Coil string checking - Guide to checking your IUD or IUS is in place
Advice on checking the string on your IUD or IUS, to make sure the coil remains in the correct position
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Colonoscopy aftercare advice
Advice following colonoscopy – an examination of your lower bowel
Read moreColonoscopy explained
Tells you about having an investigation of your bowel - explains what is involved and what the possible risks are
Read moreColonoscopy for bowel cancer screening
Explains what is involved in a bowel screening colonoscopy and what the possible risks are
Read moreComputerised Ambulatory Delivery Device (CADD) - using it at home
Explains how the CADD (Computerised Ambulatory Delivery Device) pump works so you can have your chemotherapy safely at home
Read moreCryotherapy
Treatment of sun damaged skin and warty lesions on the skin with carefully controlled cold burn.
Read moreDay Surgery Unit at West Berkshire Community Hospital
Answers the most frequently asked questions from patients coming to the West Berkshire Community Hospital for day surgery
Read moreDermatology Patient Initiated Follow-Up (PIFU)
What the Dermatology Patient Initiated Follow-Up (PIFU) service is and how it can help you manage your condition
Read moreDifferent ways to take the Combined Pill
Explains the different ways to take the combined contraceptive pill
Read moreDVT (deep vein thrombosis) ultrasound
DVT ultrasound (doppler or duplex) to find out whether or not there is a blood clot, called a deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in one of the veins in the leg
Read moreEar, nose and throat (ENT) Outpatient appointments
Outlines what to expect during your first outpatient appointment
Read moreEndoscopic Retrograde Cholangio Pancreatography (ERCP) aftercare advice
Advice following an examination of your biliary and pancreatic system in the Endoscopy Unit
Read moreEndoscopic ultrasound (EUS) aftercare advice
Advice following an endoscopic ultrasound – an examination of your gullet and /or stomach
Read moreEndoscopic ultrasound (EUS) explained
What is involved and what the risks are of an endoscopic ultrasound scan (EUS) - an examination of your oesophagus (gullet), stomach and the first part of the small bowel
Read moreEndovenous ablation of varicose veins under general anaesthetic
Explains a treatment for varicose vein using heat to shrink and seal the damaged vein done under a general anaesthetic
Read moreEnema instructions before a bowel or colon examination
Instructions for administering the enclosed enema in readiness for your bowel examination in the Endoscopy Unit
Read moreEye operation using local anaesthetic
Explains how and why local anaesthesia (LA) may be used for your eye operation
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