Patient information leaflets
General
- pdf Your Planned Elective Surgery Booklet (1.24 MB) : general information about your stay in hospital
- Will I need a blood transfusion?: for patients who have been told they might require a blood transfusion
Anaesthetic Information
- You and Your Anaesthetic General national information about anaesthesia
- Your Spinal Anaesthetic Worth reading if are considering a “spinal” anaesthetic
- Anaesthetic Choices for Hip and Knee surgery
- Going to the High Dependency Unit or Intensive Care (ITU) Useful oversight of ‘critical care’ which may be needed after major surgery
- Risks of anaesthesia infographic National guidance on the risk of anaesthesia for an ‘average’ patient
Getting Fit before surgery
- Alcohol and Smoking Cessation advice
- Getting healthier
- Iron in your diet
- Fitter Better Sooner: general advice on preparing for surgery
- pdf Pre-operative Liver Shrinkage Diet (for some gallbladder operations) (453 KB)
Procedure Specific Advice
- pdf Total Hip Replacement (567 KB)
- pdf Trust advice leaflet on total knee replacement (672 KB)
- pdf Trust advice leaflet on Knee Arthroscopy (564 KB)
- Information for patients with lower leg immobilisation
- Advice and exercises following Major Gynaecological Surgery
- Enhanced Recovery - Gynaecology
Information about possible complications:
- Becoming confused after an anaesthetic
- pdf Trust leaflet on Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) (446 KB)
- Post operative Chest Infection: especially useful if you are a smoker or have a ‘bad chest’
- pdf Preventing Blood Clots while in Hospital (59 KB)
Covid-19:
National information about procedures produced by Royal College of Anaesthetists:
- Knee Replacement
- Preparing for Surgery – Hernia repair
- Preparing for Surgery – Hysteroscopy
- Preparing for Surgery – Cystoscopy