Getting ready for elective (planned) surgery (not hip)
Advice on how to get yourself and your home ready for when you leave hospital after an elective (planned) operation
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Patient Information Leaflets
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Getting the best results from your gastric band
Gives dietary advice following your bariatric (weight loss) surgery
Read moreGetting to know your newborn
This is a link to the NHS website and gives you information on what to expect following the birth of your baby/babies and explains the routine tests carried out immediately after their birth.
Read moreGetting your child's pharmacy medications out of hours
Gives contact details and opening hours of Reading pharmacies that are open late or on Sundays
Read moreGiving birth following baby loss in mid and late pregnancy
The purpose of this information is to guide you through the next steps and what to expect when you come in to give birth to your baby. Please telephone 0118 322 7303 at any time if you have any questions or concerns.
Read moreGlaucoma Digital Evaluation Clinic
For patients who have been referred to the Glaucoma Digital Evaluation Clinic - outlines how the service works and what to expect during your initial visit and afterwards
Read moreGlobus (feeling of a lump in the throat)
Explains what globus – a sensation of having a lump in the throat – is, what triggers it and how it may be treated
Read moreGlucagon test (children)
What to expect when a child is recommended to have a test to find out how much growth hormone their pituitary gland is producing
Read moreGlue ear
Outlines management of a common childhood condition in which the middle ear becomes filled with fluid
Read moreGluteal tendon repair surgery
An operation to repair damage to the gluteal tendons - outlining what surgery entails, including risks and benefits
Read moreGoing home from hospital with oxygen
Information to patients and their relatives/carers about being discharged from hospital with an oxygen prescription
Read moreGoing home with a Redivac drain following breast surgery
Explains why you have it, how to use it safely and how to care for your wound after leaving hospital
Read moreGoing to Guy's Hospital for lung cancer surgery
Explains what to expect if you are recommended surgery to treat your lung cancer
Read moreGonadotropin
Gondaotropin is a treatment of follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) injections used to stimulate ovulation. It is used for patients with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) when clomifene or letrozole has not induced ovulation. It is also used for patients with infertility due to pituitary gland failure and some male infertility.
Read moreGoserelin acetate (Zoladex)
This leaflet gives you advice and information about goserelin acetate (Zoladex®) treatment for non-cancerous gynaecological conditions such as fibroids and endometriosis.
Read moreGOV.UK Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) vaccine for pregnant women
Respiratory syncytial virus or RSV is a common virus which can cause a lung infection called bronchiolitis. In small babies this condition can make it hard to breathe and to feed. Most cases can be managed at home but around 20,000 infants are admitted to hospital with bronchiolitis each year in England. Infants with severe bronchiolitis may need intensive care and the infection can be fatal. RSV is more likely to be serious in very young babies, those born prematurely, and those with conditions that affect their heart, breathing or immune system. RSV infections can occur all year round but cases peak every winter. This link takes you to an external website www.gov.uk
Read moreGP follow-up following treatment for bowel cancer
Where and when to seek advice and support after your treatment for bowel cancer
Read moreGraves' Disease
For patients diagnosed with Graves’ Disease - explains its symptoms, possible cause and what treatment options are available
Read moreGreater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome (GTPS)
Signs and symptoms, diagnosis and management of GTPS – a common hip condition that causes pain over the outside of the thigh or buttock muscle
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