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
Attend Anywhere (Video Appointments)
- Audiology
- Bariatric Dietetics
- Bariatric One-Stop
- Bariatric Physiotherapy
- Bariatric Psychology
- Bariatric Reception
- Breast Surgery
- Cardiac Rehabilitation
- Cardiology
- Clinical Neuropsychology
- Colorectal
- Dermatology
- Diabetes
- Dietetics - Adult General
- Dietetics - Diabetes
- Dietetics - Gastroenterology
- Dietetics - Paediatrics
- Ear Nose Throat (ENT)
- Elderly Medicine Service
- Endocrinology
- First Contact Physio
- Gastroenterology
- Gynaecology
- Haematology
- Hand Therapy
- IMSK
- ITU Follow-Up
- Maternity
- Maxillofacial
- Neurology
- Neurorehabilitation
- Oncology
- Orthodontics
- Orthopaedic OSD
- Orthopaedics
- Paediatrics
- Pain Management
- Plastic Surgery
- Respiratory
- Rheumatology
- Stroke
- Therapies
- Upper GI Surgery
- Urology
- Vascular Surgery
Audiology
- Hearing Aid Battery Centres
- Hearing Difficulties when a Hearing Test is Normal
- Hearing Support Volunteers
- Your Hearing Aid with Ear Mould Fitting
- Your Hearing Aid with Thin Tube Fitting
- Your Hearing Assessment
- Your 'Oticon Optim' Hearing Aid with Earmould Fitting
- Your 'Oticon Optim' Hearing Aid with Slim Tube Fitting
- Your Oticon Wireless CROS Hearing Aid Fitting
- Your 'Oticon Xceed' Hearing Aid with Earmould Fitting
Danalogic Ambio Smart Aids:
- Danalogic BeMore App
- Danalogic Patient Portal
- How to Request Assistance from your Audiologist Remotely
- Your New Bluetooth Hearing Aids
Bariatric Surgery
- Bariatric Dietetics
- Bariatric One-Stop
- Bariatric Physiotherapy
- Bariatric Psychology
- Bariatric Reception
- Bariatric Surgery - Your Guide to our Service
- Coping with Anxiety or Difficulties Eating after Surgery
- Mindfulness and Mindful Eating
- Psychological Risks Associated With Bariatric Surgery
- Specialist Weight Management and Bariatric Psychology Service
Bone Density Unit
Bradley Rehabilitation Unit
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
- 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
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
- Photo Hub - Routine Appointments
- Postoperative Advice
- Pre-Op Patient Information
- PUVA Gel Treatment
Diabetes / Endocrinology
Adults
- Alcohol and Diabetes
- Carbohydrate Counting
- Diabetes Hot Foot Clinic
- 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
- Annual Review Screening – Over 12s
- Annual Review Screening – Under 12s
- Basal Rate Testing
- Children and Young Person's Diabetes Service
- Exam Guidance for Young People with Type 1 Diabetes
- Food and Insulin Diary for Calculating Carbohydrate Ratios
- Healthy Eating for Children and Young People with Type 1 Diabetes
- Introduction to the Diabetes Transition Service
- Knowing the Signs for Type 1 Diabetes in your Child
- Mylife Bolus Advice App
- Protecting Your Skin When Using Insulin Pumps and CGM
- 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
- 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 Advice for Managing Strictures in Crohn's Disease
- 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
- First Line Dietary and Lifestyle Advice IBS
- 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
- Home Egg Introduction
- 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
- Pre op Chole LS Diet
- Risk Feeding
- Weight Management for Children and Young People
- Wound Healing
Discharge to Assess
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
- Treating Ectopic Pregnancy with Methotrexate
Emergency Care
Endoscopy
Title | Date | Download | |
Colon Capsule Endoscopy | Jan 2023 | Handout | |
ERCP | Jun 2023 | Booklet | Handout |
Flexible Sigmoidoscopy | Jun 2023 | Booklet | Handout |
Having a Colonoscopy | Jun 2023 | Booklet | Handout |
Having a Gastroscopy | Jun 2023 | Booklet | Handout |
Having a Trans Nasal Endoscopy (TNE) | May 2023 | Booklet | Handout |
Having an Oesophageal Dilatation | Jun 2023 | Booklet | Handout |
Oesophageal Stent | Aug 2023 | Booklet | Handout |
Endoscopy - Bowel Preparation
- Enhanced MoviPrep for Afternoon Appointment
- Enhanced MoviPrep for Morning Appointment
- Klean-Prep for Afternoon Appointment
- Klean-Prep for Morning Appointment
- MoviPrep for Afternoon Appointment
- MoviPrep for Colon Capsule Endoscopy
- MoviPrep for Morning Appointment
- 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
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Think Home First
- Welcome to the Clinical Assessment Unit (CAU)
General Surgery
- Abdominoperineal Excision of Rectum
- Anorectal Physiology Studies
- Anterior Resection
- 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 Care Unit
- Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (Colorectal)
- Going Home with Cholecystostomy
- Left Hemicolectomy
- Preparing for Surgery
- Preparing your Skin Prior to Surgery Using Chlorhexidine Gluconate Skin Cleanse
- Preventing Surgical Wound Infection
- Psychology Service in Anorectal Physiology
- Right Hemicolectomy
- 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
Harms Free Care
Title | Date | Download | |
Pressure Area Care | Jul 2023 | Booklet | Handout |
Tobacco Dependency Service: How can we help you to Stop Smoking? | Jul 2023 | Handout | |
Tobacco Dependency Treatment in Pregnancy | Jul 2023 | Booklet | Handout |
Use of Electronic Cigarettes | Jul 2023 | Booklet | Handout |
Infection Control
- 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)
Infusion Suite
Inpatient Pain Service
- Entonox
- Epidural Haematoma Advice
- Oral Ketamine for Pain Relief
- Spinal Anaesthesia
- You and Your Anaesthetic
IV at Home
Maternity
COVID-19 Guidance
- Breastfeeding Guidance during COVID-19
- Parent information for newborn babies
- Planning your birth
- Screening for Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection
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
- 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
- Ferric Derisomaltose (Iron Infusion)
- 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
- Membrane Sweep
- Milk as Medicine
- Monitoring your baby's heartbeat in labour
- MRSA Antenatal Screening
- Outpatient Induction of Labour for Low Risk Pregnancy
- Postnatal Community Care
- 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
- Suppression of Lactation
- Term, Well Baby Feeding
- Testing for Blood Clots
- Tobacco Dependency Treatment in Pregnancy
- Tongue Tie and Infant Feeding
- Transfer to SPH Maternity and Neonatal Unit
- Use of Electronic Cigarettes
- Treating Ectopic Pregnancy with Methotrexate
- 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
- Parents Foot Steps Passport
- 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
Nursing
Occupational Health
Occupational Hand Therapy
- Active MCP Extension
- Active Thumb
- Active Wrist
- Differential Tendon Glides
- Dowel Exercise
- Dumbbell Strengthening
- Finger Fracture Advice
- Ganglion Cysts
- Graded Pronation and Supination with Weight
- Graded Wall Weight Bearing Exercise
- Intrinsic Plus Strengthening
- Isolated Joint Flexion
- Isometric Thumb
- Isometric Wrist Strengthening
- Joint Protection and Energy Conservation
- Kinesiotape Application
- Mallet Injury Advice
- Median Nerve Glide
- Metacarpal Fracture Advice
- Osteoarthritis (OA) Level 1 Exercises
- Osteoarthritis (OA) Level 2 Exercises
- Osteoarthritis (OA) Level 3 Exercises
- Passive Finger Extension
- Passive Finger Flexion
- Passive Pronation and Supination
- Passive Thumb Flexion
- Passive Wrist Exercises
- Passive Wrist Extension with Towel
- 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 Guidelines: Simple Trapeziectomies with Mr Thangarajah
- Post Operative Wounds
- Post Plaster Removal Wrist Fracture
- Single MCP Joint Replacement (Miss Sarkhel)
- Soft Splint Instructions
- Therasponge Strengthening
- Thermoplastic Splint Information
- Towel Ringing
- Trapeziectomy with mini tight-rope (Miss Sarkhel)
- Trapeziectomy with mini tight-rope (Mr Imam)
- Trigger Thumb / Finger
- Weighted Wrist Exercise
Occupational Therapy
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 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 | 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 | Sep 2023 | 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 | Aug 2023 | Booklet | Handout |
Digital Surveillance Clinic: Cornea | Aug 2023 | Booklet | Handout |
Digital Surveillance Clinic: Diabetic Macular Oedema | Aug 2023 | Booklet | Handout |
Digital Surveillance Clinic: Glaucoma | Aug 2023 | 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 | Sep 2023 | Booklet | Handout |
Fluorescein Angiography and Indocyanine Green Angiography | Aug 2023 | 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 | Sep 2023 | 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
- Maxillofacial Skin Surgery Pre-Operative Information
- 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
- Ankle Arthritis
- Ankle Arthrodesis
- Below Knee Ilizarov Exercises
- Big Toe Arthritis
- Bunion
- Care of a Plaster Cast
- Care of your Below Elbow Plaster Cast
- 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
- Lesser Toes Deformities
- Living with an Ilizarov Frame
- Metatarsalgia
- Morton's Neuromas
- Musculoskeletal Steroid Joint and Soft Tissue Injections
- Orthopaedic Supported Discharge
- Plantar Fasciopathy (Orthopaedics)
- Rehabilitation
- Removal of Ilizarov Frame
- Thoracolumbosacral Orthosis Brace (TLSO) - Fitting and Wearing in Lying
- Thoracolumbosacral Orthosis Brace (TLSO) - Fitting and Wearing in Sitting
- Total Ankle Replacement
Outpatients
- 18 Weeks Information Leaflet
- Outpatients Department at St Peter's Hospital
- Welcome to Ashford Hospital
- Welcome to St Peter's Hospital
- Welcome to Woking Hospital
Paediatrics
Title | Date | 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 |
Children and Young People’s Outpatient Appointments | Jun 2023 | Booklet | Handout |
Circumcision Post-operative Information Oak Ward Day Unit | May 2023 | 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 Transition | Aug 2023 | Booklet | 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 |
Hernia Repair - Oak Ward Day Unit | Sep 2023 | 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 2023 | Handout | |
One Stop Allergy Clinic | Apr 2023 | 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 | |
Safety and lifestyle advice for children with Epilepsy in the school setting | Sep 2023 | Booklet | Handout |
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 | May 2023 | 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 | Sep 2023 | Booklet | Handout |
Vulnerable Baby Feeding | May 2023 | Booklet | |
Welcome to Ash Ward | Aug 2023 | Booklet | Handout |
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)
Pain Management (Chronic)
- After Your Treatment
- 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:
Faculty of Pain Medicine (RCOA) Leaflets:
- Faculty of Pain Medicine website
Patient Advice and Liaison Service
Palliative Care
Pelvic Health Physiotherapy
Title | Date | Download | |
Advanced Pelvic Floor Rehab | Jul 2023 | Handout | |
Anorectal and Vaginal Examinations | Jul 2023 | Booklet | Handout |
Ashford Face to Face Appointments | Jul 2023 | Handout | |
Bile Acid Malabsorption | Jul 2020 | Booklet | Handout |
Bladder and Bowel Diary | Jul 2023 | Booklet | |
Bladder Retraining | Jul 2023 | Handout | |
Bowel Diary | Jul 2023 | Booklet | |
Coccydynia | May 2023 | Booklet | Handout |
Diastasis of Rectus Abdominis Muscles (DRAM) | Jul 2023 | Booklet | Handout |
If In Doubt - Check It Out: Pregnancy Complications | Jul 2023 | Handout | |
Looking After Your Bowels | Jul 2023 | Booklet | Handout |
Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injuries | Jul 2023 | Booklet | Handout |
Pelvic Floor Exercises | Jul 2023 | Handout | |
Pelvic Floor Exercises for Men | Jul 2023 | Handout | |
Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation Class | Jul 2023 | Booklet | Handout |
Pelvic Girdle and Low Back Pain during Pregnancy | Jul 2023 | Booklet | Handout |
Pelvic Organ Prolapse and Physiotherapy | Jul 2023 | Booklet | Handout |
Percutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation (PTNS) | Jul 2023 | Booklet | Handout |
Physiotherapy Advice Following the Loss of Your Baby | Jan 2023 | Booklet | Handout |
Postnatal Exercise Class | Jul 2023 | Booklet | Handout |
Postnatal Exercise Class Handout | Jul 2023 | Handout | |
Postnatal Physiotherapy Advice | Jul 2023 | Booklet | Handout |
Pregnancy Exercise Class | Aug 2023 | Booklet | Handout |
Pregnancy Exercise Class Handout | Aug 2023 | Handout | |
Pregnancy Hydrotherapy Exercise Class | Aug 2023 | Booklet | Handout |
River Bourne Face to Face Appointments | Jul 2023 | Handout | |
Staying Fit During Pregnancy and Labour | Jul 2023 | Booklet | Handout |
Stress Urinary Incontinence | Jul 2023 | Booklet | Handout |
Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) | Jul 2023 | Booklet | Handout |
Upper Back and Rib Pain | Jul 2023 | Handout | |
Urge Urinary Incontinence | Jul 2023 | Booklet | Handout |
Woking Leisure Face to Face Appointments | Jul 2023 | Handout | |
Women's Health Class | Jul 2023 | Handout |
Pharmacy
Physiotherapy
- Achilles Tendinopathy
- ACL Reconstruction
- ACLD Knee
- Acupuncture
- Advanced Lower Limb Class - RiverBourne
- Air Cast Boot
- 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
- Hip Replacement Group
- 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)
- Physiotherapy in Pain Management
- Plantar Fasciopathy (Physiotherapy)
- Positional Talipes
- Positive Expiratory Pressure (PEP)
- Posterior Tibialis Tendon Dysfunction (PTTD)
- Proximal Hamstring Tendinopathy
- Rebound Hip Brace
- Rehab Clinic / Open Gym - RiverBourne
- Rehabilitation after lower limb amputation
- Removal of Ilizorov Frame
- Reverse total shoulder replacement
- Rotator Cuff Related Shoulder Pain
- Rotator cuff repair ERP
- Severs Disease
- Stabilisation
- Staying Active in the Community
- 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
Respiratory Medicine
Resuscitation
Rheumatology
Senior Adult Medical Services (SAMS)
- Royal Osteoporosis Society: Better Bone Health for Everybody
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
- Naturally thick drinks that are suitable for people with swallowing difficulties
- Speech and Language Therapy ENT
- Swallowing Problems After a Stroke
- Swallowing Problems After a Stroke (Nil By Mouth)
- 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
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
Surrey Integrated Musculoskeletal Service (iMSK)
Urogynaecology
- Catheter Care for Women
- Colposuspension
- Cystoscopy in Day Surgery
- Flexible Cystoscopy
- Intravesical Instillation for Bladder Pain Syndrome
- Mid-urethral tape with MHRA
- Mid-urethral tape with MHRA
- Postpartum Bladder Complications and Recovery
- Sacrocolpopexy
- 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