46
People
Number of people in A&E department
1:13
Hours
Average wait to be seen by a clinician
2:07
Hours
Average time in the department
Patient Information Leaflets
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Deprivation of Liberty Safeguarding (DoLS)
DoLS protects people aged 18 years and over who lack mental capacity or are not able to make a decision about their care or treatment.
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 moreDescemet's membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) surgery
Tells you what to expect if you have DMEK surgery – an operation on the cornea of the eye – along with its risks and potential benefits
Read moreDescemet's stripping endothelial keratoplasty (DSEK) surgery
Explains what DSEK (corneal graft surgery) entails
Read moreDEXA scan
Why you may need a scan used to diagnose or assess a person’s risk of osteoporosis
Read moreDiabetes and pregnancy planning
If you have diabetes, and you are thinking about having a baby, then this information is for you. If you have diabetes and do not plan to have a baby just yet, it is still important that you have this information for the future.
Read moreDiabetes care in pregnancy: Type 1 and Type 2
If you are pregnant and have Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes this leaflet aims to outline the care offered at the Royal Berkshire Hospital.
Read moreDiabetes screening in Maternity
You have been given this leaflet as you have been identified as being at risk from gestational diabetes. It explains how we diagnose this condition.
Read moreDiabetic macular oedema (DMO)
Explains what DMO is and how it is treated, including the risks and benefits
Read moreDiabetic retinopathy and normal vaginal delivery
This statement from the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust’s Department of Ophthalmology (Eye Department) relates to diabetic retinopathy and vaginal birth.
Read moreDiagnostic and therapeutic pleural (lung) aspiration
For patients who are to undergo a diagnostic or therapeutic pleural aspiration - removal of fluid from around the lung
Read moreDiagnostic Coronary (DC) Angiography
Outlines information and advice you should follow to help understand this procedure for patients on the DC Angiography waiting list
Read moreDiagnostic laparoscopy
You have been advised to have a diagnostic laparoscopy to help find the cause of your symptoms and to help your gynaecologist make a diagnosis. This leaflet outlines the common reasons doctors recommend this operation, what will happen when you come into hospital, the potential benefits and risks, and what to expect when you go home.
Read moreDiarrhoea - Help with eating if you have diarrhoea
Advice on preventing and controlling diarrhoea
Read moreDiathermy loop excision (LLETZ)
This leaflet aims to help women who are having a diathermy loop excision under either a local or a general anaesthetic.
Read moreDiazepam - Giving your child rectal diazepam
Advice on administering diazepam via a rectal tube to a child who is having a seizure
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