Patient Information Leaflets: Clinician’s Resources
Click on a topic below to view the available leaflets:
Acute medicine
- Preventing Blood Clots in Pregnancy and After Birth
- Richmond Acute Medicine Unit (AMU)
- Testing for Blood Clots during or after Pregnancy
Amputee Rehabilitation
- Acute Insomnia
- Assistive Technology Service
- Assistive-Technology-Referral-Form – June 19
- Gwynne Holford Ward Amputee Rehabilitation Service
- Referral for Limb Fitting at the Douglas Bader Rehabilitation Centre
- Trans-Femoral/Knee Disarticulation Lower Limb Amputees
- Trans-Tibial Lower Limb Amputees
- Upper Limb Amputees
Anaesthetics
- Anaesthesia for Thoracic Surgery
- Caudal Block pain relief for children
- Contraceptive Advice for Patients after Sugammadex administration
- Entonox use in endoscopic procedures
- Epidural pain relief after surgery for children
- Inhalation Sedation for Children’s Dental Treatment
- Ketamine Sedation
- Local Anaesthetic Nerve Blocks for Children
- Nerve Damage after Childbirth
- Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA)
- Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA) pain relief for children
- Patient Fasting Information for Children
- Sedation
- Serratus anterior nerve blocks for pain relief in rib fractures
- Spinal block pain relief after surgery for children
- Your Anaesthetic for Heart Surgery
- Your Child’s Anaesthetic
Audiology
- Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV)
- Oticon Combination Devices
- Oticon White Noise Generators
- Phonak Combination Devices
Breast screening
Cancer services
- Ambulatory Oncology Care Unit (AOCU)
- Blood Transfusion Refusal Information for Adults
- Breast Personalised Stratified Follow-Up (PSFU)
- Breast Personalised Stratified Follow-Up (PSFU) Annual mammogram
- Breast Personalised Stratified Follow-Up 5 year Programme (PSFU)
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) Advice for Cancer Patients
- Electrochemotherapy
- Head and Neck Cancer and Your Dental Care
- Help with travel costs
- Information About Your Referral YRB3
- Information About Your Referral YRB5
- Information for Women Recalled to the Breast Screening Assessment Clinic
- Psychological Support for People Affected by Cancer
- Rapid Diagnostic Cancer Clinic
- Rapid Diagnostic Cancer Clinic Psychology Service
- Syringe Pump, McKinley T34
- Teenagers and Young Adults Cancer Service
- Ultrasound Breast Biopsy for women with learning deficiencies
- Vacuum Assisted Excision Procedure
- Your Breast Biopsy Result
Cardiac arrhythmia
- Cardiac Device Follow-up
- Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation
- Catheter ablation for supra-ventricular tachycardia (SVT)
- Direct Current Cardioversion
- Implantable loop recorder (ILR)
Cardiac surgery
Cardiology
- Cardiac Device Follow-up
Cardiology Medication Information - Charles Pumphrey Unit
- James Hope Ward
- Your Anaesthetic for Heart Surgery
Cardiovascular
- Atrial Fibrillation and Anticoagulation Therapy
- High Dose Skin Care Advice following a Cardiac X-ray Procedure
- Implantable loop recorder (ILR)
- Infective Endocarditis
- Medications after an Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS)
- Stop the Clot
- Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) Assessment
- Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) Procedure
Children’s services
- Anorectal Malformations
- Bowel Atresia
- Camptodactyly in Children
- Cerebral Palsy
- Chicken Pox
- Child Oral Health
- Children and Young People’s Epilepsy Services
- Constipation in Children
- Delayed Onset Cow’s Milk Protein Allergy
- Dental Extractions in Children – Aftercare instructions
- Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip (DDH)
- Early Onset Neonatal Sepsis
- Eczema Information for Parents and Carers
- Febrile Convulsions: Information for Parents
- First Afebrile Seizure in Children and Adolescents
- Food Challenge
- Functional Abdominal Pain
- Gastroschisis
- Having a CT Scan: what should I know?
- Having a DMSA scan: what should I know?
- Headache in Children and Young People
- Home Food Introduction: A guide for children, parents and carers
- Hydrocephalus and Shunts Information for Parents
- Immature Hips
- Infant Reflux
- Inguinal Hernia in Boys
- Investigations after Your Child’s Urinary Tract Infection
- Jungle ward
- Keeping Kidneys Healthy in Children
- Keloid Scars in Paediatrics
- Malrotation and Volvulus
- Measles
- Meconium Ileus
- Micturating Cystourethrogram (MCUG)
- Antibiotics for an MCUG
- Necrotising Enterocolitis
- Neonatal Jaundice
- Nurse-Led Prolonged Jaundice Screening
- Paediatric Breathing Clinic
- Paediatric Ganglion
- Paediatric Hand Therapy Service
- Paediatric Neuropsychology Service: Neuropsychological Assessment
- Paediatric Neuropsychology Service: Treatment
- Paediatric Referral to Plastic Surgery Department
- Paediatric Urodynamic Test
- pH / Impedance Study
- Posterior Urethral Valves (PUV)
- Pressure Ulcers Prevention in Children
- Preventing Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) in Children
- Prolonged Neonatal Jaundice
- Prominent Ears
- Reactive Lymphadenopathy
- Referral to the Paediatric Trauma Clinic
- Sleep Hygiene for Teens
- Special Educational Needs clinic (SEN clinic)
- Supervised Feed
- Tenotomy in the Older Child
- Therapy Support Following Paediatric Spinal Fusion Surgery
- Tibialis Anterior Tendon Transfer (TATT)
- Tranexamic Acid: Information for Parents and Carers
- Transition from Paediatric Epilepsy to Adult Epilepsy Neurology services
- Transition from Paediatric Neurodisability to Adult Neurology Services
- Upper Gastrointestinal (GI) Endoscopy / OGD
- Vesicostomy Button Care
- Vitamin D Deficiency
- Vitamin D in Children with Epilepsy and Neurodisability
- Vulvovaginitis in Prepubertal Children
- What Happens When My Child Dies?
Children’s and Young Persons’ Emergency Department
- Asthma Attack
- Back Pain in Children
- Bronchiolitis
- Buckle Fracture
- Chicken Pox
- Child Oral Health
- Clavicle Fracture
- Concussion in Children
- Constipation in Children
- Croup
- Delayed Onset Cow’s Milk Protein Allergy
- Eczema
- Entonox and Your Child
- Fever in Children
- First Afebrile Seizure in Children and Adolescents
- Gastroenteritis
- Hand, foot and mouth disease
- Hand Fractures in Children
- Headache in Children and Young People
- Head Injury in Children
- Ingestion (swallowing) of foreign bodies in children
- Infant Reflux
- Jungle ward
- Ketamine Sedation
- Measles
- Mental Health Crisis Apps and Support
- Mental Health in the Paediatric Emergency Department
- Neonatal Jaundice
- Oral Fluid Challenge
- Paediatric Assessment Unit (PAU)
- Paronychia
- Plaster of Paris
- Prolonged Neonatal Jaundice
- Pulled Elbow
- Radial Head or Neck Fracture in Children
- Referral to the Paediatric Trauma Clinic
- Roseola
- Scarlet Fever
- Sleep Hygiene for Teens
- Toe Fracture
- Tonsillitis in Children
- Upper Respiratory Tract Infection (URTI)
- Wound Care Advice
Chronic pain service
Clinical Neurophysiology
- Adult Video Telemetry
- Electroencephalogram (EEG)
- Nerve Conduction Studies (NCS) and Electromyogram (EMG)
- Paediatric Electroencephalogram (EEG)
- Paediatric Home Video Telemetry
Colorectal
Community services
- Community Breastfeeding Support in your Area
- Contractures
- Gwynne Holford Ward Amputee Rehabilitation Service
- Mary Seacole Ward
- Nurse-Led Prolonged Jaundice Screening
- Personal Wheelchair Budgets
- Post Discharge Assistance, Epsom and Ewell Borough
- Post Discharge Assistance, Kingston Borough
- Post Discharge Assistance, Merton Borough
- Post Discharge Assistance, Richmond Borough
- Post Discharge Assistance, Surrey Borough
- Post Discharge Assistance, Sutton Borough
- Post Discharge Assistance, Wandsworth Borough
- Useful Community Contacts When Leaving Hospital
Day surgery unit
- Coming to the Day Surgery Unit
- Pregnancy Advisory Service: Surgical Termination of Pregnancy
- Surgery Under Local Anaesthetic
Dentistry
- Anti-resorptive Drugs Dental Advice for Patients
- Child Oral Health
- Dental Extractions in Children – Aftercare instructions
- Endodontic (Root Canal) Treatment
- Head and Neck Cancer and Your Dental Care
- Inhalation Sedation for Children’s Dental Treatment
- Permanent Tooth Injury (Dental Trauma) in Children
- Primary Tooth Injury in Children
- Visiting St George’s Paediatric Dental and Orthodontic Department
Dermatology
- Afro-textured hair
- After your skin biopsy
- Application of Skin Camouflage
- Foot Care
- Hair Loss Camouflage
- Metformin for Hidradenitis Suppurativa
- Referral for Skin Camouflage
- Shingles
- Teledermatology Clinic
- Vulval Skin Care
Diabetes and endocrinology
Diagnostic and X-ray Services
- Abdominal Biopsy (Kidney/Liver) Post Procedure Instructions
- Breast Needle Biopsy
- Breast Personalised Stratified Follow-Up (PSFU) Annual mammogram
- Central Venous Catheter Insertion
- Fistulogram and/or Fistuloplasty Aftercare
- Hand Therapy Team – X-ray Results
- Having a CT Scan: what should I know?
- Having a DMSA scan: what should I know?
- High Dose Skin Care Advice following an X-ray Procedure
- Implantable Arm Ports
- Implanted Port (Portacath) Insertion
- MRI Scanning (Magnetic Resonance Imaging)
- MRI Arthrogram
- MRI Scanning with Buscopan
- MRI Scanning with Gadolinium based contrast injection
- MRI Scanning with Glucagon
- MRI Scan for Babies using Feed and Wrap Technique
- MRI Scans in Pregnancy
- MRI Scans in Pregnancy in First Level, First Trimester or with Contrast
- MRI Small Bowel Study
- Pelvic Ultrasound Outpatient Appointment
- Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC) Insertion
- Radiologically Inserted Gastrostomy
- Skin Tunnelled Central Venous Catheter (STC) Insertion
- Ultrasound Breast Biopsy for women with learning deficiencies
- Vascath Central Venous Catheter Insertion
Ear, Nose & Throat
- Adenoid Surgery (Adenoidectomy)
- Canalplasty Surgery
- Consent Forms
- Jaw Exercises
- Nose Injury Clinic
- Saliva Maintenance
- Swallow Maintenance
- Swallow Rehabilitation
- Tongue Exercises
- Voice Care
Emergency
- Emergency Department (A&E)
- Achilles Tendon Rupture Advice
- Advice for Patients Being Discharged Following an Accident or Assault
- Atrial Fibrillation and Anticoagulation Therapy
- Back Pain Advice
- Breast Abscess
- Domestic Abuse Services Directory
- Early Pregnancy Unit
- General Surgery Same Day Emergency Care
- Gynaecology Same Day Emergency Care Pathway
- Infection and Sepsis
- Preventing Blood Clots in Pregnancy and After Birth
- Routine Blood Borne Virus Testing at St George’s Emergency Department
- Routine HIV Testing at St George’s Emergency Department
- Routine HIV Testing at St George’s Emergency Department ARABIC
- Routine HIV Testing at St George’s Emergency Department POLISH
- Routine HIV Testing at St George’s Emergency Department TAMIL
- Routine HIV Testing at St George’s Emergency Department URDU
- Sedation
- Serratus anterior nerve blocks for pain relief in rib fractures
- Testing for Blood Clots during or after Pregnancy
- Treatment Escalation Plans and Do Not Attempt Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation decisions
- Wound Car Advice
Endoscopy
Advanced Endoscopic Resection of Polyps in the Large Bowel with CitraFleet
Advanced Endoscopic Resection of Polyps in the Large Bowel with PLENVU
Colonoscopy with CitraFleet
Colonoscopy with MOVIPREP
Colonoscopy with PLENVU
Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS)
Entonox use in Endoscopic Procedures
Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
Gastroscopy
Gastroscopy / OGD and Colonoscopy with CitraFleet
Gastroscopy / OGD and Colonoscopy with MOVIPREP
Gastroscopy / OGD and Colonoscopy with PLENVU
PEG Insertion
Transnasal Endoscopy
Upper Gastrointestinal (GI) Endoscopy / OGD
Gastroenterology and Hepatology
- The ABC of Living with Cirrhosis
- Adalimumab and Biosimilars. Switching to different biosimilars
- Azathioprine for Autoimmune Hepatitis
- Bezafibrate for Primary Biliary Cholangitis
- Blood Transfusion Refusal Information for Adults undergoing Endoscopic Procedures
- Bravo® Studies (Wireless pH monitoring)
- Digestive Hub Assessment Service
- High Resolution Oesophageal Manometry and pH Studies
- Hydrogen Breath Tests
- Hydrogen Breath Test elimination diet
- Metabolic Dysfunction Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD)
General Surgery
Gynaecology
- Consent Forms
- Colposcopy
- Endometriosis Management: Information and Decision Aid
- Gynaecology Diagnostic Outpatient Appointment
- Gynaecology Same Day Emergency Care Pathway
- Gynaecology Two Week Referral Clinic
- Hormone Implants as Hormone Replacement Therapy ( HRT)
- Laparoscopic Myomectomy
- Laparoscopy
- LLETZ Treatment
- Management of Miscarriage
- Manual Vacuum Aspiration
- Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTOP)
- Pelvic Floor Muscle Overactivity
- Pelvic Organ Prolapse
- Pelvic Ultrasound Outpatient Appointment
- Pregnancy Advisory Clinic
- Pregnancy Advisory Service: Surgical Termination of Pregnancy
- Recovering from Gynaecological Surgery
- Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy
- Trans-cervical Resection of Endometrium
- Trans-cervical Resection of Fibroid or Polyp
Haematology
- Adult Haemophilia Service
- Anticoagulation for Left Ventricular Thrombus
- Blood Transfusion during Childbirth and in the Postnatal Period
- Blood Transfusion Refusal Information for Adults
- Blood Transfusion Refusal information (Children)
- Bone Marrow Biopsy
- CAR-T Therapy
- Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)
- How to use an Incentive Spirometer. For Patients with Sickle Cell Disease
- Intravenous Iron infusion
- Low Molecular Weight Heparin
- Open Access INR Test
- Physical Activity in Hospital Following a Stem Cell Transplant
- Preventing Blood Clots in Pregnancy and After Birth
- Pulmonary Embolus
- Stopping Anticoagulants prior to Surgery or a Procedure
- Stop the Clot
- Stopping Anticoagulants
- Syringe Pump, McKinley T34
- Testing for Blood Clots during or after Pregnancy
- Tranexamic Acid: Information for Parents and Carers
- Transfusion Alternatives for Patients Who Refuse Blood Components and Products
Haematology – Red Cell & Haemoglobin Disorders Unit (Adults)
- Breaking the Cycle: Sickle cell and thalassaemia pain management
- Information about Sickle Cell Disease and Thalassaemia (for Adults)
- Red Cell Pain Management & Psychology Service
You may also be interested in the following leaflets;
- NHS Blood and Transplant: Information for patients with sickle cell disease who may need a blood transfusion (PDF)
- Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists: Sickle cell disease and pregnancy
- Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists: Beta thalassaemia and pregnancy (PDF)
Hand Therapy
- The Hand Therapy Service
- The Hand Rehabilitation Group
- Camptodactyly in Children
- Camptodactyly in Children Hand Therapy
- Caring for your Wrist after Trapeziectomy
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in Pregnancy and Postnatally
- Central Slip Injury
- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
- Compression Gloves
- Congenital Clasped Thumb in Children
- De Quervain’s Syndrome
- Dupuytren’s Contracture: Rehabilitation following surgery
- Early Active Motion Following APL / EPB Tendon Repair
- Early Active Motion following a Central Slip Tendon Repair
- Early Active Motion Following Finger Extensor Tendon Repair
- Early Active Motion following Finger Flexor Tendon Repair
- Early Active Motion following Thumb Extensor Tendon Repair
- Early Active Motion following Thumb Extensor Tendon Repair weeks 1-4
- Early Active Motion following your Thumb Flexor Tendon Repair
- Early Active Motion following Wrist Tendon Repair
- Foam Block Hand Exercises
- Hand Exercises
- Hand Exercises for Children
- Hand Exercises for Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Hand Strengthening Exercises for Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Hand Fractures in Children
- Hand Fractures
- Hand Therapy after Central Slip Repair – Immobilisation
- Hand Therapy after Finger Extensor Tendon Repair: Relative motion splinting after surgery
- Hand Therapy after Finger Extensor Tendon Repair: Relative motion extension splinting from week three onwards
- Hand Therapy X-ray Results
- Isolated Finger Joint Exercises
- Kinesio Tape
- Mallet Injury
- Mallet Finger Injury post splinting
- Median Nerve Gliding
- Metacarpal Phalangeal (MCP) Joint Replacement Programme Static Splinting
- Mirror Therapy
- Neoprene Braces for Thumb Osteoarthritis
- Nerve Repair in the Hand and Arm
- Normalising Sensation
- Oedema (Swelling) in the Hand
- Oedema Management – Coban Wrap
- Oedema Management – Contrast Bathing
- Oedema Management – Retrograde Massage
- Osteoarthritis of the Thumb
- Paediatric Hand Therapy Service
- Passive Wrist Exercises
- Pollicisation in Children
- Proximal Inter-Phalangeal (PIP) Joint Injury
- Proximal Interphalangeal (PIP) Joint Replacement Surgery and Rehabilitation
- Rehabilitation after an APL / EPB Tendon Repair
- Rehabilitation after Central Slip Repair, four weeks post surgery
- Rehabilitation after a Finger Extensor Tendon Repair weeks 4+
- Rehabilitation after Finger Flexor Tendon Repair four weeks after surgery
- Rehabilitation after a Thumb Flexor Tendon Repair
- Rehabilitation after a Thumb Extensor Tendon Repair weeks 4+
- Rehabilitation after a Thumb Ligament Repair
- Rehabilitation after a Wrist Tendon Repair
- Scars and Scar Massage
- Serial Casting for stiff joints
- Silicone for Scars
- Tendon Gliding Exercises
- Therapeutic Putty Exercises
- Thumb Collateral Ligament Injury
- Thumb Exercises
- Thumb Ligament Surgical Repair
- Trigger Finger
- Wrist Exercises
Infection Prevention & Control
- Infection Prevention and Control
- Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE)
- Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) – I am a contact
- Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) – I am a carrier
- Clostridium difficile
- Legionella infection
- MRSA Reduction (Decolonisation) Treatment
- Norovirus
Inpatients
- Bringing Your Own Medicines into Hospital
- Falls Prevention in Hospital
- Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA)
- Persistent Pain
- Pressure Ulcers Prevention
- Pressure Ulcers Prevention in Children
- Treatment Escalation Plans and Do Not Attempt Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation decisions
Intensive Care
Major Trauma
Maternity
- 1st Trimester Screening Pre-eclampsia High Surveillance
- 1st Trimester Screening Pre-eclampsia Low Risk
- Antenatal Perineal Massage
- Blood Transfusion during Childbirth and in the Postnatal Period
- Breastfeeding and Tongue Tie
- Caesarean Birth
- Carmen Antenatal Ward
- Carmen Birth Centre: Our Philosophy of Care
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in Pregnancy and Postnatally
- Community Breastfeeding Support in your Area
- Donor Human Milk
- Early Labour / Latent Phase of Labour
- Early Onset Neonatal Sepsis
- Early Pregnancy Unit
- Epidural Blood Patch
- Expressing on the Neonatal Unit
- Fetal Monitoring Quick Guide
- Fetal Monitoring
- Headache after Childbirth
- In Touch With Your Baby
- Induction of Labour
- Managing Your Pain After Birth – how to use over-the-counter painkillers
- Maternity High Dependency Unit
- Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
- Neonatal Jaundice
- Neonatal Unit. A Guide for Parents
- Nerve Damage after Childbirth
- Optimal Cord Clamping
- Pelvic Girdle Pain
- Placenta Accreta Spectrum
- Postnatal Exercise Class
- Postnatal Physiotherapy Advice
- Postnatal Hypertension
- Postnatal Information
- Postnatal Physiotherapy Advice
- Pregnancy Exercise Class
- Preventing Blood Clots in Pregnancy and After Birth
- Prolonged Neonatal Jaundice
- Rectus Abdominis Diastasis
- Remifentanil PCA (Patient Controlled Analgesia)
- Testing for Blood Clots during or after Pregnancy
- PMRT review. Understanding what happened.
- Welcome to Gwillim Ward
- Your Choice of Feeding Method
- Your Anomaly / Mid-pregnancy Scan
- Your Preterm Baby
Newborn Services
- Anorectal Malformations
- Bowel Atresia
- Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH)
- Early Onset Neonatal Sepsis
- Expressing on the Neonatal Unit
- Gastroschisis
- Inguinal Hernia in Boys
- Long Lines and Central Lines
- Malrotation and Volvulus
- Meconium Ileus
- Necrotising Enterocolitis
- Neonatal Jaundice
- Neonatal Unit. A Guide for Parents
- Nurse-Led Prolonged Jaundice Screening
- Oesophageal Atresia with Tracheo-oesophageal Fistula
- Posterior Urethral Valves
- Prolonged Neonatal Jaundice
Neurology
- Adult Video Telemetry
- Aftercare for Procedures involving Groin Arterial Puncture
- Aftercare for Procedures involving Radial Arterial Puncture
- Aphasia Following Brain Injury
- Awake Craniotomy for your Brain Tumour
- Cerebral Palsy
- Clinical Neuropsychology Feedback Questionnaire
- Community Migraine Advice Clinic
- Diagnostic Clinical Neuropsychology Service
- Driving after Brain Injury
- Epilepsy Clinical Neuropsychology Service
- Greater Occipital Nerve Block
- Hyper Acute Stroke Unit (HASU)
- Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIg) for Neurological Conditions
- Lemtrada (Alemtuzamab) Infusion Patient Guide
- Listeria Advice for Patients taking Lemtrada (Alemtuzumab)
- Ocrevus (Ocrelizumab) Infusion Patient Guide
- Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA)
- Ponesimod (Ponvory®) missed dose. What do I do?
- Sleep Hygiene for People with Multiple Sclerosis
- Speech and Language Therapy for Motor Neuron Disease
- Speech and Language Therapy for Parkinson’s Disease
- Subarachnoid Haemorrhage (SAH)
- Transition from Paediatric Epilepsy to Adult Epilepsy Neurology services
- Traumatic Brain Injury Clinical Neuropsychology Service
- Vagus Nerve Stimulation – what is it?
- Vascular Malformations
- Vitamin D in Children with Epilepsy and Neurodisability
- What to do if you miss a dose of Fingolimod
- What to do if you miss a dose of siponimod (Mayzent®)
Nuclear medicine
Nutrition and dietetics
- 4 Stage Bowel Obstruction Diet
- Dietary Fibre
- Eating after Orthognathic (jaw mobilising) Surgery
- Exclusive Enteral Nutrition (EEN)
- Exercise & FRESH START
- Extremely Thick Fluids
- Minced and Moist
- Mixed Consistencies
- Moderately Thick Fluids
- Negative Self-Talk
- Pureed
- Radiologically Inserted Gastrostomy
- Regular Easy to Chew
- Soft and Bite Sized
- Supporting Nutrition in Dementia
- Tier 3 Weight Management Service
- Tier 3 Weight Management Service Sessions
- Transitional Foods
Ophthalmology
Oral Surgery and Maxillo-facial
Outpatients
Paediatric medicine
- After an Antibiotic Challenge
- Arginine Test
- Bowel Preparation for Children
- Carbimazole or Propylthiouracil (PTU)
- Colonoscopy for Children
- Glucagon Test
- Growth Hormone Therapy
- Human Chorionic Gonadotrophin (hCG) Stimulation Test
- Insulin Tolerance Test
- Keeping Kidneys Healthy in Children
- LHRH Test
- Low Dose Synacthen Test
- Oral Glucose Tolerance Test
- Oral Glucose Tolerance Test for Tall Stature
- Oestrogen Therapy in Girls
- Preventing Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) in Children
- Single Functioning Kidney
- Standard Synacthen Test
- Vulvovaginitis in Prepubertal Children
- Water Deprivation Test
Palliative Care
- Blood Transfusion Refusal Information for Adults
- The last few days or weeks of life at home
- Treatment Escalation Plans and Do Not Attempt Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation decisions
Pharmacy
- Allopurinol Treatment for Gout
- Cardiology Medication Information
- Corticosteroid Injections
- Bringing Your Own Medicines into Hospital
- MRSA Reduction (Decolonisation) Treatment
- Medications after an Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS)
- Respiratory Outpatient Physiotherapy
- Rifampicin and Clindamycin for Hidradenitis Suppurativa
Physiotherapy
- Achilles Tendinopathy
- Acupuncture for Migraine and Tension Headache
- Antenatal Perineal Massage
- Back Pain Advice
- Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV)
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in Pregnancy and Postnatally
- Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip (DDH)
- Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy
- Frozen Shoulder (Adhesive Capsulitis)
- Haemophilia Joint Health Score Assessment
- How to Manage an Acute Joint or Muscle Bleed
- How to use crutches safely (full weight bearing)
- Learning to Control Your Bowels
- Lumbar Spine Surgery Physiotherapy Guidance
- Lung Volume Recruitment (LVR) Bag
- Neck Pain
- Patello-femoral Pain (PFP)
- Pelvic Floor Exercises for Men
- Pelvic Floor Exercises for Women
- Pelvic Floor Muscle Overactivity
- Pelvic Girdle Pain
- Pelvic Organ Prolapse
- Physiotherapy and Haemophilia
- Plantarfascia Pain
- Postnatal Exercise Class
- Postnatal Physiotherapy Advice
- Proximal Humerus Fracture
- Recovering from Gynaecological Surgery
- Rectus Abdominis Diastasis
- Regaining Control of Your Bladder
- Respiratory Outpatient Physiotherapy
- Scar Tissue Management Post Natal
- Subacromial Pain Syndrome
- Tennis Elbow
- Tibialis Anterior Tendon Transfer (TATT)
Plastic surgery
- Accessory Digits: Outpatient Removal
- Application of Skin Camouflage
- Camptodactyly in Children
- Clinodactyly in Children
- Composite Graft to an Amputated Tip of Finger/Toe
- Discharge from the Plastic Dressing Clinic
- Extravasation
- Instructions for the Use of Topical Hydrocortisone 1% Cream
- K-wire Fixation
- Keloid Scars in Paediatrics
- Nail Bed Injury
- Nipple Areola Tattooing (Medical Tattooing)
- Nipple Areola Tattooing Aftercare
- Non-Cancer Related Bilateral Mastectomy Discharge Information Sheet
- Non-Cancer Related Bilateral Mastectomy Pre-operative Information
- Paediatric Ganglion
- Paediatric Referral to Plastic Surgery Department
- Paronychia
- Prominent Ears
- Referral for Skin Camouflage
- Referral to the Paediatric Trauma Clinic
- Rehabilitation Following Surgery for Dupuytren’s Contracture
- Scar Massage
- Seroma Aspiration
- Skin grafts and donor sites pre-operative information
- Syndactyly
- Tongue-Tie
- Trigger Thumb / Finger
- Wound and Dressing Care
Podiatric surgery
Pre-operative information
Renal Services
- ArterioVenous Fistula (AVF) Formation for Haemodialysis
- Blood Transfusion Refusal Information for Adults
- Deceased Donor Kidney
- Donating a kidney if you live overseas
- Follow up after donating a kidney
- Getting Ready for Kidney Donation: Checklist of my investigations
- Getting Ready for Transplantation: Checklist of my investigations
- Going Home after Fistula and Graft Creation
- Keeping Kidneys Healthy in Children
- Kidney Transplantation. A guide for patients and relatives
- Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy Aftercare
- Live Donor Nephrectomy: your operation
- Living well without Dialysis
- Making your Treatment Decision
- Removal of a Ureteric Stent following a Kidney Transplant
- Renal Psychology Service
- Skin Tunnelled Dialysis Catheter (STDC) Insertion
- Starting ESA (Erythropoiesis Stimulating Agent) Injections
- Taking mycophenolate mofetil following kidney transplant
- Taking prednisolone following kidney transplant
- Taking tacrolimus (Adoport) following kidney transplant
- Taking Tolvaptan
- The National Living Donor Kidney Sharing Scheme
- Urinary Tract Infections as a Transplant Recipient
- Your forthcoming Deceased Donor Transplant
Respiratory
- Chest drain insertion
- Flexible Bronchoscopy and EBUS-FNA
- Hypoxia Altitude Simulation Test
- Indwelling pleural catheter (IPC) insertion
- Pleural aspiration
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation
- Respiratory Outpatient Physiotherapy
Rheumatology
Switching from Humira to Yuflyma
Switching from Idacio to Yuflyma
Switching from RoActemra to Tyenne
Senior health
- Constipation
- Falls Prevention in Hospital
- Foot Care
- Learning to Control Your Bowels
- Mary Seacole Ward
- Shingles
- Supporting Nutrition in Dementia
- Treatment Escalation Plans and Do Not Attempt Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation decisions
Sexual health
Specialist medicine
- Bronchial Challenge – Mannitol
- Overnight Pulse Oximetry
- Rifampicin and Clindamycin for Hidradenitis Suppurativa
- Shingles
Speech & Language Therapy
- Aphasia Following Brain Injury
- Jaw Exercises
- Maintaining your Swallow Function after Head and Neck Treatment
- Saliva Maintenance
- Speech and Language Therapy for Motor Neuron Disease
- Speech and Language Therapy for Parkinson’s Disease
- Swallow Maintenance
- Swallow Rehabilitation
- Tongue Exercises
- Voice Care
- Your Choice of Feeding Method
Surgery
- Anaesthesia for Thoracic (Lung & Chest Wall) Surgery
- Appendicectomy
- Consent Forms
- Inhalation Sedation for Children’s Dental Treatment
- Vesicostomy Button Care
- Your Anaesthetic for Heart Surgery
Therapies
- Caring for a stoma and voice prosthesis after a total laryngectomy
- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) and Desensitisation Therapy
- Constipation
- Contractures
- Coping with Everyday Life with a Circular Frame
- Corticosteroid Injections
- Corticosteroid Injection Therapy in the Foot/Ankle
- Exercise & FRESH START
- Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy
- Finger Joint Injury in Children
- Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome (GTPS)
- Hand Exercises
- Hand Exercises for Children
- Hand Fractures
- Hand Fractures in Children
- Hand Therapy Relaxation Techniques – Mindful Eating
- Hand Therapy Service
- Hinged Knee Brace
- Mallet Injuries in Children
- Mirror Therapy
- Oedema (Swelling) in the Hand
- Oedema Management Techniques – Coban Wrap
- Paediatric Hand Therapy Service
- Passive Wrist Exercises
- Peripheral Nerve Repair in the Hand and Arm
- Post Discharge Assistance, Epsom and Ewell Borough
- Post Discharge Assistance, Kingston Borough
- Post Discharge Assistance, Richmond Borough
- Post Discharge Assistance, Surrey Borough
- Postnatal Exercise Class
- Postnatal Physiotherapy Advice
- Pressure Garment Prescription for Scar Management
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation
- Push Thumb Brace
- Recovering from Gynaecological Surgery
- Rehabilitation after a Thumb Extensor Tendon Repair weeks 4+
- Rehabilitation after Digital Nerve Repair
- St George’s Upper Limb Unit and your surgical journey
- Silicone for Scars
- Tendon Gliding Exercises
- The Hand Rehabilitation Group
- Therapy Support Following Paediatric Spinal Fusion Surgery
- Thumb Ulnar Collateral Ligament (UCL) Injury
- Thumb Ulnar Collateral Ligament (UCL) Injury (Large Print)
- Total Hip / Knee Replacement post-operative FAQs
Trauma and orthopaedics
- 5th Metatarsal Fracture
- Ankle Fracture (Weber type A)
- Clavicle (Collar Bone) Injuries
- Consent Forms
- Deep Vein Thrombosis Advice for Fracture Clinic Patients
- Driving after Brain Injury
- Fracture Clinic
- Hinged Knee Brace
- Post Discharge Assistance, Epsom and Ewell Borough
- Post Discharge Assistance, Kingston Borough
- Post Discharge Assistance, Richmond Borough
- Post Discharge Assistance, Surrey Borough
- Prosthetic Joint Infection
- Radial Head or Neck Fracture
- Scapula (Shoulder Blade) Injuries: A Guide for Patients
- Toe Fracture (excluding big toe)
- Trauma-and-Orthopaedics-tertiary-fracture-referral-process-Nov-2018
- Vitamin C in Pain Management
Trust-wide leaflets
- The NHS Complaints Procedure and how it works
- General information booklet
- Going home – discharge information for patients
- Information for overseas visitors – hospital treatment and paying for care
- Treatment Escalation Plans and Do Not Attempt Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation decisions
