This leaflet outlines instructions necessary for you to prepare for your elective (planned) Caesarean birth and explains what will happen on the day. There is more information in our leaflet ‘Having an elective (planned) Caesarean birth’, which can be found on the Trust website. It is very important that you follow this advice in order to keep you, your birthing partner and the staff caring for you safe.
Read moreWhat happens to samples of blood, cells and tissue that may be taken during operations and procedures.
Read moreInformation for parents and carers of babies who need an exchange blood transfusion on Buscot Ward
Read moreInformation for those considering using a PEG (Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy) tube to assist in feeding.
Read moreExplains what a squint is, how it affects vision and what the treatment or management options are
Read moreInformation on what will happen when you enter our service and what you as a couple can do to optimise your chances of getting pregnant.
Read moreWhat to expect when you stay on the Post Anaesthetic Care Unit (PACU) – also known as ‘Recovery’
Read moreInformation for relatives, friends and carers about some of the typical features of the process of dying
Read moreThis list was created by Royal Berkshire Maternity & Neonatal Voices Partnership (MNVP) with input from parents who have given birth at the RBH maternity unit.
Read moreYou have been given this leaflet because you or someone who supports you or your child has come across a bruise on your child. Any professional who comes across bruising in a child who is not able to move under their own steam (non- independently mobile or immobile) are required to refer the child to a specialist child doctor (Paediatrician) and this leaflet explains this process.
Read moreInformation and advice for parents and carers on what to do if your child (5 years or over) develops a wheeze
Read moreInformation and advice for parents and carers on what to do if your child (under 5) develops a wheeze.
Read moreExplains the options and factors you will need to consider in order to decide the right choice of operation for you
Read moreAims to answer some of the questions you may have about your (or your relative’s) stay on Whitley Ward
Read moreFor parents and carers of children with whooping cough - explains what the condition is, how it will affect your child and how the infection is treated
Read moreOutlines the referral into the urgent two week suspected cancer pathway
Read moreYou have attended the Maternity Ultrasound today for a routine scan. This might have been a dating, a ‘combined screening’, 20 week ‘anomaly’ or a growth scan. The sonographer (ultrasound technician) has either not been able to check all the details required to be seen or has identified that there ‘may’ be a possibility of an abnormality with the pregnancy, for which we offer a scan review by a specialist fetal medicine doctor.
Read moreInformation for patients who have had plastic and reconstructive surgery
Read moreExplains operation to remove a lump in the breast with some surrounding healthy breast tissue
Read moreInformation from the NHS Blood & Transport Services about receiving a blood transfusion.
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