phase) - Frequently asked questions
- Sacubitril/Valsartan (Entresto®)
- Saline nebulisers for the management of secretions
- Same day discharge: Hemithyroidectomy
- Scalp Telemetry/Video EEG
- Scaphoid fractures
- Scaphoid injuries
- Sciatica
- Scoliosis surgery in adults
- Screening for Retinopathy of Prematurity
- Screening for varices
- Seating and ergonomics
- Secondary speech surgery: preparation and recovery
- Seizures following craniotomy
- Self administration of medicines
- Self-administration of Medicines (SAM) in the Rosie Hospital Maternity Wards
- Self-catheterisation in female patients: Frequently asked questions
- Self-catheterisation in male patients: Frequently asked questions
- Self-help information for women suffering recurrent attacks of cystitis: Frequently asked questions
- Self-management of a pessary for pelvic organ prolapse
- Semen analysis appointments
- Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Melanoma
- Sevelamer tablets (Renagel® and Renvela®)
- Severe Insulin Resistance
- Severe Insulin Resistance Service - Hypoglycaemia (‘Hypo’)
- Sever's disease
- Sever’s disease
- Sharing information about your medicines with your community pharmacist
- Short Cervix
- Short course radiotherapy for cancer of the oesophagus (gullet)
- Short synacthen test
- Shoulder dislocations
- Shoulder range of movement exercises
- Shoulder Range of Movement Exercises 2
- Shoulder sprain (acromio clavicular joint)
- Sickle Cell Disease
- Simple removal of the kidney: procedure-specific information
- Simple removal of the testis ± silicone implant
- Sinding-Larsen-Johansson syndrome
- Single Breath Gas Transfer
- Single toe fracture
- Single toe fracture in children
- Sinus lift procedures
- Six Minute Walk Test
- Skin and muscle biopsies in children – a guide for families
- Skincare advice following radiotherapy (breast)
- Skin care for people with bowel problems
- Skull based tumour telephone clinic information
- Skull Base Meningioma
- Sleep problems (back pain management programme)
- Sling procedure for urinary stress incontinence
- Small Bowel and Multi Visceral Transplants, frequently asked questions
- Small Bowel / Multi Visceral Assessment
- Small for gestational age
- Smooth convergence - Orthoptic exercises for Convergence Insufficiency
- Sodium valproate
- Sofosbuvir / ledipasvir (Harvoni®)
- Sofosbuvir / velpatasvir (Epclusa®)
- Soft cast casting tape advice
- Soft cast casting tape advice: bathing in them
- Soft palate exercises
- Solar keratoses and treatment with fluorouracil cream
- Speech advice following palate repair
- Speech and language therapy referral (voice)
- Speech, language and communication difficulties in children with brain tumours
- Sperm Banking - A guide for younger patients
- Sperm retrieval from testicle: TESE – Information for patients
- Sperm retrieval from vas deferens or epididymis: PESA – Information for patients
- Sperm storage – Information for patients
- Spinal angiogram
- Spinal Cord Stimulation – Single Stage
- Spinal cord stimulator implant
- Spinal Cord Stimulator (SCS) Single Stage Implant – Going Home
- Spinal orthoses
- Spirometry
- Splenectomy in children – Information for parents and carers
- Stage I testicular seminoma treatment options
- Staging for oral cancer - frequently asked questions
- Stem cell mobilisation and collection procedures using G-CSF
- Stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy (SABR) to the spine
- Stereotactic radiosurgery (single treatment)
- Steroid induced hyperglycaemia
- Steroid replacement for adrenal insufficiency
- Stoma (Colostomy and Ileostomy) Closure in Children; Advice for parents and carers
- Stress and anxiety (back pain management programme)
- Stress incontinence in children with cystic fibrosis – parents’ copy
- Stridor and its treatment
- Sub-conjunctival haemorrhage
- Supply of medicines following your hospital outpatient visit
- Supracondylar fractures
- Suprapubic catheter care in children – information for parents and carers
- Suprapubic catheter insertion
- Supra-ventricular tachycardia (SVT)
- Surgery to correct a squint in children
- Surgery to remove your child’s cysts
- Surgery to the mouth and jaws: post-operative advice
- Surgical footwear
- Surgical repair of retinal detachment
- Surgical Tracheostomy: A guide for patients and their relatives
- Suspected broken nose
- Suturing of facial lacerations under general anaesthetic
- Swallowing Exercises for Patients with Head and Neck Cancer
- Sweat test- information for parents
- Symptomatic breast referral
- Syringe and probing of the nasolacrimal (tear) ducts
- Systematic focusing: relaxation technique
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- Talipes (clubfoot) and the Ponseti technique
- Talking to someone with dysarthria
- Talking to your child about their cleft
- Tarsal fracture undisplaced
- Techniques to distract yourself from unhelpful thoughts
- Teledermatology clinics (18WW)
- Teledermatology clinics (2WW)
- Telephone clinics with nurse specialists in paediatric surgery/ urology - information for parents
- Tell us what you think
- Temozolomide Chemotherapy with Radiotherapy for High Grade Glioma
- Tenofovir
- Testicular self-examination: Frequently asked questions
- Testicular Tissue Cryopreservation
- Testicular torsion – information for teenagers
- Testicular torsion in teenagers – information for parents/carers
- The breathing thinking functioning (BTF) approach (Leaflet 1)
- The Cambridge Crohn’s and colitis service
- The children's eye service
- The clinical nurse specialist service: Information for parents and carers
- The Colposcopy Examination
- The donation of brain, pituitary tissue and cerebrospinal fluid after death
- The donation of brain, spinal cord, pituitary tissue and cerebrospinal fluid after death
- The Emmeline Centre for: Hearing Implants Information for parents/guardians
- The MCT diet - information for children and their carers
- The Motor Neurone Disease Clinic
- The NICU Family Support Service
- The NICU Tree of Life
- The one-stop Haematuria clinic (incorporating an ultrasound scan): Frequently asked questions
- The ponseti technique: boot and bar stage
- Therapeutic vacuum breast excision
- The SIR Clinic
- The use of Apps to help symptoms after COVID-19
- The use of organ transplant infected with hepatitis C in recipients who have not been infected with hepatitis C
- Thiazide diuretic (water tablet): metolazone
- Thinking - Managing thoughts about breathlessness (Leaflet 5)
- Third and fourth degree perineal tears
- Thoracocentesis (pleural aspiration or pleural tap)
- Thoracotomy – in children
- Thoughts, feelings and behaviour (back pain management programme)
- Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (also known as ‘TTP’)
- Thumb flexor tendon repair
- Thumb metacarpal fracture
- Thyroglossal Duct Cyst – information for parents and carers
- Thyroid biopsy clinic
- Thyroid oncology telephone clinics - general information
- Thyroid shields in mammography
- Thyrotropin releasing hormone (TRH) test
- Ticagrelor (Brilique®)
- Toe pressure test
- Tongue exercises
- Tongue-tie (ankyloglossia) division – in babies
- Tonsillectomy
- Topiramate drug information
- Total contact casting: Information and advice
- Total Hip Replacement
- Tracheobronchomalacia and Physiotherapy
- Tracheostomy in critically ill adults
- Tracheostomy nursing service: a guide for patients, families and carers
- Transanal Irrigation in Children – information for parents and carers
- Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) for pain relief
- Transferring from critical care to the ward environment – for patients and their loved ones
- Transferring your child to the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit/High Dependency Unit
- Transgastric jejunal tubes – in children
- Transition information and guidance for parents and carers
- Transitioning to Ward D2 (Parent copy)
- Transitioning to Ward D2 (Patient copy)
- Trans-Nasal Oesophagoscopy (TNO)
- Transoesophageal Echocardiogram (TOE)
- Trans rectal endoscopic ultrasound (TREUS)
- Transrectal prostatic ultrasound and biopsy
- Transrectal prostatic ultrasound and prostatic massage
- Transrectal prostatic ultrasound and transperineal biopsy
- Transurethral resection of the prostate (for benign disease)
- Transurethral resection of the prostate (for cancer)
- Transvaginal cervical cerclage (cervical suture)
- Travelling and Thrombosis risk
- Treatment for ovarian cancer
- Treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA)
- Treatment options for female stress urinary incontinence
- Trial without catheter (TWOC): Frequently asked questions
- Triamcinolone injection
- Tube change post procedure - what to expect
- Tube feeding at home
- Tuft fractures
- Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) side effects prevention
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- Ultrasound Proven Superficial Thrombophlebitis
- Ultrasound scan of the arteries in your arm
- Ultrasound scan of the arteries in your arm – thoracic outlet syndrome
- Ultrasound scan of the pelvis (gynaecological)
- Ultrasound scan of the testes
- Ultrasound scan of the upper abdomen
- Ultrasound scan of the urinary tract
- Ultrasound scan of your arm veins (deep vein thrombosis – DVT scan)
- Ultrasound scan of your bypass graft
- Ultrasound scan of your carotid arteries
- Ultrasound scan of your fistula
- Ultrasound scan of your leg arteries
- Ultrasound scan of your leg veins
- Ultrasound scan of your leg veins (deep vein thrombosis – DVT scan)
- Ultrasound surveillance scan of your endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR)
- Umbilical hernia – in children
- Undergoing venesection
- Understanding melanoma in situ and lentigo maligna
- Understanding Persistent Pain for those who don’t have it
- Undescended testes and surgery - in children
- Undisplaced distal radius fracture
- Unlicensed medications
- Upper airway secretion management in children with neurodisability
- Ureteric reconstruction
- Ureteroscopic stone removal
- Ureteroscopic stone removal in children Information for parents and carers
- Urethroscopy ± biopsy/removal of a urethral lesion
- Urgency and Urge Incontinence
- Urinary Retention Following Childbirth
- Urinary tract infection in children
- Urodynamic investigation (bladder test)
- Urodynamics (or pressure tests on the bladder)
- Use of Donor Eggs – Information for Patients
- Use of lidocaine patches in Cambridge University Hospitals
- Use of Salbutamol in Neuromuscular conditions
- Using hypnosis techniques for labour and birth - the role of your midwife
- Using over the counter medicines if you have renal failure or are on dialysis
- Using your TheraBite
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- Vacuum erection assistance devices: frequently asked questions
- Vaginal care following Pelvic Radiotherapy (anal cancer)
- Vaginal Pessaries for Pelvic Organ Prolapse (POP)
- Vagus nerve stimulation therapy: patient discharge information
- Vagus nerve stimulation therapy: patient discharge information (Paediatric)
- Vascular ultrasound scan
- Vascular ultrasound scan (inpatient)
- Vascular ultrasound scan of your abdomen
- Vein map ultrasound scan to plan for a bypass operation
- Ventriculomegaly
- Vestibular Assessment for Cochlear Implant Candidates
- Vestibular schwannoma (VS)
- Viagra, cialis or levitra treatment for erectile dysfunction: Frequently asked questions
- Videofluoroscopy and air insufflation (x-ray examination of swallowing and tracheoesophageal voicing)
- Videourodynamics (or pressure tests on the bladder)
- Virtual Back Pain Management Programme
- Visual difficulties in children with dyslexia
- Visual Processing Difficulties
- Vitamin K
- Vocal cord granulomas
- Vocal cord nodules
- Vocal cord paralysis
- Vocal cord paresis
- Voice care advice for teachers
- Voice care: looking after your voice
- Volar plate injury
- Vulval biopsy
- Vulval Lichen Sclerosus in Girls
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- Waiting for your transplant
- Water deprivation test
- Ways to help siblings
- Ways to help your child
- Ways to help yourself when your child is in hospital
- Wearing a cervical hard collar: A guide to collar care for patients, relatives and carers
- Weber A and Weber B ankle fractures
- Weekly changing of a bung and administering factor via a Hickman line
- Welcome to clinic 31/Weston centre (11+ years)
- Welcome to clinic 31/Weston centre (6-10 years)
- Welcome to clinic 31/Weston centre (under 6 years)
- Welcome to Daphne Ward
- Welcome to F3 (under 6)
- Welcome to the Children and Young People’s Endocrine Clinic
- Welcome to the Endocrine Adolescent/Transition clinic
- Welcome to the virtual ward at Cambridge University Hospitals
- Welcome to ward C6
- Welcome to Ward F3 (11+)
- Welcome to Ward F3 (6-10)
- What happens about school?
- What I need to know about choosing Peritoneal Dialysis (PD)
- What is NASIT?
- What to expect following your Angiogram/Angioplasty procedure
- White Cell Leukoscan (NLEUK)
- Winter vomiting (viral gastroenteritis) - frequently asked questions for patients and visitors
- Worried about having your blood taken?
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- Young adult hip service
- Your child's first seizure
- Your first visit to the Haematology Outpatients Clinic - Information for Patients
- Your first visit to the Oncology and Haematology Centre
- Your follow up clinic appointments
- Your Nurse-led Telephone Clinic - Acute Leukaemia
- Your Scoliosis Surgery
- Your Visit to the Minor Oral Surgery Procedure Clinic