Patient Information

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On this page you will be able to find Patient Information for different services we provide, to help keep you informed and up-to-date on the latest information about your care or procedure.

The Patient Information is listed below, by either Title or Department.

Please note that this page is currently under development, therefore if you cannot find the leaflet you are looking for, please contact your healthcare professional for further advice.

Patient Information Leaflets by Title

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pdf A Guide to Diet and Chronic Kidney Disease (655 KB)

pdf Abdominal Breathing Practice (515 KB)

pdf Achilles Tendon Rupture - Management and Rehabilitation (930 KB)

pdf Active cycle of breathing techniques (ACBT) (625 KB)

pdf Activity (515 KB)

pdf Acute Pain leaflet (and Patient Satisfaction Questions) (603 KB)

pdf Acupuncture for musculoskeletal pain (528 KB)

pdf Adenoidectomy - Information for parents (511 KB)

pdf Administration of Anti D following bleeding in early pregnancy (617 KB)

pdf Adrenal Insufficiency Sick Day Rule Information- Information for patients on long-term steroid hormone replacement therapy (467 KB)

pdf Adult Oral Suction (Yankeur/ soft catheter) (691 KB)

pdf Advanced hip exercises (716 KB)

pdf Advice after cardiac catheterisation (529 KB)

pdf Advice after coronary angioplasty (627 KB)

pdf Advice and exercises following Major Gynaecological Surgery (1019 KB)

pdf Advice and exercises following neck dissection/ major head and neck surgery (560 KB)

pdf Advice and exercises for Microfracture of the knee (762 KB)

pdf Advice following toe operations (479 KB)

pdf Advice for Managing Spinal Braces in the Community (446 KB)

pdf Advice for Patients following Blood Transfusion (615 KB)

pdf Advice for Patients with hand pain and stiffness (612 KB)

pdf After your antibiotic drug challenge (532 KB)

pdf Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and Eye Injections (759 KB)

pdf Alcohol Dependence (629 KB)

pdf Alcohol and smoking advice (709 KB)

pdf Ambulatory EEG (537 KB)

pdf Angioplasty and Stenting (489 KB)

pdf Ankle Fracture (645 KB)

pdf Ankle Sprain (602 KB)

pdf Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Reconstruction Post-operative Physiotherapy Advice and Rehabilitation (744 KB)

pdf Aphasia (629 KB)

pdf Asthma/ Wheeze Management Plan - Paediatrics (813 KB)

pdf Atrial Fibrillation ablation information sheet (683 KB)

pdf Atrioventricular (AV) Node Ablation (662 KB)

pdf Autogenic drainage (538 KB)

pdf Autologous fat transfer (620 KB)

pdf Axillary Node Dissection/ Clearance (703 KB)
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pdf Babies who may be at risk of Group B Streptococcus infection (551 KB)

pdf Bariatric surgery - What I need to know (744 KB)

pdf Being Open and the Duty of Candour (621 KB)

pdf Bereavement information for family and/or next of kin during COVID-19 (462 KB)

pdf Birch Unit Discharge Following Biopsy (531 KB)

pdf Birch Unit Discharge Following Perkustay/ Pleurex Drain (532 KB)

pdf Birch Unit Discharge Following Surgery (625 KB)

pdf Bladder Neck Incision (BNI) (750 KB)

pdf Blood monitoring and Carbohydrate diary - for patients on insulin (729 KB)

pdf Bone Biopsy Under CT Guidance (472 KB)

pdf Botulinum Toxin Injections for Blepharospasm (517 KB)

pdf Brain Injury information - for relatives/carers (675 KB)

pdf Breast Form / Prosthesis (516 KB)

pdf Breath Hold - Radiotherapy (604 KB)

pdf Breathing pattern disorder (535 KB)

pdf Bronchiectasis in Adults (480 KB)

pdf Bronchiectasis in Children (531 KB)

pdf Bronchoscopy with sedation (624 KB)

pdf Bronchoscopy without sedation (608 KB)

pdf Bubble Echocardiogram (675 KB)

pdf Bubble PEP - adults (647 KB)

pdf Bubble PEP - Children (561 KB)
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pdf Cancer Psychology service (485 KB)

pdf Cardiac Catheterisation and coronary angiography (545 KB)

pdf Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing (CPET) (514 KB)

pdf Cardioversion (566 KB)

pdf Care of your Collar (705 KB)

pdf Carer's Diary (594 KB)

pdf Cauda Equina Syndrome (560 KB)

pdf Cautery to the Cervix - Your colposcopy procedure (621 KB)

pdf Cervical Polyp - Your colposcopy procedure (625 KB)

pdf Chaperones and Children (372 KB)

pdf Chest Clearance - Adults (679 KB)

pdf Chest Clearance - Paediatrics (706 KB)

pdf Cholesteatoma and Combined Approach Tympanoplasty (774 KB)

pdf Chronic Pain : what is it? (399 KB)

pdf Circumcision (751 KB)

pdf Circumcision (child) (713 KB)

pdf Claiming travel costs whilst your baby is in hospital (612 KB)

pdf Cleanliness and Preventing Infection (905 KB)

pdf Clostridium Difficile (C.diff) (609 KB)

pdf Coeliac Disease - A Gluten Free Diet (1.10 MB)

pdf Colonoscopy (589 KB)

pdf Colonoscopy bowel preparation Instructions for Senna tablets and two sachets of Citrafleet (609 KB)

pdf Colposcopy Information and HPV (Human Papilloma virus) (588 KB)

pdf Colonoscopy or flexible sigmoidoscopy (628 KB)

pdf Colposcopy (668 KB)

pdf Colposcopy Service - Treatment (623 KB)

pdf Combined Gastroscopy and Colonoscopy/Flexible Sigmoidoscopy (628 KB)

pdf Comments, Compliments, Concerns & Complaints (533 KB)

pdf Comments, Compliments and Complaints (How are we doing?) - easy read (1.61 MB)

pdf Conservative Management Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia Grade 2 (CIN2) (631 KB)

pdf Contrast Echocardiography (635 KB)

pdf Coping with nausea and sickness (546 KB)

pdf Core Stability 1 - Physiotherapy (703 KB)

pdf Core Stability 2 - Physiotherapy (775 KB)

pdf Coronary Angioplasty (558 KB)

pdf Corticosteroid Injection (540 KB)

pdf Cryotherapy of the Cervix - Your colposcopy procedure (622 KB)

pdf Cystectomy and bladder reconstruction (Female) (813 KB)

pdf Cystectomy and bladder reconstruction (Male) (828 KB)

pdf Cystoscopy and Bladder Stone Crushing (Endoscopic or cystolitholapaxy) (834 KB)
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pdf Day Surgery Patient Discharge Information (489 KB)

pdf Delirium (55 KB)

pdf Dental Extractions Advice - Information for parents (510 KB)

pdf Desensitisation – home programme (673 KB)

pdf Diagnostic Ureteroscopy and biopsy +/- laser ablation (741 KB)

pdf Diet and Endometriosis (799 KB)

pdf Digital Medical Retina - Diagnostic Clinic (DMRD Clinic) (534 KB)

pdf Direct Brow Lift Operation (Correction of Brow Ptosis) (530 KB)

pdf Discharge advice following positive oral food challenge or supervised feed (534 KB)

pdf Discharge advice following negative oral food challenge or supervised feed (620 KB)

pdf Discharge Advice Following your Surgery - Gynaecology (490 KB)

pdf Discharge Information for Patients Going Home with Opioid Medication for acute pain relief (645 KB)

pdf Discharge post bariatric surgery (642 KB)

pdf Disease Modifying Anti Rheumatic Drugs (DMARDS) and Blood Test Monitoring Explained (534 KB)

pdf Drug Challenge Test (628 KB)

pdf Dupuytren's Contracture Surgery (619 KB)

pdf Dysarthria (629 KB)
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pdf Eating when it is more difficult (814 KB)

pdf Early Pregnancy Assessment Unit (EPAU) (509 KB)

pdf EBUS Ultrasound (557 KB)

Echocardiogram

pdf EEG (Electroencephalogram) easy read (635 KB)

pdf Efudix Treatment at the Alex (510 KB)

pdf Egg desensitisation (656 KB)

pdf Electrolarynx Training Programme (529 KB)

pdf Electrophysiological studies and Catheter Ablation (380 KB)

pdf Electrophysiological Study and Atrial Flutter Ablation (669 KB)

pdf Electrophysiological Study and Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT) Ablation (669 KB)

pdf Emergency Department (ED) - Worcestershire Royal Hospital (563 KB)

pdf Emergency Gynaecology Assessment Unit (EGAU) (449 KB)

pdf Emergency Treatment of Food Protein induced Enterocolitis (FPIES) Reactions (526 KB)

pdf Emotional Eating (478 KB)

pdf Endometrial Cancer - Patient Centred Follow Up (PCFU) (624 KB)

pdf Endometrial hyperplasia without atypia (655 KB)

pdf Endometriosis (598 KB)

pdf Endometriosis: deep disease (614 KB)

pdf Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) (805 KB)

pdf Enhanced Recovery Programme - Gynaecology (568 KB)

pdf Enhanced Recovery Programme booklet - Colorectal (577 KB)

pdf ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio-Pancreatography) (589 KB)

pdf ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio-Pancreatography) with sedation (582 KB)

pdf Ethambutol and risk of optic nerve damage (634 KB)

pdf Exercises after Knee Surgery (628 KB)

pdf Exercises after your Hip Operation (724 KB)

pdf Exercise and type 1 diabetes (433 KB)

pdf Exercises for Bowed Vocal Cords (527 KB)

pdf Expiratory Muscle Strength Training (662 KB)

pdf Expectant Management Following Miscarriage (644 KB)

pdf Extensor tendon repair zone III-IV (656 KB)

pdf Eye surgery - Information for parents (511 KB)
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pdf Facet Joint Denervation (397 KB)

pdf Falls Prevention in Hospital (626 KB)

pdf Feeding at Risk (Eating and Drinking with Acknowledged Risks) (629 KB)

pdf Fitting a Spinal Brace - TLSO (633 KB)

pdf Fitting Spinal Brace - Jewett TLSO (665 KB)

pdf Flexible cystoscopy (774 KB)

pdf Flexible Sigmoidoscopy (with enema) (591 KB)

pdf Flexor Tendon Repair (576 KB)

pdf Flexor Tendon Repair to the Thumb (557 KB)

pdf Fluid Balance in Kidney Disease (632 KB)

pdf Fluorescein Angiography (516 KB)

pdf Following a higher chance combined screening or quad result (452 KB)

pdf Following hip fractures - Information for patients (1.01 MB)

pdf Food challenge test (623 KB)

pdf Food Challenge - Infant and Young Children (630 KB)

pdf Food Challenge - Young Person (708 KB)

pdf Full sleep deprived EEG (537 KB)

pdf Functional restoration programme (517 KB)
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pdf Gastroscopy and colonoscopy (591 KB)

pdf Gastroscopy procedure (623 KB)

pdf Gastroscopy with or without biopsy (689 KB)

pdf Getting about with your wheelchair (706 KB)

pdf Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) Affecting Vision – Information for Patients Attending the Acute Eye Clinic at Kidderminster Treatment Centre (690 KB)

pdf Glaucoma Data Capture Clinic (GDCC) (611 KB)

pdf GnRH Analogues (688 KB)

pdf Going Home after an Autologous Stem Cell Transplant (647 KB)

pdf Going Home from hospital with Oxygen (546 KB)

pdf Going home on Oxygen (623 KB)

pdf Going Home - Nasogastric tube feeding (627 KB)

pdf Guidelines on vitamin and mineral supplementation after gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy (629 KB)
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pdf Having an operation - Information for patients awaiting surgery at Kidderminster Treatment Centre (534 KB)

pdf Having an X-RAY - Information for children and adults with learning disabilities (1.08 MB)

pdf Healthier Takeaways / Convenience Foods (476 KB)

pdf Healthy eating for weight control in young people (777 KB)

pdf Healthy weight advice (517 KB)

pdf Heart Failure Nurse Service (525 KB)

pdf Helping your child eat better (771 KB)

pdf Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer - Genetic Testing (619 KB)

pdf High Fibre Diet (805 KB)

pdf High fibre diet for children (816 KB)

pdf High Protein and High Energy diet for children (855 KB)

pdf Hip Abduction Brace (1.04 MB)

pdf Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate (HoLEP) (846 KB)

pdf Home baked milk introduction (640 KB)

pdf How to fit your raised toilet seat (368 KB)

pdf How to fit your toilet frame (383 KB)

pdf How to fit your toilet frame seat (378 KB)

pdf How to Manage a Flare of Inflammatory Arthritis (541 KB)

pdf How to take Moviprep Bowel Prep (878 KB)

pdf How to take Plenvu Bowel Prep (1006 KB)

pdf How to take the Medications that you have been given along with your Chemotherapy (636 KB)

pdf How to use Potassium Permanganate solution soaks (448 KB)

pdf How to use your back rest (628 KB)

pdf How to use your metal kitchen trolley (351 KB)

pdf How to use your perching stool (356 KB)

pdf HPV (Human Papilloma virus) - Colposcopy (623 KB)

pdf Hydrocele - Information for parents (509 KB)

pdf Hydrocortisone Injection - How to give an Emergency Intramuscular Injection of Hydrocortisone for Adrenal Crisis (886 KB)

pdf Hydrotherapy - arm exercises (681 KB)

pdf Hydrotherapy exercise sheet - Back/ Core (801 KB)

pdf Hydrotherapy - leg exercises (759 KB)

pdf Hypoglycaemia - initial advice on how to treat low blood glucose levels (687 KB)
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pdf Implantable Loop Recorder (ILR) (647 KB)

pdf Implantable Loop Recorder (ILR) Removal (606 KB)

pdf Indwelling Pleural Catheter Removal (621 KB)

pdf Information on Cystic Fibrosis for Schools (666 KB)

pdf Ingressive Phonation (511 KB)

pdf Inguinal/ herniotomy/ hydrocoele ligation (712 KB)

pdf Initial dietary advice for children and young people with diabetes (686 KB)

pdf Inserting a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube (756 KB)

pdf Insertion and Removal of a Vaginal Pessary (568 KB)

pdf Inspection of the bladder using a telescope (Rigid cystoscopy) with insertion of ureteric stent (814 KB)

pdf Inspection of the bladder with a rigid instrument (Rigid cystoscopy) +/- bladder biopsy (833 KB)

pdf Insulin dose adjustment (1011 KB)

pdf Intensive Care Unit (416 KB)

pdf Intrapleural tPA+DNase (625 KB)

pdf Introducing Nuts at Home - A Guide for Parents (629 KB)

pdf Iron in your child's diet - Advice for increasing iron rich food in your child’s diet (705 KB)
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pdf Keeping your baby warm at home (536 KB)
pdf Knee Arthroscopy (700 KB)

pdf Knee Aspiration (628 KB)

pdf Knee Range of Movement Brace (769 KB)
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pdf Laparoscopic Hysterectomy - Same Day Discharge Surgery (738 KB)

pdf Laparoscopic nephroureterectomy (keyhole removal of the whole kidney and ureter) (779 KB)

pdf Laparoscopic partial nephrectomy (keyhole removal of part of the kidney for suspected cancer) (787 KB)

pdf Laparoscopic radical nephrectomy (keyhole removal of kidney for suspected cancer) (756 KB)

pdf Laparoscopic simple nephrectomy (keyhole removal of the kidney for benign conditions) (794 KB)

pdf Latissimus Dorsi Breast Reconstruction (LD Flap) (675 KB)

pdf Lidocaine infusion - information for patients (522 KB)

pdf Local suppliers of daily living equipment - Occupational Therapy (551 KB)

pdf Localised (Image Guided) Excision Biopsy (614 KB)

pdf Localised (Image Guided) Wide Local Excision (707 KB)

pdf Loop Diathermy of the Cervix (LLETZ) - Your colposcopy procedure (625 KB)

pdf Low fibre diet (527 KB)

pdf Low Phosphate Diet for Chronic Kidney Disease (773 KB)

pdf Low residue diet - Gynaecology (536 KB)

pdf Lower Limb Strengthening Exercises (772 KB)

pdf Lumbar Nerve Root Block injection (397 KB)

pdf Lumbar Puncture - Post Procedure Advice (610 KB)

pdf Lung Ablation (478 KB)

pdf Lung Volume Recruitment (LVR) bag (554 KB)
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pdf Major duct excision (706 KB)

pdf Mallet Finger Injury (603 KB)

pdf Management of Ectopic Pregnancy (764 KB)

pdf Manipulation Under Anaesthetic (MUA) of your Knee (626 KB)

pdf Manipulation Under Anaesthetic (MUA) of your Shoulder/Capsular Release of your Shoulder (714 KB)

pdf Mastectomy (703 KB)

pdf Mastectomy with Implant Based Breast Reconstruction (667 KB)

pdf Mastopexy or breast reduction (573 KB)

pdf Medial Branch Block Injections for Facet Joint pain (394 KB)

pdf Medical Management of 1st Trimester Miscarriage (672 KB)

pdf Medicines derived from animal products (533 KB)

pdf Melanoma (524 KB)

pdf Melatonin sleep EEG (3 years old and under) (538 KB)

pdf Melatonin sleep EEG (3 years old and over) (537 KB)

pdf Mental Wellbeing (593 KB)

pdf Midline Insertion (656 KB)

pdf Mindful Eating (461 KB)

pdf Mindful Exercises (531 KB)

pdf Miscarriage - what happens next? (549 KB)

pdf Miss Sen - For Patients of Miss Sen Following Surgery to the Eyelids, Eyebrows or Face near the Eyes (515 KB)

pdf Mould Room - Head and Neck (614 KB)

pdf Moving on from the Intensive Care Unit (419 KB)

pdf MRI scan under oral sedation (654 KB)

pdf Mr Edmunds eyelid surgery (507 KB)

pdf Multiple Sclerosis - Exercises and Advice (903 KB)

pdf Multiple sleep latency test (537 KB)

pdf Myringotomy and Grommets - Information for parents (599 KB)
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pdf Nasogastric (NG) Tubes For Neonates (617 KB)

pdf Nasogastric (NG) Tubes For Paediatrics (535 KB)

pdf Neontal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) (723 KB)

pdf Nerve conduction studies and EMG (537 KB)

pdf Non-invasive Ventilation (NIV) Information for patients and visitors (653 KB)

pdf Non-invasive Ventilation for use at home (474 KB)

pdf Non surgical Management of Ruptured Achilles Tendon (735 KB)

pdf NTM - Patient Information for patients with Non-Tuberculous Mycobacterium Infections (NTM) (548 KB)
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pdf Oesophageal dilatation (486 KB)

pdf Oesophageal Voice: How to do it (518 KB)

pdf Omalizumab for Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria - Paediatrics (635 KB)

pdf Optical Urethrotomy (785 KB)

pdf Oral Allergy Syndrome (692 KB)

pdf Oral food challenge - Paediatrics (624 KB)

pdf Oral rehydration salts (659 KB)

pdf Orchidopexy - Information for parents (510 KB)

pdf Outpatient Hysteroscopy (753 KB)

pdf Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome (OHSS) (619 KB)
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pdf Paediatric clinical psychology and diabetes (824 KB)

pdf Paediatric diabetes - Carbohydrate counting reference tables (1.23 MB)

pdf Paediatric diabetes - Dietary advice for carbohydrate estimation (1.26 MB)

pdf Paediatric diabetes - Dietary advice household measures (665 KB)

pdf Paediatric diabetes - Dietary management of snacks (588 KB)

pdf Paediatric diabetes - Healthy Eating (986 KB)

pdf Paediatric Diabetes - Working Together for the Best Outcomes: Managing Disagreements or Conflict (452 KB)

pdf Paediatric Suction (Yankeur/ soft catheter - OP or NP) (700 KB)

pdf Pain Management Programme (628 KB)

pdf Paracentesis of Ascites (527 KB)

pdf Parkinson's Disease - Exercises and Advice (1016 KB)

pdf Patients having Radiotherapy who also have an Implantable Electronic Device e.g. Pacemaker (571 KB)

pdf Patient Initiated Follow Up (PIFU) - Department of Rheumatology (598 KB)

pdf Pelvic floor exercises for women (584 KB)

pdf Peony Room- Alexandra Hospital (541 KB)

pdf Peony Room (570 KB)

pdf Percutaneous Aspiration of Abscess (CT guided) (529 KB)

pdf Percutaneous Biopsy of Abdomen (CT guided) (541 KB)

pdf Percutaneous Biopsy of Abnormal Abdominal Lump (CT guided) (697 KB)

pdf Percutaneous Biopsy of Lung (CT guided) (715 KB)

pdf Percutaneous biopsy of pleura (ultrasound guided) (651 KB)

pdf Percutaneous Drainage of Abscess (CT guided) (710 KB)

pdf Percutaneous Drainage of Abscess (Ultrasound guided) (523 KB)

pdf Percutaneous Liver Biopsy (CT guided) (698 KB)

pdf Percutaneous Liver Biopsy (Ultrasound guided) (521 KB)

pdf Percutaneous Nephrostomy (476 KB)

pdf Persistent pain self-management clinic (631 KB)

pdf Personal Information Record - Worcestershire Skin Cancer Team (670 KB)

pdf Phototherapy at Home - Information for parents/carers (639 KB)

pdf Physiotherapy advice following abdominal surgery (544 KB)

pdf Physiotherapy Advice and Exercises following Rib Fractures (740 KB)

pdf Physiotherapy Outpatient Services (364 KB)

pdf Pin Site Care (732 KB)

pdf Plantar Fasciitis - advice and exercises for patients (696 KB)

pdf Plastercast Care (533 KB)

pdf Polyp or Fibroid removal under Local Anaesthetic via Myosure Hysteroscopy (625 KB)

pdf Polysling (816 KB)

pdf Post Botox Bladder Injections (606 KB)

pdf Postnatal Exercises and Advice (1.28 MB)

pdf Postural Hypotension (430 KB)

pdf Postural (Orthostatic) Hypotension and your Abdominal Binder (731 KB)

pdf Pregnancy of Unknown Location (617 KB)

pdf Pre-operative liver reduction diet plan (669 KB)

pdf Pre-operative Liver Shrinkage Diet (644 KB)

pdf Pre-operative Pregnancy Testing (515 KB)

pdf Prepuceplasty - Information for parents (510 KB)

pdf Prepucioplasty (child) (712 KB)

pdf Pressure Ulcer Prevention (501 KB)

pdf Prevention of Thromboembolism - Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) and Pulmonary Embolism (PE) (616 KB)

pdf Prone lying - Information on why we lie a patient on their front (602 KB)

pdf Property Cleaning Advice (441 KB)

pdf Pulmonary Nodules (375 KB)

pdf Pulmonary Rehabilitation Guide - Worcestershire COPD Team (690 KB)

pdf Punch Biopsy - Your colposcopy procedure (621 KB)
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pdf Radial Head/ Radial Neck Fractures (706 KB)

pdf Radical cystectomy (in men) with formation of an ileal conduit (789 KB)

pdf Radical cystectomy (in women) with formation of an ileal conduit (786 KB)

pdf Radical Prostatectomy with bilateral lymph node dissection (766 KB)

pdf Radiotherapy for Lymphoma (588 KB)

pdf Radiotherapy to the Anal/ Rectal area (733 KB)

pdf Radiotherapy to the Brain (588 KB)

pdf Radiotherapy to the Breast, Chest wall and Lymph Nodes (682 KB)

pdf Radiotherapy to the Chest/ Lung area (575 KB)

pdf Radiotherapy to the Head and Neck area (756 KB)

pdf Radiotherapy to the Oesophagus (568 KB)

pdf Radiotherapy to the Skin (577 KB)

pdf Radiotherapy Treatment at the Worcestershire Oncology Centre (1.17 MB)

pdf Radiotherapy Treatment at the Worcestershire Oncology Centre- Easy read (1.18 MB)

pdf Release of Excess Tension in the Vocal Tract (615 KB)

pdf Removal of epididymal cyst (748 KB)

pdf Renal Biopsy (642 KB)

pdf Repair of hydrocele (749 KB)

pdf Renal Dietary Advice & Tips for helping you enjoy Festive Foods during the Christmas Period (748 KB)

pdf Repair of an umbilical hernia (child) (712 KB)

pdf ReSPECT information leaflet - Hereford and Worcestershire Clinical Commissioning Group (701 KB)

pdf Respiratory Dysphagia (572 KB)

pdf Reviewing your Cervical Screening History (620 KB)

pdf REZUM (Steam Ablation) treatment for Benign Prostate enlargement (860 KB)

pdf Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy (RALP) (1.00 MB)

pdf Rotator Cuff Repair - Advice and Exercises (779 KB)

pdf Routine EEG (550 KB)
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pdf SABR to the Chest/ Lung Area - Radiotherapy (658 KB)

pdf SABR for Bone and Nodal Oligometastases (586 KB)

pdf Safety information for patients using walking frame (617 KB)

pdf Safety Information for Patients using Elbow Crutches (458 KB)

pdf Safety Information for Patients using Forearm Gutter Crutches (459 KB)

pdf Safety Information for Patients Using Sticks (457 KB)

pdf Scar Tissue Management (542 KB)

pdf Screening for ROP (716 KB)

pdf Self-directed Rehabilitation and Information pack (1.12 MB)

pdf Semi-permanent Micro Pigmentation of Nipple/Areola Complex and after care advice (641 KB)

pdf Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy (SLNB) (655 KB)

pdf Short Synacthen Test (347 KB)

pdf Shoulder and Neck Relaxation Exercises (509 KB)

pdf Shoulder Dislocation (762 KB)

pdf Shoulder Injury (644 KB)

pdf Shoulder Surface Replacement (848 KB)

pdf Simple Lymphatic Drainage (SLD) (704 KB)

pdf Skin Traction (635 KB)

pdf Sleep Hygiene (460 KB)

pdf Somatosensory evoked potential (521 KB)

pdf Sore or dry mouth (537 KB)

pdf Splinting service - Occupational Therapy (525 KB)

pdf Steps and stairs using crutches or sticks (553 KB)

pdf Strength and balance exercise programme (933 KB)

pdf Stress Echocardiography (638 KB)

pdf Stretching Exercises - Physiotherapy (948 KB)

pdf Stretching Exercises with assistance - Physiotherapy (1.10 MB)

pdf Student Coaching In Practice (SCIP) (640 KB)

pdf Subacromial Decompression - Advice and Exercises (757 KB)

pdf Subcutaneous Immunotherapy (541 KB)

pdf Sublingual Immunotherapy (538 KB)

pdf Supervised feed test - Paediatrics (633 KB)

pdf Supported Home-Based Exercise Programme for Intermittent Claudication (1.21 MB)

pdf Supported Home-Based Exercise Programme Diary (1.01 MB)

pdf Supporting your baby's development less than 26 weeks (610 KB)

pdf Supporting your baby's development 26-28 weeks (610 KB)

pdf Supporting your baby's development 28-30 weeks (610 KB)

pdf Supporting your baby's development 30-32 weeks (611 KB)

pdf Supporting your baby's development 32-36 weeks (614 KB)

pdf Surgical Management of Miscarriage (674 KB)

pdf Survivorship Programme- Follow Up for Patients who have received curative treatment for Prostate Cancer (517 KB)

pdf Swallow and Lymphoedema Exercises (838 KB)

pdf Swallowing Exercises (835 KB)

pdf Swallowing Strategies (538 KB)
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pdf Talc Pleurodesis (378 KB)

pdf Taping (532 KB)

pdf Taste for Pleasure (587 KB)

pdf TB Service Home Isolation policy (449 KB)

pdf Testosterone for Postmenopausal Women (614 KB)

pdf The Virtual Functional Restoration Programme (602 KB)

pdf Therapeutic mammoplasty (717 KB)

pdf Therapy Advice when Non-Weight Bearing (943 KB)

pdf Therapy to help sensations to the skin feel more normal (556 KB)

pdf Total Hip Replacement (1.01 MB)

pdf Total Knee Replacement (1022 KB)

pdf Totally Implanted Central Venous Access Device (Port-a-Cath) (635 KB)

pdf Transrectal Ultrasound Scan and Biopsy (532 KB)

pdf Transrectal Ultrasound Scan and Biopsy of Prostate (1.05 MB)

pdf Trans Urethral resection Bladder Tumour (TURBT) (751 KB)

pdf Trans Urethral resection of the prostate (TURP) (939 KB)

pdf Treatment for MRSA and MSSA (548 KB)

pdf Treatment options for kidney failure (492 KB)

pdf Tuberculosis (TB) (556 KB)
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pdf Ultrasound Guided Percutaneous Biopsy (537 KB)

pdf Unexplained Injuries - Information for parents/carers (610 KB)

pdf Unicompartmental Knee replacement (UKR) (976 KB)

pdf Upper Lid Ptosis Surgery (517 KB)

pdf Upper limb exercise (751 KB)

pdf Ureteroscopic stone removal (740 KB)

pdf Use of Probiotics in Preterm Infants (513 KB)

pdf Useful Links (491 KB)

pdf Using AOT (Ambulatory Oxygen Therapy) (518 KB)

pdf Using LTOT (Long term Oxygen Therapy) (547 KB)

pdf Using the cough assist (565 KB)

pdf Using your Acapella (601 KB)

pdf Using your aerobika (623 KB)

pdf Using your cornet (562 KB)

pdf Uterine Artery Embolisation (Fibroid Embolisation) (552 KB)
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pdf Vaginal Dilators - Radiotherapy (627 KB)

pdf Vascular Access Device (VAD) Passport (1.23 MB)

pdf Vasectomy (862 KB)

pdf Vegetarian healthy eating for children (726 KB)

pdf Virtual Fracture Clinic (VFC) (679 KB)

pdf The Virtual Functional Restoration Programme (602 KB)

pdf Visual evoked potential and ERG (536 KB)
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pdf Welcome to self-managed follow-up (Breast Care unit) (534 KB)

pdf Welcome to self managed follow up - Colorectal Information for patients, relatives and carers (620 KB)

pdf Welcome to the Neonatal Unit (456 KB)

pdf What is Trismus? (554 KB)

pdf What is Videofluoroscopy? (560 KB)

pdf What fluids are available in hospital after Bariatric surgery (614 KB)

pdf Wheat free diet (779 KB)

pdf Wheelchair Hire in Worcestershire (523 KB)

pdf Wide Local Excision (717 KB)

pdf Worcestershire Neonatal Outreach Service (528 KB)

pdf Wrist Fracture (646 KB)
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pdf You and Your Fertility Journey (871 KB)

pdf Your radiology examination and you (420 KB)

pdf Your wound after a Skin Biopsy (515 KB)

pdf Your wound after Cautery (510 KB)

pdf Your wound after Cryotherapy (513 KB)

pdf Your wound after Minor Surgery (515 KB)
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pdf 2 Week Wait Bowel Cancer Telephone Assessment Pathway (661 KB)

pdf 24 hour urine collection (527 KB)

pdf 24 hour urine collection for 5HIAA (530 KB)

pdf 5th Metatarsal Fractures (614 KB)

Patient Information Leaflets by Department

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Accident and Emergency
pdf Emergency Department (ED) - Worcestershire Royal Hospital (563 KB)

pdf Lumbar Puncture - Post Procedure Advice (610 KB)

pdf Alcohol Dependence (629 KB)
Anaesthetics
pdf Acute Pain leaflet (and Patient Satisfaction Questions) (603 KB)

pdf Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing (CPET) (514 KB)

pdf Chronic Pain : what is it? (399 KB)

pdf Discharge Information for Patients Going Home with Opioid Medication for acute pain relief (645 KB)

pdf Facet Joint Denervation (397 KB)

pdf Lidocaine infusion - information for patients (522 KB)

pdf Lumbar Nerve Root Block injection (397 KB)

pdf Medial Branch Block Injections for Facet Joint pain (394 KB)

pdf Persistent pain self-management clinic (631 KB)
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Blood Transfusion
pdf Advice for Patients following Blood Transfusion (615 KB)
Breast Care
pdf Autologous fat transfer (620 KB)

pdf Breast Form / Prosthesis (516 KB)

pdf Semi-permanent Micro Pigmentation of Nipple/Areola Complex and after care advice (641 KB)

pdf Simple Lymphatic Drainage (SLD) (704 KB)

pdf Welcome to self-managed follow-up (Breast Care unit) (534 KB)
C

Cancer services and Oncology
pdf Cancer Psychology service (485 KB)

pdf How to take the Medications that you have been given along with your Chemotherapy (636 KB)

pdf Survivorship Programme- Follow Up for Patients who have received curative treatment for Prostate Cancer (517 KB)
Cardiology
pdf Advice after cardiac catheterisation (529 KB)

pdf Advice after coronary angioplasty (627 KB)

pdf Atrial Fibrillation ablation information sheet (683 KB)

pdf Atrioventricular (AV) Node Ablation (662 KB)

pdf Bubble Echocardiogram (675 KB)

pdf Cardiac Catheterisation and coronary angiography (545 KB)

pdf Cardioversion (566 KB)

pdf Contrast Echocardiography (635 KB)

pdf Coronary Angioplasty (558 KB)

Echocardiogram

pdf Electrophysiological studies and Catheter Ablation (380 KB)

pdf Electrophysiological Study and Atrial Flutter Ablation (669 KB)

pdf Electrophysiological Study and Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT) Ablation (669 KB)

pdf Heart Failure Nurse Service (525 KB)

pdf Implantable Loop Recorder (ILR) (647 KB)

pdf Implantable Loop Recorder (ILR) Removal (606 KB)

pdf Stress Echocardiography (638 KB)
Colorectal
pdf Welcome to self managed follow up - Colorectal Information for patients, relatives and carers (620 KB)
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Day Case
pdf Having an operation - Information for patients awaiting surgery at Kidderminster Treatment Centre (534 KB)
Dermatology
pdf Efudix Treatment at the Alex (510 KB)

pdf Melanoma (524 KB)

pdf Personal Information Record - Worcestershire Skin Cancer Team (670 KB)

pdf Your wound after a Skin Biopsy (515 KB)

pdf Your wound after Cautery (510 KB)

pdf Your wound after Cryotherapy (513 KB)

pdf Your wound after Minor Surgery (515 KB)
Diabetes and Endocrinology
pdf Adrenal Insufficiency Sick Day Rule Information- Information for patients on long-term steroid hormone replacement therapy (467 KB)

pdf Carbohydrate awareness for people with diabetes (509 KB)

pdf Exercise and type 1 diabetes (433 KB)

pdf Hydrocortisone Injection - How to give an Emergency Intramuscular Injection of Hydrocortisone for Adrenal Crisis (886 KB)

pdf Short Synacthen Test (347 KB)
E

Endocrinology
pdf Adrenal Insufficiency Sick Day Rule Information- Information for patients on long-term steroid hormone replacement therapy (467 KB)

pdf Hydrocortisone Injection - How to give an Emergency Intramuscular Injection of Hydrocortisone for Adrenal Crisis (886 KB)

pdf Short Synacthen Test (347 KB)
Endoscopy
pdf 2 Week Wait Bowel Cancer Telephone Assessment Pathway (661 KB)

pdf Bronchoscopy with sedation (624 KB)

pdf Bronchoscopy without sedation (608 KB)

pdf Colonoscopy (589 KB)

pdf Colonoscopy bowel preparation Instructions for Senna tablets and two sachets of Citrafleet (609 KB)

pdf Colonoscopy or flexible sigmoidoscopy (628 KB)

pdf Combined Gastroscopy and Colonoscopy/Flexible Sigmoidoscopy (628 KB)

pdf Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) (805 KB)

pdf ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio-Pancreatography) (589 KB)

pdf ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio-Pancreatography) with sedation (582 KB)

pdf Flexible Sigmoidoscopy (with enema) (591 KB)

pdf Gastroscopy and colonoscopy (591 KB)

pdf Gastroscopy procedure (623 KB)

pdf Gastroscopy with or without biopsy (689 KB)

pdf How to take Moviprep Bowel Prep (878 KB)

pdf How to take Plenvu Bowel Prep (1006 KB)

pdf Inserting a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube (756 KB)

pdf Low fibre diet (527 KB)

pdf Oesophageal dilatation (486 KB)
ENT
pdf Cholesteatoma and Combined Approach Tympanoplasty (774 KB)
F

Falls
pdf Falls Prevention in Hospital (626 KB)

pdf Postural Hypotension (430 KB)
G

General Surgery
pdf Axillary Node Dissection/ Clearance (703 KB)

pdf Birch Unit Discharge Following Biopsy (531 KB)

pdf Birch Unit Discharge Following Perkustay/ Pleurex Drain (532 KB)

pdf Enhanced Recovery Programme booklet - Colorectal (577 KB)

pdf Guidelines on vitamin and mineral supplementation after gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy (629 KB)

pdf Latissimus Dorsi Breast Reconstruction (LD Flap) (675 KB)

pdf Localised (Image Guided) Excision Biopsy (614 KB)

pdf Localised (Image Guided) Wide Local Excision (707 KB)

pdf Major duct excision (706 KB)

pdf Mastectomy (703 KB)

pdf Mastectomy with Implant Based Breast Reconstruction (667 KB)

pdf Mastopexy or breast reduction (573 KB)

pdf Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy (SLNB) (655 KB)

pdf Therapeutic mammoplasty (717 KB)

pdf Wide Local Excision (717 KB)
Geriatric Medicine & Elderly Care
pdf Delirium (55 KB)
Gynaecology
pdf Administration of Anti D following bleeding in early pregnancy (617 KB)

pdf Advice and exercises following Major Gynaecological Surgery (1019 KB)

pdf Cautery to the Cervix - Your colposcopy procedure (621 KB)

pdf Cervical Polyp - Your colposcopy procedure (625 KB)

pdf Colposcopy (668 KB)

pdf Colposcopy Information and HPV (Human Papilloma virus) (588 KB)

pdf Colposcopy Service - Treatment (623 KB)

pdf Conservative Management Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia Grade 2 (CIN2) (631 KB)

pdf Cryotherapy of the Cervix - Your colposcopy procedure (622 KB)

pdf Diet and Endometriosis (799 KB)

pdf Discharge Advice Following your Surgery - Gynaecology (490 KB)

pdf Early Pregnancy Assessment Unit (EPAU) (509 KB)

pdf Emergency Gynaecology Assessment Unit (EGAU) (449 KB)

pdf Endometrial Cancer - Patient Centred Follow Up (PCFU) (624 KB)

pdf Endometrial hyperplasia without atypia (655 KB)

pdf Endometriosis (598 KB)

pdf Endometriosis: deep disease (614 KB)

pdf Enhanced Recovery Programme - Gynaecology (568 KB)

pdf Expectant Management Following Miscarriage (644 KB)

pdf GnRH Analogues (688 KB)

pdf Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer - Genetic Testing (619 KB)

pdf HPV (Human Papilloma virus) - Colposcopy (623 KB)

pdf Insertion and Removal of a Vaginal Pessary (568 KB)

pdf Laparoscopic Hysterectomy - Same Day Discharge Surgery (738 KB)

pdf Loop Diathermy of the Cervix (LLETZ) - Your colposcopy procedure (625 KB)

pdf Low residue diet - Gynaecology (536 KB)

pdf Management of Ectopic Pregnancy (764 KB)

pdf Medical Management of 1st Trimester Miscarriage (672 KB)

pdf Miscarriage - what happens next? (549 KB)

pdf Outpatient Hysteroscopy (753 KB)

pdf Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome (OHSS) (619 KB)

pdf Polyp or Fibroid removal under Local Anaesthetic via Myosure Hysteroscopy (625 KB)

pdf Post Botox Bladder Injections (606 KB)

pdf Pregnancy of Unknown Location (617 KB)

pdf Preoperative Pregnancy Testing (515 KB)

pdf Punch Biopsy - Your colposcopy procedure (621 KB)

pdf Reviewing your Cervical Screening History (620 KB)

pdf Surgical Management of Miscarriage (674 KB)

pdf Testosterone for Postmenopausal Women (614 KB)

pdf You and Your Fertility Journey (871 KB)
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Haematology
pdf Going Home after an Autologous Stem Cell Transplant (647 KB)

pdf Totally Implanted Central Venous Access Device (Port-a-Cath) (635 KB)
I

Infection Control
pdf Cleanliness and Preventing Infection (905 KB)

pdf Clostridium Difficile (C.diff) (609 KB)

pdf NTM - Patient Information for patients with Non-Tuberculous Mycobacterium Infections (NTM) (548 KB)

pdf TB Service Home Isolation policy (449 KB)

pdf Treatment for MRSA and MSSA (548 KB)

pdf Tuberculosis (TB) (556 KB)
Intensive Care
pdf Intensive care unit (416 KB)

pdf Moving on from the Intensive Care Unit (419 KB)
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Medicines
pdf Medicines derived from animal products (533 KB)
N

Neonatal
pdf Babies who may be at risk of Group B Streptococcus infection (551 KB)

pdf Going home on Oxygen (623 KB)

pdf Going Home - Nasogastric tube feeding (627 KB)

pdf Keeping your baby warm at home (536 KB)

pdf Nasogastric (NG) Tubes For Neonates (617 KB)

pdf Neontal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) (723 KB)

pdf Screening for ROP (716 KB)

pdf Supporting your baby's development less than 26 weeks (610 KB)

pdf Supporting your baby's development 26-28 weeks (610 KB)

pdf Supporting your baby's development 28-30 weeks (610 KB)

pdf Supporting your baby's development 30-32 weeks (611 KB)

pdf Supporting your baby's development 32-36 weeks (614 KB)

pdf Welcome to the Neonatal Unit (456 KB)

pdf Worcestershire Neonatal Outreach Service (528 KB)
Neurophysiology
pdf Ambulatory EEG (537 KB)

pdf EEG (Electroencephalogram) easy read (635 KB)

pdf Full sleep deprived EEG (537 KB)

pdf Melatonin sleep EEG (3 years old and under) (538 KB)

pdf Melatonin sleep EEG (3 years old and over) (537 KB)

pdf Multiple sleep latency test (537 KB)

pdf Nerve conduction studies and EMG (537 KB)

pdf Routine EEG (550 KB)

pdf Somatosensory evoked potential (521 KB)

pdf Visual evoked potential and ERG (536 KB)
Nursing
pdf Alcohol and smoking advice (709 KB)

pdf Student Coaching In Practice (SCIP) (640 KB)
Nutrition and Dietetics
pdf Activity (515 KB)

pdf A Guide to Diet and Chronic Kidney Disease (655 KB)

pdf Coeliac Disease - A Gluten Free Diet (1.10 MB)

pdf Coping with nausea and sickness (546 KB)

pdf Eating when it is more difficult (814 KB)

pdf Emotional Eating (478 KB)

pdf Fluid Balance in Kidney Disease (632 KB)

pdf Healthier Takeaways / Convenience Foods (476 KB)

pdf Healthy eating for weight control in young people (777 KB)

pdf Helping your child eat better (771 KB)

pdf High Fibre Diet (805 KB)

pdf High fibre diet for children (816 KB)

pdf High Protein and High Energy diet for children (855 KB)

pdf Iron in your child's diet - Advice for increasing iron rich food in your child’s diet (705 KB)

pdf Low Phosphate Diet for Chronic Kidney Disease (773 KB)

pdf Mental Wellbeing (593 KB)

pdf Mindful Eating (461 KB)

pdf Renal Dietary Advice & Tips for helping you enjoy Festive Foods during the Christmas Period (748 KB)

pdf Sleep Hygiene (460 KB)

pdf Sore or dry mouth (537 KB)

pdf Useful Links (491 KB)

pdf Vegetarian healthy eating for children (726 KB)

pdf Wheat free diet (779 KB)
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Occupational therapy
pdf Brain Injury information - for relatives/carers (675 KB)

pdf Desensitisation – home programme (673 KB)

pdf Dupuytren's Contracture Surgery (619 KB)

pdf Extensor tendon repair zone III-IV (656 KB)

pdf Getting about with your wheelchair (706 KB)

pdf How to fit your raised toilet seat (368 KB)

pdf How to fit your toilet frame (383 KB)

pdf How to fit your toilet frame seat (378 KB)

pdf How to use your back rest (628 KB)

pdf How to use your metal kitchen trolley (351 KB)

pdf How to use your perching stool (356 KB)

pdf Local suppliers of daily living equipment - Occupational Therapy (551 KB)

pdf Scar Tissue Management (542 KB)

pdf Splinting service - Occupational Therapy (525 KB)

pdf Wheelchair Hire in Worcestershire (523 KB)
Ophthalmology
pdf Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and Eye Injections (759 KB)

pdf Botulinum Toxin Injections for Blepharospasm (517 KB)

pdf Digital Medical Retina - Diagnostic Clinic (DMRD Clinic) (534 KB)

pdf Direct Brow Lift Operation (Correction of Brow Ptosis) (530 KB)

pdf Ethambutol and risk of optic nerve damage (634 KB)

pdf Fluorescein Angiography (516 KB)

pdf Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) Affecting Vision – Information for Patients Attending the Acute Eye Clinic at Kidderminster Treatment Centre (690 KB)

pdf Glaucoma Data Capture Clinic (GDCC) (611 KB)

pdf Miss Sen - For Patients of Miss Sen Following Surgery to the Eyelids, Eyebrows or Face near the Eyes (515 KB)

pdf Mr Edmunds eyelid surgery (507 KB)

pdf Upper Lid Ptosis Surgery (517 KB)
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Paediatrics
pdf Adenoidectomy - Information for parents (511 KB)

pdf After your antibiotic drug challenge (532 KB)

pdf Asthma/ Wheeze Management Plan - Paediatrics (813 KB)

pdf Blood monitoring and Carbohydrate diary - for patients on insulin (729 KB)

pdf Chaperones and Children (372 KB)

pdf Circumcision (child) (713 KB)

pdf Claiming travel costs whilst your baby is in hospital (612 KB)

pdf Dental Extractions Advice - Information for parents (510 KB)

pdf Discharge advice following positive oral food challenge or supervised feed (534 KB)

pdf Discharge advice following negative oral food challenge or supervised feed (620 KB)

pdf Drug Challenge Test (628 KB)

pdf Egg desensitisation (656 KB)

pdf Emergency Treatment of Food Protein induced Enterocolitis (FPIES) Reactions (526 KB)

pdf Eye surgery - Information for parents (511 KB)

pdf Food challenge test (623 KB)

pdf Food Challenge - Infant and Young Children (630 KB)

pdf Food Challenge - Young Person (708 KB)

pdf Healthy weight advice (517 KB)

pdf Home baked milk introduction (640 KB)

pdf Hydrocele - Information for parents (509 KB)

pdf Hypoglycaemia - initial advice on how to treat low blood glucose levels (687 KB)

pdf Information on Cystic Fibrosis for Schools (666 KB)

pdf Inguinal/ herniotomy/ hydrocoele ligation (712 KB)

pdf Initial dietary advice for children and young people with diabetes (686 KB)

pdf Insulin dose adjustment (1011 KB)

pdf Introducing Nuts at Home - A Guide for Parents (629 KB)

pdf MRI scan under oral sedation (654 KB)

pdf Myringotomy and Grommets - Information for parents (599 KB)

pdf Nasogastric (NG) Tubes For Paediatrics (535 KB)

pdf Omalizumab for Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria - Paediatrics (635 KB)

pdf Oral Allergy Syndrome (692 KB)

pdf Oral food challenge - Paediatrics (624 KB)

pdf Oral rehydration salts (659 KB)

pdf Orchidopexy - Information for parents (510 KB)

pdf Paediatric clinical psychology and diabetes (824 KB)

pdf Paediatric diabetes - Carbohydrate counting reference tables (1.23 MB)

pdf Paediatric diabetes - Dietary advice for carbohydrate estimation (1.26 MB)

pdf Paediatric diabetes - Dietary advice household measures (665 KB)

pdf Paediatric diabetes - Dietary management of snacks (588 KB)

pdf Paediatric diabetes - Healthy Eating (986 KB)

pdf Paediatric Diabetes - Working Together for the Best Outcomes: Managing Disagreements or Conflict (452 KB)

pdf Phototherapy at Home - Information for parents/carers (639 KB)

pdf Prepuceplasty - Information for parents (510 KB)

pdf Prepucioplasty (child) (712 KB)

pdf Repair of an umbilical hernia (child) (712 KB)

pdf Subcutaneous Immunotherapy (541 KB)

pdf Sublingual Immunotherapy (538 KB)

pdf Supervised feed test - Paediatrics (633 KB)

pdf Unexplained Injuries - Information for parents/carers (610 KB)

pdf Use of Probiotics in Preterm Infants (513 KB)
Palliative care
pdf Carer's Diary (594 KB)

pdf Peony Room- Alexandra Hospital (541 KB)

pdf Peony Room (570 KB)

pdf Taste for Pleasure (587 KB)
Pathology
pdf 24 hour urine collection (527 KB)

pdf 24 hour urine collection for 5HIAA (530 KB)
Patient Experience
pdf Comments, Compliments, Concerns & Complaints (533 KB)

pdf Comments, Compliments and Complaints (How are we doing?) - easy read (1.61 MB)
Pharmacy
pdf Medicines derived from animal products (533 KB)
Physiotherapy
pdf Achilles Tendon Rupture - Management and Rehabilitation (930 KB)

pdf Active cycle of breathing techniques (ACBT) (625 KB)

pdf Acupuncture for musculoskeletal pain (528 KB)

pdf Adult Oral Suction (Yankeur/ soft catheter) (691 KB)

pdf Advanced hip exercises (716 KB)

pdf Advice and exercises following neck dissection/ major head and neck surgery (560 KB)

pdf Advice and exercises for Microfracture of the knee (762 KB)

pdf Advice following toe operations (479 KB)

pdf Advice for Managing Spinal Braces in the Community (446 KB)

pdf Advice for Patients with hand pain and stiffness (612 KB)

pdf Ankle Fracture (645 KB)

pdf Ankle Sprain (602 KB)

pdf Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Reconstruction Post-operative Physiotherapy Advice and Rehabilitation (744 KB)

pdf Autogenic drainage (538 KB)

pdf Breathing pattern disorder (535 KB)

pdf Bronchiectasis in Adults (480 KB)

pdf Bronchiectasis in Children (531 KB)

pdf Bubble PEP - adults (647 KB)

pdf Bubble PEP - Children (561 KB)

pdf Cauda Equina Syndrome (560 KB)

pdf Chest Clearance - Adults (679 KB)

pdf Chest Clearance - Paediatrics (706 KB)

pdf Core Stability 1 - Physiotherapy (703 KB)

pdf Core Stability 2 - Physiotherapy (775 KB)

pdf Exercises after Knee Surgery (628 KB)

pdf Exercises after your Hip Operation (724 KB)

pdf Fitting a Spinal Brace - TLSO (633 KB)

pdf Fitting Spinal Brace - Jewett TLSO (665 KB)

pdf Flexor Tendon Repair (576 KB)

pdf Flexor Tendon Repair to the Thumb (557 KB)

pdf Following a higher chance combined screening or quad result (452 KB)

pdf Following hip fractures - Information for patients (1.01 MB)

pdf Functional restoration programme (517 KB)

pdf Hip Abduction Brace (1.04 MB)

pdf Hydrotherapy - arm exercises (681 KB)

pdf Hydrotherapy exercise sheet - Back/ Core (801 KB)

pdf Hydrotherapy - leg exercises (759 KB)

pdf Knee Range of Movement Brace (769 KB)

pdf Lower Limb Strengthening Exercises (772 KB)

pdf Lung Volume Recruitment (LVR) bag (554 KB)

pdf Manipulation Under Anaesthetic (MUA) of your Knee (626 KB)

pdf Manipulation Under Anaesthetic (MUA) of your Shoulder/Capsular Release of your Shoulder (714 KB)

pdf Multiple Sclerosis - Exercises and Advice (903 KB)

pdf Non-invasive Ventilation for use at home (474 KB)

pdf Non-invasive Ventilation (NIV) Information for patients and visitors (653 KB)

pdf Non surgical Management of Ruptured Achilles Tendon (735 KB)

pdf Paediatric Suction (Yankeur/ soft catheter - OP or NP) (700 KB)

pdf Pain Management Programme (628 KB)

pdf Parkinson's Disease - Exercises and Advice (1016 KB)

pdf Physiotherapy advice following abdominal surgery (544 KB)

pdf Physiotherapy Advice and Exercises following Rib Fractures (740 KB)

pdf Physiotherapy Outpatient Services (364 KB)

pdf Plantar Fasciitis - advice and exercises for patients (696 KB)

pdf Polysling (816 KB)

pdf Postnatal Exercises and Advice (1.28 MB)

pdf Postural (Orthostatic) Hypotension and your Abdominal Binder (731 KB)

pdf Rotator Cuff Repair - Advice and Exercises (779 KB)

pdf Safety information for patients using walking frame (617 KB)

pdf Safety Information for Patients using Elbow Crutches (458 KB)

pdf Safety Information for Patients using Forearm Gutter Crutches (459 KB)

pdf Safety Information for Patients Using Sticks (457 KB)

pdf Self-directed Rehabilitation and Information pack (1.12 MB)

pdf Shoulder Dislocation (762 KB)

pdf Shoulder Injury (644 KB)

pdf Shoulder Surface Replacement (848 KB)

pdf Steps and stairs using crutches or sticks (553 KB)

pdf Strength and balance exercise programme (933 KB)

pdf Stretching Exercises - Physiotherapy (948 KB)

pdf Stretching Exercises with assistance - Physiotherapy (1.10 MB)

pdf Subacromial Decompression - Advice and Exercises (757 KB)

pdf Taping (532 KB)

pdf The Virtual Functional Restoration Programme (602 KB)

pdf Therapy Advice when Non-Weight Bearing (943 KB)

pdf Therapy to help sensations to the skin feel more normal (556 KB)

pdf Upper limb exercise (751 KB)

pdf Using the cough assist (565 KB)

pdf Using your Acapella (601 KB)

pdf Using your aerobika (623 KB)

pdf Using your cornet (562 KB)

pdf Wrist Fracture (646 KB)
Post-op management folowing Bariatric Surgery
pdf Bariatric surgery - What I need to know (744 KB)

pdf Discharge post bariatric surgery (642 KB)

pdf What fluids are available in hospital after Bariatric surgery (614 KB)
Pre-op Assessment
pdf Birch Unit Discharge Following Surgery (625 KB)

pdf Pre-operative liver reduction diet plan (669 KB)

pdf Pre-operative Liver Shrinkage Diet (644 KB)

pdf Day Surgery Patient Discharge Information (489 KB)
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Radiology
pdf Angioplasty and Stenting (489 KB)

pdf Birch Unit Discharge Following Biopsy (531 KB)

pdf Birch Unit Discharge Following Perkustay/ Pleurex Drain (532 KB)

pdf Bone Biopsy Under CT Guidance (472 KB)

pdf EBUS Ultrasound (557 KB)

pdf Having an X-RAY - Information for children and adults with learning disabilities (1.08 MB)

pdf Lung Ablation (478 KB)

pdf Paracentesis of Ascites (527 KB)

pdf Percutaneous Aspiration of Abscess (CT guided) (529 KB)

pdf Percutaneous Biopsy of Abdomen (CT guided) (541 KB)

pdf Percutaneous Biopsy of Abnormal Abdominal Lump (CT guided) (697 KB)

pdf Percutaneous Biopsy of Lung (CT guided) (715 KB)

pdf Percutaneous Drainage of Abscess (CT guided) (710 KB)

pdf Percutaneous Drainage of Abscess (Ultrasound guided) (523 KB)

pdf Percutaneous Liver Biopsy (CT guided) (698 KB)

pdf Percutaneous Liver Biopsy (Ultrasound guided) (521 KB)

pdf Percutaneous Nephrostomy (476 KB)

pdf Transrectal Ultrasound Scan and Biopsy (532 KB)

pdf Ultrasound Guided Percutaneous Biopsy (537 KB)

pdf Uterine Artery Embolisation (Fibroid Embolisation) (552 KB)

pdf Your radiology examination and you (420 KB)
Radiotherapy
pdf Breath Hold - Radiotherapy (604 KB)

pdf Mould Room - Head and Neck (614 KB)

pdf Patients having Radiotherapy who also have an Implantable Electronic Device e.g. Pacemaker (571 KB)

pdf Pelvic floor exercises for women (584 KB)

pdf Radiotherapy for Lymphoma (588 KB)

pdf Radiotherapy to the Anal/ Rectal area (733 KB)

pdf Radiotherapy to the Brain (588 KB)

pdf Radiotherapy to the Breast, Chest wall and Lymph Nodes (682 KB)

pdf Radiotherapy to the Chest/ Lung area (575 KB)

pdf Radiotherapy to the Head and Neck area (756 KB)

pdf Radiotherapy to the Oesophagus (568 KB)

pdf Radiotherapy to the Skin (577 KB)

pdf Radiotherapy Treatment at the Worcestershire Oncology Centre (1.17 MB)

pdf Radiotherapy Treatment at the Worcestershire Oncology Centre- Easy read (1.18 MB)

pdf SABR to the Chest/ Lung Area - Radiotherapy (658 KB)

pdf SABR for Bone and Nodal Oligometastases (586 KB)

pdf Swallow and Lymphoedema Exercises (838 KB)

pdf Vaginal Dilators - Radiotherapy (627 KB)
Renal
pdf Renal Biopsy (642 KB)

pdf Treatment options for kidney failure (492 KB)
Respiratory
pdf Going Home from hospital with Oxygen (546 KB)

pdf Indwelling Pleural Catheter Removal (621 KB)

pdf Intrapleural tPA+DNase (625 KB)

pdf Percutaneous biopsy of pleura (ultrasound guided) (651 KB)

pdf Prone lying - Information on why we lie a patient on their front (602 KB)

pdf Pulmonary Nodules (375 KB)

pdf Pulmonary Rehabilitation Guide - Worcestershire COPD Team (690 KB)

pdf Talc Pleurodesis (378 KB)

pdf Using AOT (Ambulatory Oxygen Therapy) (518 KB)

pdf Using LTOT (Long term Oxygen Therapy) (547 KB)
Resuscitation
pdf ReSPECT information leaflet - Hereford and Worcestershire Clinical Commissioning Group (701 KB)
Rheumatology
pdf Disease Modifying Anti Rheumatic Drugs (DMARDS) and Blood Test Monitoring Explained (534 KB)

pdf How to Manage a Flare of Inflammatory Arthritis (541 KB)

pdf Patient Initiated Follow Up (PIFU) - Department of Rheumatology (598 KB)

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Speech and Language therapy
pdf Abdominal Breathing Practice (515 KB)

pdf Aphasia (629 KB)

pdf Dysarthria (629 KB)

pdf Electrolarynx Training Programme (529 KB)

pdf Exercises for Bowed Vocal Cords (527 KB)

pdf Expiratory Muscle Strength Training (662 KB)

pdf Feeding at Risk (Eating and Drinking with Acknowledged Risks) (629 KB)

pdf Ingressive Phonation (511 KB)

pdf Mindful Exercises (531 KB)

pdf Oesophageal Voice: How to do it (518 KB)

pdf Release of Excess Tension in the Vocal Tract (615 KB)

pdf Respiratory Dysphagia (572 KB)

pdf Shoulder and Neck Relaxation Exercises (509 KB)

pdf Swallowing Exercises (835 KB)

pdf Swallowing Strategies (538 KB)

pdf What is Trismus? (554 KB)

pdf What is Videofluoroscopy? (560 KB)
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Trauma and Orthopaedics
pdf Care of your Collar (705 KB)

pdf Corticosteroid Injection (540 KB)

pdf Knee Arthroscopy (700 KB)

pdf Knee Aspiration (628 KB)

pdf Mallet Finger Injury (603 KB)

pdf Midline Insertion (656 KB)

pdf Pin Site Care (732 KB)

pdf Plastercast Care (533 KB)

pdf Radial Head/ Radial Neck Fractures (706 KB)

pdf Skin Traction (635 KB)

pdf Total Hip Replacement (1.01 MB)

pdf Total Knee Replacement (1022 KB)

pdf Unicompartmental Knee replacement (UKR) (976 KB)

pdf Virtual Fracture Clinic (VFC) (679 KB)

pdf 5th Metatarsal Fractures (614 KB)
Tissue Viability
pdf Pressure Ulcer Prevention (501 KB)
Trustwide
pdf Being Open and the Duty of Candour (621 KB)

pdf Bereavement information for family and/or next of kin during COVID-19 (462 KB)

pdf Property Cleaning Advice (441 KB)
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Urology
pdf Bladder Neck Incision (BNI) (750 KB)

pdf Circumcision (751 KB)

pdf Cystectomy and bladder reconstruction (Female) (813 KB)

pdf Cystectomy and bladder reconstruction (Male) (828 KB)

pdf Cystoscopy and Bladder Stone Crushing (Endoscopic or cystolitholapaxy) (834 KB)

pdf Diagnostic Ureteroscopy and biopsy +/- laser ablation (741 KB)

pdf Flexible cystoscopy (774 KB)

pdf Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate (HoLEP) (846 KB)

pdf Inspection of the bladder using a telescope (Rigid cystoscopy) with insertion of ureteric stent (814 KB)

pdf Inspection of the bladder with a rigid instrument (Rigid cystoscopy) +/- bladder biopsy (833 KB)

pdf Laparoscopic nephroureterectomy (keyhole removal of the whole kidney and ureter) (779 KB)

pdf Laparoscopic partial nephrectomy (keyhole removal of part of the kidney for suspected cancer) (787 KB)

pdf Laparoscopic radical nephrectomy (keyhole removal of kidney for suspected cancer) (756 KB)

pdf Laparoscopic simple nephrectomy (keyhole removal of the kidney for benign conditions) (794 KB)

pdf Optical Urethrotomy (785 KB)

pdf Radical cystectomy (in men) with formation of an ileal conduit (789 KB)

pdf Radical cystectomy (in women) with formation of an ileal conduit (786 KB)

pdf Radical Prostatectomy with bilateral lymph node dissection (766 KB)

pdf Removal of epididymal cyst (748 KB)

pdf Repair of hydrocele (749 KB)

pdf REZUM (Steam Ablation) treatment for Benign Prostate enlargement (860 KB)

pdf Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy (RALP) (1.00 MB)

pdf Transrectal Ultrasound Scan and Biopsy of Prostate (1.05 MB)

pdf Trans Urethral resection Bladder Tumour (TURBT) (751 KB)

pdf Trans Urethral resection of the prostate (TURP) (939 KB)

pdf Ureteroscopic stone removal (740 KB)

pdf Vasectomy (862 KB)
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Vascular
pdf How to use Potassium Permanganate solution soaks (448 KB)

pdf Supported Home-Based Exercise Programme for Intermittent Claudication (1.21 MB)

pdf Supported Home-Based Exercise Programme Diary (1.01 MB)

pdf Vascular Access Device (VAD) Passport (1.23 MB)
VTE
pdf Prevention of Thromboembolism - Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) and Pulmonary Embolism (PE) (616 KB)
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