Cancer Prehabilitation Education Booklet
Explains what prehabilitation or ‘prehab’ is and how it can help you at the beginning of cancer treatment / surgery
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Patient Information Leaflets
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Carer information and Carer Passport
Help and advice for carers of patients using the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Read moreChemotherapy at the Rosemary Centre (West Berkshire Community Hospital)
Outlines the nurse-led Rosemary Centre Chemotherapy service based in the West Berkshire Community Hospital in Thatcham
Read moreChemotherapy infusion device
Explains about the part of your chemotherapy treatment that you will be receiving through an infusion device while you are at home
Read moreChildren's ear, nose and throat (ENT) Clinic welcome
What to expect when you take your child for an ENT outpatient appointment
Read moreCiprofloxacin
Information about the possible side effects that using an antibiotic called ciprofloxacin may cause
Read moreCoil fitting and removal - pain relief
Explains what pain relief is available, if you need it, before having a contraceptive coil fitted or removed
Read moreCoil 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
Read moreColonoscopy 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 moreDEXA scan
Why you may need a scan used to diagnose or assess a person’s risk of osteoporosis
Read moreDiaphragmatic breathing technique
For patients attending the Rheumatology fatigue management course
Read moreDifferent ways to take the Combined Pill
Explains the different ways to take the combined contraceptive pill
Read moreDoxyPEP (Doxycycline Post-Exposure Prophylaxis)
Explains the use of DoxyPEP (Doxycycline Post-Exposure Prophylaxis) – a pill taken after sex to help prevent chlamydia and syphilis
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