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Patient Information Leaflets

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Last Updated: 07 February 2023

We have collected together our patient leaflets in this section, to help you as a patient or carer know more about a wide variety of procedures, conditions and other treatments.

For more details about each specialty, please visit our A to Z of services.

 

Do not act on the content of any leaflet (from our website or another) without the advice of a trained clinician. Each leaflet has contact details to receive further help and assistance. Do contact our PALS team if you need a translation of the guidance.

 

Anticoagulation Service

  • Anticoagulant Treatment
  • Anticoagulant Treatment - Additional Information
  • Hospital Associated Thrombosis (Blood Clot)
  • Warfarin Administration Inpatient Guide

 

Attend Anywhere (Video Appointments)

  • Audiology
  • Bariatric Dietetics
  • Breast Surgery
  • Cardiology
  • Clinical Neurophysiology
  • Colorectal
  • Dermatology
  • Diabetes
  • Dietitian - General Adults
  • Dietitian - Paediatrics
  • Endocrinology
  • ENT
  • Gastro - Dietitian
  • Gastroenterology
  • Gastroenterology IBD
  • Gynaecology
  • Haematology
  • IMSK Advanced Clinical Practice
  • Maxillofacial
  • Neurology
  • Neurorehab
  • Obstetrics
  • Oncology
  • Orthodontics
  • Orthopaedics
  • Paediatrics
  • Pain Management
  • Respiratory
  • Respiratory ED
  • Rheumatology
  • SAMS
  • Stroke Psychology
  • Therapies
  • Therapies - Oxygen / NIV
  • Thyroid
  • Upper GI Surgery
  • Urology
  • Vascular Surgery

 

Audiology

  • Audiology Mould Fitting Booklet
  • Audiology Open Fitting Booklet
  • Hearing Aid Battery Centres
  • Hearing Difficulties when a Hearing Test is Normal
  • Hearing Support Volunteers
  • Your Hearing Assessment

 

Bariatric Surgery

  • Bariatric Surgery - Your Guide to our Service
  • Coping with Anxiety or Difficulties Eating after Surgery
  • Mindfulness and Mindful Eating

 

Bone Density Unit

  • A guide to tell the patient how to book an appointment and about the procedure
  • How to Book an appointment and about the procedure

 

Bradley Rehabilitation Unit

  • Aphasia Friendly Bradley Unit Guide
  • Neuro-rehabilitation

 

Breast Clinic

  • Bisphosphonates for Early Breast Cancer
  • Breast Patients discharged with Exudrain
  • Breast Patients discharged with Redivac Drain
  • Discharge from Routine Check-up Breast Clinic
  • Mastitis and Breast Abscess
  • Open Access Follow-up for Breast Cancer
  • Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy (SLNB)
  • Welcome to the Breast Clinic
  • Wire Localisation Excision

 

Cardiology

  • Advice following a Heart Attack
  • Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring - Ashford Patients
  • Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring - St Peter's Patients
  • Ambulatory ECG Monitoring - Ashford Patients
  • Ambulatory ECG Monitoring - St Peter's Patients
  • Cardiac Risk Management
  • Day Case Cardioversion
  • Electrophysiology Study and Catheter Ablation
  • Exercise Tolerance Testing
  • Heart Failure Discharge Information
  • ICDC Patient Pack
  • New Pacemaker ICD Implant
  • Omron ECG Monitor - Ashford Patients
  • Omron ECG Monitor - St Peter's Patients
  • Stress Echocardiogram
  • Trans-oesophageal Echocardiogram
  • Undergoing a Coronary Angioplast

 

Clinical Neurophysiology

  • EEG Adult
  • EEG Child
  • EEG Prolonged Recording
  • Evoked Potentials
  • Nerve Conduction Studies and EMG

 

Day Surgery Unit

  • After Your Hysteroscopy
  • Before You Go Into Hospital
  • Circumcision
  • Day Surgery Post-Operative Advice - General Surgery
  • Day Surgery Post-Operative Advice - Oral Surgery
  • Day Surgery Post-Operative Advice - Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Day Surgery Post-Operative Advice - Surgery to the Nose
  • Day Surgery Post-Operative Advice - Vascular Surgery
  • Examination under Anaesthesia (EUA) of Rectum / Anus
  • Excision of Lipoma
  • Excision of Pilonidal Sinus
  • Insertion of Grommets
  • Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
  • Laparoscopic Repair of Inguinal Hernia
  • Laparoscopy (Gynaecology)
  • Lay Open of Anal Fistula
  • Microlaryngoscopy
  • Open Reduction and Internal Fixation (ORIF) of Radius / Ulna
  • Open Repair of Inguinal Hernia
  • Panendoscopy
  • Removal of Metalworks
  • Repair of Hydrocele
  • Surgery to the Ear
  • Surgery to the Foot
  • Surgery to the Nose
  • TMJ Arthroscopy
  • Welcome to Day Surgery

 

Dermatology

  • Bath PUVA Treatment
  • Cryotherapy
  • Emollients
  • Hand and Foot Bath PUVA
  • Macmillan Clinical Nurse Specialist for Skin
  • Narrowband UVB
  • Nicotinamide B3
  • Patch Testing
  • Patient Contact Information for Skin Cancer
  • Personalised Skin Treatment Plan
  • Photo Hub, Staines
  • Photo Hub, Woking
  • Postoperative Advice
  • Pre-Op Patient Information
  • PUVA Gel Treatment

 

Diabetes / Endocrinology

Adults

  • Alcohol and Diabetes
  • Carbohydrate Counting
  • Diabetes Hot Foot Clinic
  • Diabetes in Pregnancy
  • Emotional Well-being and Diabetes
  • Exercise and Insulin
  • Healthy Eating and Gestational Diabetes
  • How to download and share your data
  • Hypoglycaemia
  • Information for starting insulin Basal-Bolus Regime
  • Information for starting once a day insulin
  • Information for starting twice a day insulin
  • Inpatient Diabetes Care
  • Instructions for Switching to Libre 2
  • Insulin Pump Therapy including Sick Day Rules
  • Sick Day Rules

 

Paediatrics

  • Access to Psychology Support
  • Annual Review Screening – Over 12s
  • Annual Review Screening – Under 12s
  • Basal Rate Testing
  • Children and Young Person's Diabetes Service
  • Food and Insulin Diary for Calculating Carbohydrate Ratios
  • Healthy Eating for Children and Young People with Type 1 Diabetes
  • Insulin Pump Bolus Options
  • Introduction to the Diabetes Transition Service
  • Knowing the Signs for Type 1 Diabetes in your Child
  • Mylife Bolus Advice App
  • Sick Day Rules: Insulin Pump Therapy
  • Sick Day Rules: Multiple Daily Injections
  • Type 2 - Blood Glucose Targets for Children and Young People
  • Type 2 - Exercise for Children and Young People
  • Type 2 - Healthy Eating for Children and Young People
  • Type 2 - Introduction Children and Young People
  • Type 2 - Metformin Children and Young People
  • Type 2 - My Diet Plan for Children and Young People

 

Dietetics

The following leaflets may be provided by your dietician depending on your treatment plan:

  • Bile Acid Malabsorption
  • Build Yourself Up
  • Common Questions and Answers for Anyone Contemplating Bariatric Surgery
  • COVID Nutrition Advice
  • Cow’s Milk Alternatives Suitable for Children from 1 years old diagnosed with Cow’s Milk Protein Allergy
  • Cow’s Milk and Soya Free Diet for Infants and Children
  • Cow’s Milk Free Diet for Infants and Children
  • Cow's Milk Protein and Egg Free Diet
  • Cow's Milk Protein and Soya Free Diet
  • Cow's Milk Protein Free Diet for Breast Feeding Mothers
  • Dementia Support with Eating and Drinking
  • Diabetes - Diet in Illness
  • Diet and Gallbladder Disease
  • Diet following Nissen Fundoplication
  • Diet for Gout
  • Dietary Advice for Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder
  • Dietary Guidelines After Bariatric Surgery
  • Dietary Management of Cow's Milk Protein Allergy in Children
  • Dietary Management of Hypoglycaemia for Infants and Children
  • Dietary Management of Reactive Hypoglycaemia
  • Eatwell Plate / Healthy eating
  • Exercise and Insulin
  • Food and Insulin Diary
  • Healthy Eating and Diabetes
  • Healthy Eating and Gestational Diabetes
  • Healthy Eating for Children and Young People with Type 1 Diabetes
  • Healthy Snack Ideas
  • Help my child gain weight on a milk free diet
  • Hiatus Hernia or Acid Reflux
  • How to gain weight for children and young people
  • Increasing dietary fibre
  • It's all about Eggs!
  • It's all about Nuts!
  • Lactose Free Diet for Adults
  • Lactose Free Diet for Children
  • Legume Allergy
  • Liquid Diet in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  • Liquid Shrinkage Diet for Bariatric Surgery
  • Low K Snack
  • Nausea Vomiting and Loss of Appetite
  • Nourishing Drinks and Puddings
  • PEG Feeding
  • Pelvic Health and Constipation Diet Sheet
  • Pelvic Health and Diarrhoea Diet Sheet
  • Pre op Chole LS Diet
  • Risk Feeding
  • Weight Management for Children and Young People
  • Wound Healing

 

Discharge to Assess

  • Hospital Discharge Information
  • Looking after family or friends after they leave hospital

 

Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT)

  • Adult Tonsillectomy
  • FESS
  • Grommets and Adenoidectomy
  • Paediatric Tonsillectomy
  • Pinnaplasty
  • Septoplasty
  • Septorhinoplasty

 

Early Pregnancy Unit

  • Bleeding and Abdominal Pain in Early Pregnancy
  • Conservative Management of Miscarriage
  • Early Pregnancy Unit
  • Ectopic Pregnancy
  • How to recover quickly from a laparoscopy
  • Manual Vacuum Aspiration for Miscarriage (MVA)
  • Outpatient Medical Management of Miscarriage
  • Pregnancy of Unknown Location (PoUL)
  • Surgical Management of Miscarriage
  • Use of Methotrexate in Ectopic Pregnancy

 

Emergency Care

  • Ambulatory Emergency Care Unit
  • Bring Back Clinic
  • Head Injury

 

Endoscopy

  • Enhanced MoviPrep for Afternoon Appointment
  • Enhanced MoviPrep for Morning Appointment
  • ERCP
  • Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
  • Having a Colonoscopy
  • Having a Gastroscopy (OGD)
  • Having an Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS)
  • Having an Oesophageal Dilatation
  • Klean-Prep for Afternoon Appointment
  • Klean-Prep for Morning Appointment
  • MoviPrep for Afternoon Appointment
  • MoviPrep for Morning Appointment
  • Oesophageal Stent
  • Picolax / Citrafleet for Afternoon Appointment
  • Picolax / Citrafleet for Morning Appointment
  • Plenvu for Afternoon Appointment
  • Plenvu for Capsule Endoscopy
  • Plenvu for Morning Appointment

 

General Medicine

  • Delirium
  • Discharge Lounge
  • Forget-me-not Scheme
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  • Think Home First
  • Welcome to the Clinical Assessment Unit (CAU)

 

General Surgery

  • A Guide to Bowel Surgery
  • Anorectal Physiology Studies
  • Antiplatelet Medication Advice in Vascular Patients
  • Bowel Preparation: Citrafleet and Picolax (AM)
  • Bowel Preparation: Citrafleet and Picolax (PM)
  • Bowel Preparation: Moviprep (AM)
  • Bowel Preparation: Moviprep (PM)
  • Bowel Preparation: Phosphate Enema (AM)
  • Bowel Preparation: Phosphate Enema (PM)
  • Emergency Laparotomy Surgery
  • Emergency Surgery Ambulatory Care (ESAC)
  • Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (Colorectal)
  • Going Home with Cholecystostomy
  • Preparing for Surgery
  • Preparing your Skin Prior to Surgery Using Chlorhexidine Gluconate Skin Cleanse
  • Preventing Surgical Wound Infection
  • Psychological Risks associated with Bariatric Surgery
  • Psychology Service in Anorectal Physiology
  • Specialist Weight Management and Bariatric Psychology Service
  • Welcome to Falcon Ward

 

Gynaecology

  • Bartholin’s Abscess or Cyst with Word Catheter
  • BMI and Infertility
  • Chronic Pelvic Pain
  • Colposcopy
  • Colposcopy and Lletz Biopsy
  • Fertility Welcome Pack
  • Follicle Tracking Scans
  • Gynaecology-Oncology Fast Track Clinic
  • How to recover quickly from a laparoscopy
  • Laparoscopic Procedures for the Treatment of Endometriosis of Pelvic Nerves and Pelvic Nerve Entrapment
  • Macmillan Clinical Nurse Specialist for Gynae-Oncology
  • Outpatient Hysteroscopy
  • Ovulation Induction with Clomiphene Treatment
  • Ovulation Induction with Letrozole Treatment
  • Pre-Operative Bowel Preparation for Gynaecological Laparoscopic Surgery
  • Removal of Polyp / Fibroid using MyoSure Device
  • Removing Temporary Ovarian Suspension Stitches
  • TCRF (Transcervical Resection of Fibroids)
  • Termination of Pregnancy
  • Vulvodynia

 

Haematology

  • Anticoagulant Treatment Leaflet 1
  • Anticoagulant Treatment Leaflet 2
  • Hospital Acquired Thrombosis
  • Key Worker for Haematology

 

Infection Control

  • Advice for patients with a cannula
  • Carbapenemase-producing organisms
  • Clostridium Difficile
  • ESBL
  • MRSA
  • MRSA Antenatal Screening
  • MRSA Screening Prior to Surgery
  • Norovirus
  • Scabies
  • Shingles
  • Short Term Central Venous Lines
  • Surgical Wound Infection
  • To prevent HCAI during Hospitalisation

 

Information Services

  • Privacy Notice (A4)
  • Privacy Notice (A5)

 

Inpatient Pain Service

  • Entonox
  • Epidural Haematoma Advice
  • Oral Ketamine for Pain Relief
  • Spinal Anaesthesia
  • You and Your Anaesthetic

 

IV at Home

  • Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy

 

Maternity

COVID-19 Guidance

  • Breastfeeding Guidance during COVID-19
  • Parent information for newborn babies
  • Planning your birth

 

Trust Leaflets

  • Advice and guidance for parents wishing to take their deceased baby home
  • Antenatal Hydronephrosis
  • Babies who do not breastfeed effectively
  • Biomechanics
  • Birth After Caesarean Section
  • Birth Reflections
  • Bleeding and abdominal pain in early pregnancy
  • Caesarean Section Wound Infections
  • Care of the Perineum after Birth
  • Collecting Colostrum Antenatally
  • Consent for Laboratory Examination and Cremation or Sensitive Disposal of Early Pregnancy Loss up to 11+6 weeks
  • Cup Feeding Guide and Competency for Parents
  • Delayed Cord Clamping
  • Early Pregnancy Unit
  • Ectopic Pregnancy
  • ECV
  • Elective Caesarean Section
  • Going home after a Caesarean Section
  • How to Access Maternity Notes on your Smart Phone
  • Induction of Labour
  • Induction of Labour with Cervical Ripening Balloon
  • Information for Pregnancy Loss
  • Information for Women Taking Aspirin in Pregnancy
  • Low Pregnancy Associated Plasma Protein A (PAPP-A)
  • Magnesium Sulphate as a Protection against Cerebral Palsy
  • Milk as Medicine
  • Monitoring your baby's heartbeat in labour
  • Monofer (Iron Infusion) - Maternity
  • MRSA Antenatal Screening
  • Outpatient Induction of Labour for Low Risk Pregnancy
  • Postnatal Exercises
  • Preconception advice for women with Type 1 and 2 Diabetes
  • Pregnancy of Unknown Location (PoUL)
  • Preparing for your homebirth
  • Preterm Birth Surveillance Clinic
  • Safe Sleep for Baby
  • Screening for Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection
  • Suppression of Lactation
  • Term, Well Baby Feeding
  • Testing for Blood Clots
  • Tongue Tie and Infant Feeding
  • Transfer to SPH Maternity and Neonatal Unit
  • Use of Methotrexate in Ectopic Pregnancy
  • Uterine Artery Doppler
  • Vulnerable Baby Feeding
  • Your baby’s movements in pregnancy

 

External Leaflets

  • NHS: Your Choice: Where to have your baby
  • UNICEF: UNICEF Bottlefeeding Guidance (Romanian)
  • UNICEF: UNICEF Breastfeeding Guidance (Romanian)

 

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)

  • Cooling Treatment for Babies with HIE
  • Could you Become a Breastmilk Donor?
  • Heart Murmurs in Newborn Babies
  • Home Oxygen Therapy (HOT)
  • Immunisations for Parents of Premature Babies
  • Infant Basic Life Support
  • Kent Surrey and Sussex Neonatal Transfer Service (KSS NTS)
  • Maximising your Milk Supply
  • Milk as Medicine
  • Naso Orogastric Tube Feeding your Baby
  • Nasogastric Tube Feeding: Competencies for Parents / Carers
  • Neonatal Community Outreach Team
  • Neonatal Lumbar Puncture
  • Parent information following the death of your baby on NICU
  • Parent Information NICU
  • Personal Hygiene for your Baby
  • Probiotics in Preventing Jaundice
  • Quiet Time
  • Respiratory Syncytial Virus
  • St Peter's Milk Bank
  • Support for Parents on the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
  • Supporting Your Baby's Development: 23 - 26 Weeks
  • Supporting Your Baby's Development: 26 - 28 Weeks
  • Supporting Your Baby's Development: 28 - 30 Weeks
  • Supporting Your Baby's Development: 30 - 32 Weeks
  • Supporting Your Baby's Development: 32 - 36 Weeks
  • Supporting Your Baby's Development: 36 - 40 Weeks
  • The Chaplaincy Team
  • Transfer to SPH Maternity and Neonatal Unit
  • Transition to Nutriprem 2 Formula
  • Transitional Care Unit
  • Travelling Home from the Neonatal Unit
  • Vulnerable Baby Feeding

 

External Leaflets

  • Bliss - National Neonatal Research Database
  • EFCNI - Bonding with and Caring for Preterm Born Babies
  • SABP - Perinatal Mental Health Service
  • RCPCH - Screening for Retinopathy of Prematurity
  • UK HSA - TB, BCG Vaccine and your Baby
  • RCOPHTH - Treatment for Retinopathy of Prematurity

 

Neurology

  • Migraine Service

 

Nursing

  • Preventing falls at home
  • Preventing falls during your stay in hospital
  • Supportive and Palliative Care Team

 

Occupational Health

  • Blood Borne Viruses
  • Moving and Handling Policy

 

Occupational Hand Therapy

  • Differential Tendon Glides
  • Finger Fracture Advice
  • Ganglion Cysts
  • Graded Pronation and Supination with Weight
  • Graded Wall Weight Bearing Exercise
  • Joint Protection and Energy Conservation
  • Kinesiotape Application
  • Mallet Injury Advice
  • Metacarpal Fracture Advice
  • Osteoarthritis (OA) Level 1 Exercises
  • Osteoarthritis (OA) Level 2 Exercises
  • Osteoarthritis (OA) Level 3 Exercises
  • Passive Pronation and Supination
  • PIP Joint Replacements (Miss Sarkhel)
  • PIP Joint Replacements (Mr Gupta)
  • Post-Op Advice: Carpal Tunnel Decompression
  • Post-Op Advice: Trigger Finger Release
  • Post-Op Advice: Wrist ORIF
  • Post Operative Wounds
  • Post Plaster Removal Wrist Fracture
  • Single MCP Joint Replacement (Miss Sarkhel)
  • Soft Splint Instructions
  • Thermoplastic Splint Information
  • Towel Ringing
  • Trapeziectomy with mini tight-rope (Miss Sarkhel)
  • Trapeziectomy with mini tight-rope (Mr Imam)
  • Trigger Thumb / Finger

 

Occupational Therapy

  • Managing Fatigue and Shortness of Breath

 

Oncology

  • Clinical Nurse Specialist for Breast
  • Clinical Nurse Specialist for Cancer of Unknown Primary
  • Clinical Nurse Specialist for Lung Cancer
  • Clinical Nurse Specialist for Secondary Breast Cancer
  • Clinical Nurse Specialist for Upper GI
  • Gynaecology-Oncology Fast Track Clinic
  • Keyworker for Colorectal Cancer
  • Keyworker for Haematology
  • Keyworker for Urological Cancer
  • Little Oaks - Paediatric Oncology Shared Care Unit
  • Macmillan Clinical Nurse Specialist for Gynae-Oncology
  • Macmillan Clinical Nurse Specialist for Skin
  • Non-Specific but Serious Symptoms Clinic (NSSSC)
  • Open Access Follow-up for Breast Cancer
  • Supported Self-Management following Radiotherapy Treatment for Prostate Cancer
  • Supported Self-Management for Patients on Active Surveillance for Prostate Cancer
  • Supported Self-Management for patients who have undergone treatment for bowel cancer

 

Ophthalmology

Title Date Print Download
Advice to parents of children having dilating drops Jul 2020 Booklet Handout
Avastin Intravitreal Injections Sep 2022 Booklet Handout
Amblyopia and Patching Treatment Jul 2021 Booklet Handout
Atropine Eye Drops Jul 2021 Booklet Handout
Atropine Occlusion Jul 2021 Booklet Handout
Blepharitis Jul 2020 Booklet Handout
Botulinum Toxin for Adult Squint May 2019 Booklet Handout
Care of your eye after your injection Jul 2022 Booklet Handout
Cataract Information Jul 2022 Booklet Handout
Convergence Insufficiency and Treatment Apr 2020 Booklet Handout
Corneal Cross-Linking (CXL) Jul 2022 Booklet Handout
Corneal Transplantation: Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty (DALK) Jul 2022 Booklet Handout
Corneal Transplantation: Endothelial Keratoplasty Jul 2020 Booklet Handout
Cyclopentolate Eye Drops Jul 2021 Booklet Handout
Diabetic Retinopathy Jul 2020 Booklet Handout
Diabetic Retinopathy Surgery Jul 2020 Booklet Handout
Digital Surveillance Clinic: AMD Jun 2021 Booklet Handout
Digital Surveillance Clinic: Cornea Mar 2022 Booklet Handout
Digital Surveillance Clinic: Diabetic Macular Oedema Jun 2021 Booklet Handout
Digital Surveillance Clinic: Glaucoma Mar 2022 Booklet Handout
Digital Surveillance Clinic: Macular Pathologies Jun 2021 Booklet Handout
Driving and Diplopia Apr 2022 Booklet Handout
Dry Eye Jul 2020 Booklet Handout
Ectropion Jul 2020 Booklet Handout
Entropion Jul 2020 Booklet Handout
Epiretinal Membrane Surgery Jul 2020 Booklet Handout
Eye Clinic Appointments Jul 2020 Booklet Handout
Fluorescein Angiography and Indocyanine Green Angiography Jun 2022 Booklet Handout
Gas in Eye and Posturing after Retinal Surgery Sep 2020 Booklet Handout
How to instil your eye drops Jul 2020 Booklet Handout
How to instil your eye ointment Jul 2020 Booklet Handout
Laser / Cryo Retinopexy for Retinal Tears Oct 2020 Booklet Handout
Laser Iridotomy Aug 2020 Booklet Handout
Laser Treatment for Diabetic Macular Oedema (DME) Jul 2020 Booklet Handout
Laser Treatment for Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy (PDR) Pan Retinal Photocoagulation (PRP) Jul 2020 Booklet Handout
Macular Hole Surgery Sep 2020 Booklet Handout
Obtaining Children's Glasses Jul 2021 Booklet Handout
Posterior Vitreous Detachment (PVD) Jul 2020 Booklet Handout
Post-Op Cataract Instructions Jul 2022 Booklet Handout
Post-Operative Retinal Surgery / Laser Instructions Jul 2020 Booklet Handout
Retinal Detachment Jul 2020 Booklet Handout
SLT Laser Jul 2020 Booklet Handout
Squint Surgery for Adults May 2019 Booklet Handout
Squint Surgery for Children May 2019 Booklet Handout
Yag Laser Capsulotomy Jul 2020 Booklet Handout
Your Child's Appointment in the Eye Clinic Apr 2020 Booklet Handout

 

Oral Surgery and Orthodontics

  • Apicectomy
  • Cryotherapy (Oral)
  • Dry Mouth
  • Fixed Appliances
  • Functional Appliances
  • Impacted Canines (Removal)
  • INR Blood Test
  • Intravenous Sedation
  • Mandibular Advancement Splint
  • Minor Skin Operation - Post-op Information
  • Oral Biopsy under Local Anaesthetic
  • Orthognathic Surgery
  • Recurrent Apthous Oral Ulceration
  • Removable Appliances
  • Removal of Wisdom Teeth
  • Retainers
  • Submandibular Gland Removal
  • Surgery to Mouth and Jaws - Post-op Information
  • Surgical Removal of Parotid Gland
  • Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction

 

Orthopaedics

  • ACL Reconstruction
  • Air Cast Boot
  • Below Knee Ilizarov Exercises
  • Care of a Plaster Cast
  • Fast Track and Day Case Hip Joint Replacement Surgery
  • Hinge Knee Brace
  • Hip Joint Replacement Surgery ERP
  • Humeral Brace
  • Joint and Soft Tissue Injections
  • Knee Arthroscopy
  • Knee Joint Replacement Surgery ERP
  • Knee Meniscal Repair
  • Knee Meniscal Root Repair
  • Living with an Ilizarov Frame
  • Orthopaedic Supported Discharge
  • Rehabilitation
  • Thoracolumbosacral Orthosis Brace (TLSO) - Fitting and Wearing in Lying
  • Thoracolumbosacral Orthosis Brace (TLSO) - Fitting and Wearing in Sitting

 

Outpatients

  • 18 Weeks Information Leaflet
  • Monofer (Iron Infusion) - Infusion Suite
  • Travelling to Hospital
  • Welcome to Ashford Hospital
  • Welcome to St Peter's Hospital
  • Your Appointment Card

 

Paediatrics

Title Date Print Download
Adrenaline Training Information Jan 2021 Booklet  
Advice After Oral Surgery Jan 2023 Booklet Handout
Allergy Clinic Oct 2021 Booklet Handout
Ankle Exercises for Children Oct 2021 Booklet Handout
Ankle Injury Oct 2021 Booklet Handout
Babies Receiving Antibiotics Jul 2018 Booklet  
Babies who do not breastfeed effectively Apr 2021 Booklet  
BCG Vaccine - After care for your baby Dec 2019 Booklet  
Broken Collar Bone Oct 2021 Booklet Handout
Bronchiolitis Oct 2021 Booklet Handout
Burns Advice Feb 2021 Booklet  
Care of a Plaster Cast Oct 2021 Booklet Handout
COVID-19: Advice for Parents when a Child is Unwell or Injured Apr 2020   Handout
Croup Oct 2021 Booklet Handout
Cup Feeding Parent Guide Nov 2021   Handout
Dietary Management of Hypoglycaemia for Infants and Children Aug 2020 n/a  
Discharge Advice Paediatric A&E Oct 2021 Booklet Handout
Discharge from Allergy Clinic Oct 2021 Booklet Handout
Epilepsy Information for Families with School Aged Children Jun 2020   Handout
Eye Injuries Oct 2021 Booklet Handout
Faecal Disimpaction with Klean-Prep Apr 2022   Handout
Febrile Convulsion Oct 2021 Booklet Handout
Fever in Children Oct 2021 Booklet Handout
Food Challenges Jun 2022 Booklet Handout
Foreign Body Ingestion Oct 2021 Booklet Handout
Fractured 5th Metacarpal Oct 2021 Booklet Handout
Gastroenteritis Oct 2021 Booklet Handout
Gluten Reintroduction Oct 2021   Handout
Head Injury - Baby and Toddler Oct 2021 Booklet Handout
Head Injury - Child Oct 2021 Booklet Handout
Heart Murmur Oct 2021 Booklet Handout
Injured Fingers and Toes Oct 2021 Booklet Handout
Joint Hypermobility in Children Oct 2021 Booklet Handout
Knee Injury Oct 2021 Booklet Handout
Limping Child Discharge Plan Oct 2021 Booklet Handout
Little Oaks - Paediatric Oncology Shared Care Unit Apr 2018 Booklet  
Mallet Finger Oct 2021 Booklet Handout
Neck Injury Oct 2021 Booklet Handout
Oak Ward - Important Information for your Admission Nov 2022   Handout
Positional Talipes Dec 2022 Booklet Handout
Pulled Elbow Oct 2021 Booklet Handout
Risks of Infection in Newborn Babies Jul 2019 Booklet  
Safeguarding Children and Young People Sep 2021 Booklet  
Skeletal Survey Nov 2021 Booklet Handout
Skin Prick Testing Nov 2021 Booklet Handout
Superacondylar Fracture Oct 2021 Booklet Handout
Sweat Test Oct 2021 Booklet Handout
Term, Well Baby Feeding Jun 2022 Booklet  
Torus Fracture Oct 2021 Booklet Handout
Transitional Care Unit (for Joan Booker Patients) Jun 2017   Handout
Vitamin D in Children with Epilepsy and Neurodisability Aug 2022   Handout
Vulnerable Baby Feeding Jun 2022 Booklet  
Welcome to Ash Ward May 2018 Booklet  
Welcome to the Paediatric A&E Department Oct 2021 Booklet  
Wound Care Oct 2021 Booklet Handout
X-Rays in Children Oct 2021 Booklet Handout

 

Pain Management (Acute)

  • Entonox
  • Epidural Haematoma Advice

 

Pain Management (Chronic)

  • After your Treatment
  • Clinical Hypnosis on Pain Management Programme
  • Managing Flare Up
  • Neck Exercises
  • Non Specific Low Back Pain Exercises
  • Pain Management Patient Information Resources
  • TENS

 

Surrey iMSK Leaflets:

  • Surrey musculoskeletal service
  • Chronic pain services
  • Multidisciplinary pain management programme
  • Pain management videos

 

British Pain Society Leaflets:

  • Chronic pain services
  • Multidisciplinary pain management programme

 

Faculty of Pain Medicine (RCOA) Leaflets:

  • Faculty of Pain Medicine website

 

Patient Advice and Liaison Service

  • COVID-19: Keeping you safe when visiting ASPH
  • Medical Examiners' Office
  • Your Comments and Concerns

 

Palliative Care

  • Supportive and Palliative Care Team

 

Pelvic Health Physiotherapy

Title Date Print Download
Advanced Pelvic Floor Rehab Nov 2019   Handout
Anorectal and Vaginal Examinations Jul 2021 Booklet Handout
Ashford Face to Face Appointments Jun 2021   Handout
Bile Acid Malabsorption Jul 2020 Booklet Handout
Bladder and Bowel Diary Feb 2018 Booklet  
Bladder Retraining Nov 2021   Handout
Bowel Diary Nov 2021 Booklet  
Diastasis of Rectus Abdominis Muscles (DRAM) Oct 2022 Booklet Handout
How to Improve Bladder and Bowel Problems May 2021   Handout
If In Doubt - Check It Out: Pregnancy Complications Jun 2020   Handout
Looking After Your Bowels Nov 2021 Booklet Handout
Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injuries May 2021 Booklet Handout
Pelvic Floor Exercises Jun 2021   Handout
Pelvic Floor Exercises for Men Nov 2021   Handout
Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation Class Feb 2020 Booklet Handout
Pelvic Girdle and Low Back Pain during Pregnancy Apr 2021 Booklet Handout
Pelvic Health and Constipation Diet Sheet Feb 2021 Booklet Handout
Pelvic Health and Diarrhoea Diet Sheet Feb 2021 Booklet Handout
Pelvic Organ Prolapse and Physiotherapy May 2021 Booklet Handout
Postnatal Exercise Class Feb 2020 Booklet Handout
Postnatal Exercise Class Handout Dec 2019   Handout
Postnatal Physiotherapy Advice Sep 2021 Booklet Handout
Pregnancy Exercise Class Feb 2020 Booklet Handout
Pregnancy Exercise Class Handout Dec 2019   Handout
Pregnancy Hydrotherapy Exercise Class Feb 2020 Booklet Handout
River Bourne Face to Face Appointments Jun 2021   Handout
Staying Fit During Pregnancy and Labour Nov 2021 Booklet Handout
Stress Urinary Incontinence May 2021 Booklet Handout
Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) Dec 2021 Booklet Handout
Upper Back and Rib Pain Mar 2021   Handout
Urge Urinary Incontinence Apr 2021 Booklet Handout
Woking Leisure Face to Face Appointments Jun 2021   Handout
Women's Health Class Oct 2022   Handout

 

Pharmacy

  • About your Medicines
  • Medicines and Elective Surgery
  • Pharmacy Medication Support Service
  • Urge Urinary Incontinence

 

Physiotherapy

  • Achilles Tendinopathy
  • ACL Reconstruction
  • ACLD Knee
  • Acupuncture
  • Advanced Lower Limb Class - RiverBourne
  • Air Cast Boot
  • Antenatal Exercise Class
  • Antenatal Hydrotherapy Class
  • Back to Fitness Class - Ashford Hospital
  • Back to Fitness Class - RiverBourne
  • Bubble PEP
  • Capsular release
  • Cervical Discectomy and Decompression
  • Copeland resurfacing
  • COVID Exercise Advice
  • COVID Management Class Workbook
  • COVID Recovery Class Workbook
  • Cricket Pad Splint
  • Dynamic Conditioning Class - RiverBourne
  • Exercise for Healthy Bones
  • Fat pad impingement
  • Fun to be Fit Class - RiverBourne
  • Gardening
  • Hinge Knee Brace
  • Humeral Brace
  • Hypermobility exercises
  • If In Doubt - Check It Out: Post-Operative Complications
  • Keeping your Independence and Mobility in Hospital
  • Knee Meniscal Repair
  • Knee Meniscal Root Repair
  • Lower Limb Exercise and Education Group - Ashford Hospital
  • Lower Limb Exercise and Education Group - RiverBourne
  • Lumbar Discectomy and Decompression
  • Otago Exercises Level 1
  • Otago Exercises Level 2
  • Otago Exercises Level 3
  • Otago Exercises Level 4
  • Patella Tendinopathy
  • Patient Initiated Follow-Up (Ashford)
  • Patient Initiated Follow-Up (St Peter's)
  • Patient Initiated Follow-Up (Woking)
  • Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation Class
  • Percutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation (PTNS)
  • Physiotherapy in Pain Management
  • Plantar Fasciopathy
  • Positional Talipes
  • Positive Expiratory Pressure (PEP)
  • Posterior Tibialis Tendon Dysfunction (PTTD)
  • Postnatal Exercise Class
  • Proximal Hamstring Tendinopathy
  • Rebound Hip Brace
  • Rehab Clinic / Open Gym - RiverBourne
  • Rehabilitation after lower limb amputation
  • Reverse total shoulder replacement
  • Rotator Cuff Related Shoulder Pain
  • Rotator cuff repair ERP
  • Severs Disease
  • Stabilisation
  • Staying Active in the Community
  • Subacromial decompression
  • Thoracolumbosacral Orthosis Brace (TLSO) - Fitting and Wearing in Lying
  • Thoracolumbosacral Orthosis Brace (TLSO) - Fitting and Wearing in Sitting
  • Total Knee Replacement Class - Ashford Hospital
  • Total Shoulder Replacement
  • Upper Limb Class - RiverBourne
  • Upper Limb Class - Woking Hospital
  • Using Your Elbow Crutches: Full, Protected and Partial Weight Bearing
  • Using Your Elbow Crutches: Non Weight Bearing
  • Using Your Elbow Crutches: Touch Weight Bearing
  • Wrist Splint

 

Radiology

  • Antegrade Ureteric Stent Insertion
  • Barium Small Bowel Meal
  • Barium Swallow and Meal
  • Bone Density (DEXA) Scan
  • Breast Biopsy Aftercare
  • Breast Ultrasound
  • Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS)
  • Core Biopsy of the Breast
  • CT Angiography
  • CT Scan - Urgent Referrals
  • CT Scans
  • Embolisation
  • Female Pelvic Ultrasound
  • Fibroid Embolisation (Uterine Artery Embolisation)
  • Fistulogram, Fistuloplasty, and Venoplasty
  • Fluoroscopy
  • Going for your X-Ray
  • Hycosy
  • Hycosy and Hysterosalpingography
  • Inferior Vena Cava Filter Placement
  • Intravenous Urography
  • Kyphoplasty and Vertebroplasty
  • Mammography
  • Making your Imaging Appointment
  • MR Angiography
  • MRI Musculoskeletal
  • Myocardial Perfusion Scans
  • Paediatric Micturating Cystourethrogram (MCUG)
  • Percutaneous Biopsy
  • Percutaneous Drainage
  • Percutaneous Nephrostomy
  • Percutaneous Transhepatic Cholangiogram (PTC) and Drainage
  • Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC)
  • PET / CT Scans
  • Radiological Inserted Gastrostomy (RIG)
  • Sialogram
  • Thrombolysis
  • Transrectal Ultrasound Biopsy of the Prostate
  • Ultrasound Guided FNA Breast
  • Ultrasound Guided FNA Thyroid
  • Ultrasound Guided Injection
  • Ultrasound Scans
  • Varicoceles
  • Vascular Angiogram or Balloon Angioplasty
  • Vascular Ultrasound

 

Renal Services

  • Acute Kidney Injury

 

Respiratory Medicine

  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
  • COVID Advice and Recovery Part 1
  • COVID Advice and Recovery Part 2
  • Lung Investigations
  • Pleural Aspiration
  • Tunnelled Indwelling Pleural Catheters

 

Resuscitation

  • ReSPECT - Recommended Summary Plan for Emergency Care and Treatment

 

Rheumatology

  • Depomedrone (steroid) injection

 

Senior Adult Medical Services (SAMS)

  • Postural Hypotension
  • Welcome to Cherry Ward
  • Welcome to the Department of Senior Adult Medical Services (SAMS)

 

Speech and Language Therapy

  • Dementia Making Conversation Easier
  • FEES - Fibreoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing
  • IDDSI Level 1 - Slightly Thick Fluids
  • IDDSI Level 2 - Mildly Thick Fluids
  • IDDSI Level 3 - Moderately Thick Fluids
  • IDDSI Level 4 - Extremely Thick Fluids
  • IDDSI Level 4 - Pureed
  • IDDSI Level 5 - Minced and Moist
  • IDDSI Level 6 - Soft and Bite Sized
  • IDDSI Level 7 - Regular Easy to Chew
  • Speech and Language Therapy ENT
  • Support Groups and Sources of Information
  • Total Communication
  • Videofluoroscopy
  • Ways to Look After Your Voice and Throat
  • What is Aphasia?
  • What is Cognitive Communication Disorder?
  • What is Dysarthria?
  • What is Dyspraxia?

 

Stoma Care

  • High Output Ileostomy Regime
  • Keyworker for Colorectal Cancer
  • Taking Loperamide Ileostomy

 

Stroke Services

  • Early Supported Discharge for Stroke
  • Thrombolysis for the Treatment of Ischemic Strokes
  • Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)
  • Welcome to the Stroke Team

 

Surrey Heartlands

  • Information for Patients

 

Surrey Integrated Musculoskeletal Service (iMSK)

  • GP Information Leaflet
  • Patient Information Leaflet

 

Urogynaecology

  • Catheter Care for Women
  • Colposuspension
  • Cystoscopy in Day Surgery
  • Flexible Cystoscopy
  • Intravesical Instillation for Bladder Pain Syndrome
  • Mid-urethral tape with MHRA
  • Sacrocolpopexy with MHRA
  • Urethral Bulking Injections
  • Urodynamics for Urogynaecology
  • Uteropexy with MHRA
  • Vaginal Prolapse Repair
  • Vaginal Prolapse Repair with Biological Mesh

 

Urology

  • Acute Urinary Retention
  • BCG Treatment for Superficial Bladder Cancer
  • Circumcision in the Adult
  • Flow Rate and Post-Void Residual
  • Lithotripsy
  • Mitomycin Treatment for Superficial Bladder Cancer
  • Nocturia (waking up at night to pass urine) - patient information leaflet, questionnaires and sleep-frequency-volume chart
  • Prostate Biopsy (TRUS)
  • Superficial (Non-invasive) Bladder Cancer
  • Transperineal Prostate Biopsy
  • Transperineal Prostate Biopsy Under Local Anaesthetic
  • Ureteric Colic

 

 

Disclaimer regarding Clinical Information

Please note, whilst the information contained in the leaflets has been created, reviewed and ratified by our medical and surgical teams, they are intended to complement the advice of professional healthcare staff. They should not be used without appropriate medical advice and the Trust’s terms and conditions apply. Procedures should only be undertaken by trained healthcare professionals and the Trust will not be liable for injury, loss or financial impairment as a result of actions taken by individuals after reading the materials.

Care has been taken to describe the treatments in a sensitive manner, however, due to their nature you may find some of the content distressing.

 

Questions about your Treatment

If you have any questions, please contact your GP or consultant. NHS Choices provide a wealth of information on their website (http://www.nhs.uk/Pages/HomePage.aspx).

You can also ring the NHS 111 service when you need medical help but it is not an emergency.

 

Translations and Alternate Formats

Our PALS department will be able to answer any queries you have about the leaflets themselves or if you require a translation. They can be contacted on 01932 723553.

We can provide interpreters for a variety of languages as well as information resources in larger print or other formats (e.g. audio, Braille) - please call our PALS team for more details or to make a request.

To use the Text Relay service, prefix all numbers with 18001.

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