Patient information leaflets
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A&E (See Emergency)
Acute Medicine
Adult Critical Care
Amputee Rehabilitation
- Acute Insomnia
- Assistive Technology Service
- Assistive-Technology-Referral-Form – June 19
- Gwynne Holford Ward Amputee Rehabilitation Service
- Pre-amputation Information
- 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 – Patient information
Anaesthetics
- Royal College of Anaesthetists patient information
- Caudal Block pain relief for children
- 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
- Weight Loss or Diabetic Drugs and Anaesthesia
- Your Child’s Anaesthetic
Audiology
- Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV)
- Oticon Combination Devices
- Oticon White Noise Generators
- Phonak Combination Devices
Cancer Services
- Ambulatory Oncology Care Unit (AOCU)
- Being active before surgery or cancer treatment
- 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)
- Electrochemotherapy
- Head and Neck Cancer and Your Dental Care
- Help with travel costs
- Information for Women Recalled to the Breast Screening Assessment Clinic
- Managing Cancer Related Breathlessness
- Psychological Support for People Affected by Cancer
- Rapid Diagnostic Cancer Clinic Psychology Service
- Syringe Pump, McKinley T34
- Teenagers and Young Adults Cancer Service
- Ultrasound Breast Biopsy for women with learning difficulties
- Urgent Bowel Clinic Referrals
- Vacuum Assisted Excision Procedure
- WID-easy Test Information
Cardiac Arrhythmia
- Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation
- Catheter Ablation for Supra-Ventricular Tachycardia (SVT)
- Direct Current Cardioversion
- Implantable Loop Recorder (ILR)
Cardiac Surgery
- After Your Heart Surgery
- Getting moving after your heart surgery
- Bringing Your Own Medicines into Hospital
Cardiology
Cardiovascular
- High Dose Skin Care Advice following a Cardiac X-ray Procedure
- Implantable loop recorder (ILR)
- Infective Endocarditis
- Stop the Clot
- Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) Assessment
- Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) Procedure
Children’s Services
- Acarizax® Treatment for House Dust Mite Allergy
- Acute Bleed Advice
- Allergy Patient Initiated Follow-Up (PIFU)
- Anorectal Malformations
- Bowel Atresia
- Camptodactyly in Children
- Camptodactyly in Children Hand Therapy
- Cerebral Palsy
- Chicken Pox
- Child Oral Health
- Children and Young People’s Epilepsy Services
- Congenital Clasped Thumb in Children
- Constipation in Children
- Delayed Onset Cow’s Milk Protein Allergy
- Dental Extractions in Children – Aftercare instructions
- Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip (DDH)
- Caring for a Child in a Pavlik Harness. The Parents’ Guide.
- Early Onset Neonatal Sepsis
- Eczema Information for Parents and Carers
- Febrile Convulsions: Information for Parents
- Food Challenge
- Functional Abdominal Pain
- Gastroschisis
- Grazax® Sublingual Immunotherapy
- Haemophilia and Sports for Paediatric Patients
- 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
- Jungle ward
- Inguinal Hernia in Boys
- Investigations after Your Child’s Urinary Tract Infection
- Keeping Active in Hospital
- Keeping Kidneys Healthy in Children
- Lumbar Puncture in Children
- 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 Electroencephalogram (EEG)
- Paediatric Ganglion
- Paediatric Haemophilia Service
- Paediatric Hand Therapy Service
- Paediatric Neuropsychology Service: Neuropsychological Assessment
- Paediatric Neuropsychology Service: Treatment
- Paediatric Referral to Plastic Surgery Department
- Paediatric Rehabilitation
- Paediatric Urodynamic Test
- pH / Impedance Study
- Physiotherapy and Haemophilia
- Pressure Ulcers Prevention in Children
- Preventing Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) in Children
- Prolonged Neonatal Jaundice
- Prominent Ears
- Reactive Lymphadenopathy
- Scar Massage
- 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)
- Tick Bite Advice
- Tranexamic Acid: Information for Parents and Carers
- Transition from Paediatric Epilepsy to Adult Epilepsy Neurology services
- Transition from Paediatric Neurodisability to adult Neurology services
- Trigger Thumb / Finger
- Upper Gastrointestinal (GI) Endoscopy / OGD
- Vesicostomy Button Care
- Visiting St George’s Paediatric Dental and Orthodontic Department
- Vitamin D Deficiency
- Vitamin D in Children with Epilepsy and Neurodisability
- Vulvovaginitis in Prepubertal Children
- What Happens When My Child Dies?
- Wheeled Zimmer Frame at Home
Children’s and Young Person’s Emergency Department
- 5th Metatarsal Fracture
- Acute Bleed Advice
- Ankle Fracture (Weber type A)
- Buckle Fracture
- Clavicle Fracture
- Crutches at Home
- Entonox and Your Child
- Fracture Clinic
- Hand Fractures in Children
- Ingestion (swallowing) of foreign bodies in children
- Jungle ward
- Keloid Scars in Paediatrics
- Ketamine Sedation
- Nail Bed Injury
- Oral Fluid Challenge
- Paediatric Assessment Unit (PAU)
- Patient Fasting Information for Children
- Paediatric Major Trauma Service
- Paronychia
- Plaster of Paris
- Primary Tooth Injury in Children
- Pulled Elbow
- Radial Head or Neck Fracture
- Referral to the Paediatric Trauma Clinic
- Sleep Hygiene for Teens
- Toe Fracture
- Wheeled Zimmer Frame at Home
Chronic Pain Service
Clinical Neurophysiology
- Adult Home Video Telemetry
- Adult Video Telemetry
- Electroencephalogram (EEG)
- Nerve Conduction Studies (NCS) and Electromyogram (EMG)
- Paediatric Electroencephalogram (EEG)
- Paediatric Home Video Telemetry
Colorectal
- Anal Fissure
- Constipation
- Haemorrhoids (Piles)
- Post-operative Care after Examination Under Anaesthesia (EUA) and Anorectal Surgery
- Urgent Bowel Clinic Referrals
Community Services
- Community Breastfeeding Support in your Area
- Contractures
- Gwynne Holford Ward Amputee Rehabilitation Service
- Haemoglobinopathy Service
- Integrated Falls and Bone Health Service
- Mary Seacole Ward
- 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
- The BOOST Course
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 in Children
- Head and Neck Cancer and Your Dental Care
- How to look after your braces
- Inhalation Sedation for Children’s Dental Treatment
- Permanent Tooth Injury (Dental Trauma) in Children
- Primary Tooth Injury in Children
- Stainless Steel Crowns (SSCs)
- Visiting St George’s Paediatric Dental and Orthodontic Department
Dermatology
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- Afro-textured hair
- After your skin biopsy
- Application of Skin Camouflage
- Foot Care
- Hair Loss Camouflage
- Lymphoedema Compression Garments: How to put on, remove and care for them
- Metformin for Hidradenitis Suppurativa
- Paediatric Eczema (Video)
- Psoriasis (Video)
- Referral for Skin Camouflage
- Shingles
- Skin Cancer (Video)
Diabetes and Endocrinology
- Healthy Eating for Gestational Diabetes
- Hybrid Closed Loop (HCL) technology for Diabetes
- Steroid Emergency Card
Diagnostic, MRI 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
- Gadolinium based contrast agent for MRI while Breastfeeding
- Having a CT Scan: what should I know?
- Having a DMSA scan: what should I know?
- Implantable Arm Ports
- Implanted Port (Portacath) Insertion
- MRI Scanning (Magnetic Resonance Imaging)
- MRI Scanning with Buscopan
- MRI Scanning with Gadolinium based contrast injection
- MRI Scanning with Glucagon
- MRI Scans in Pregnancy
- MRI Scans in Pregnancy in First Level, First Trimester or with Contrast
- Pelvic Ultrasound Outpatient Appointment
- Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC) Insertion
- Skin Tunnelled Central Venous Catheter (STC) Insertion
- Ultrasound Breast Biopsy for women with learning deficiencies
Ear, Nose & Throat
- Adenoid Surgery (Adenoidectomy)
- Canalplasty Surgery
- Jaw Exercises
- Nose Injury Clinic
- Saliva Maintenance
- Swallow Maintenance
- Swallow Rehabilitation
- Tongue Exercises
- Voice Care
Emergency
- Emergency Department (A&E)
- Acute Anterior (Forwards) Shoulder Dislocation
- Acute Posterior (Backwards) Shoulder Dislocation
- Advice for Patients Being Discharged Following an Accident or Assault
- Ankle Sprains
- Atrial Fibrillation and Anticoagulation Therapy
- Appendicectomy
- Back Pain Advice
- Domestic Abuse Services Directory
- Early Pregnancy Unit (EPU)
- Gynaecology Same Day Emergency Care Pathway
- Infection and Sepsis
- Norovirus
- 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
- Sickle Cell Emergency Department Bypass Unit
- Testing for Blood Clots during or after Pregnancy
- Tick Bite Advice
- Treatment Escalation Plans and Do Not Attempt Cardio-Pulmonary
- Resuscitation decisions
Endoscopy
- Advanced Endoscopic Resection of Polyps in the Large Bowel with CitraFleet
- Advanced Endoscopic Resection of Polyps in the Large Bowel with PLENVU
- Cholangioscopy
- 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
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- The ABC of Living with Cirrhosis
- Advanced Liver Disease and Cirrhosis
- Azathioprine for Autoimmune Hepatitis
- Bezafibrate for Primary Biliary Cholangitis
- Bravo® Studies (Wireless pH monitoring)
- ERCP
- Oesophageal Manometry and pH studies
- Hydrogen / Methane Breath Tests
- Hydrogen Breath Test elimination diet
- Metabolic Dysfunction Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD)
- pH / Impedance Study
- Anorectal Physiology Studies
General Medicine
General Surgery
- Appendicetomy
- Post-operative Care after Examination Under Anaesthesia (EUA) and Anorectal Surgery
- Preparing for Surgery at St George’s Hospital
- Weight Loss or Diabetic Drugs and Anaesthesia
Genetics
- MT-RNR1 Genetic Test Result – variant identified in the MT-RNR1 gene
- MT-RNR1 Gene Variants – information for relatives
- Important information about your RYR1 gene variant and anaesthetics
Gynaecology
- 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
- Radiofrequency Ablation of Uterine Fibroids
- Recovering from Gynaecological Surgery
- Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy
- Trans-cervical Resection of Endometrium
- Trans-cervical Resection of Fibroid or Polyp
Haematology
- Acute Bleed Advice
- Adult Haemophilia Service
- Anticoagulation for Left Ventricular Thrombus
- Blood Transfusion during Childbirth and in the Postnatal Period
- Blood Transfusion Refusal Information for Adults
- Bone Marrow Biopsy
- CAR-T Therapy
- CAR-T Therapy: Patient discharge and going home
- Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)
- Haemophilia and Sports for Paediatric Patients
- Intravenous Iron infusion
- Low Molecular Weight Heparin
- Open Access INR Test
- Paediatric Haemophilia Service
- Physical Activity in Hospital Following a Stem Cell Transplant
- Physiotherapy and Haemophilia
- 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
- Virology Testing for Patients receiving Regular Blood Transfusions
Haematology – Red Cell and Haemoglobin Disorders Unit
- Automated Red Blood Cell Exchange Transfusion for Patients with Sickle Cell Disease
- Breaking the Cycle: Sickle cell and thalassaemia pain management
- How to use an Incentive Spirometer. For Patients with Sickle Cell Disease
- Guide To Sickle Cell and Employment Version
- Haemoglobinopathy Service
- Information about Sickle Cell Disease and Thalassaemia (for Adults)
- Iron Overload and its Treatment in Patients with Sickle Cell Disease or Thalassaemia
- Pain Management Programme for People with Sickle Cell Disease
- Priapism: information for people with sickle cell disease
- Red Cell Pain Management & Psychology Service
- Sexual Health and Contraception for patients with thalassaemia and sickle cell disease
- Sickle Cell Emergency Department Bypass Unit
- Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Service (Adults)
- Travelling Abroad for Adults with Sickle Cell Disease and Thalassaemia
- Universal Care Plans for Patients with Sickle Cell Disease
- Using Hydroxycarbamide (Hydroxyurea)
- Vaccinations and Antibiotics: Information for Adults with Sickle Cell Disease
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
- 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
- Boxer’s Fracture
- Camptodactyly in Children
- Camptodactyly in Children Hand Therapy
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in Pregnancy and Postnatally
- Central Slip Injury
- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
- Dupuytren’s Contracture: Rehabilitation following surgery
- Compression Gloves
- Congenital Clasped Thumb in Children
- Hand Fractures
- Hand Fractures in Children
- Mallet Injuries in Children
- Mallet Injury
- Neoprene Braces for Thumb Osteoarthritis
- Nerve repair in the hand and arm
- Oedema Management – Retrograde Massage
- Paediatric Hand Therapy Service
- Passive Wrist Exercises
- PIP Joint / Volar Plate Injury
- Scars and Scar Massage
- Serial Casting for stiff joints
- Silicone for Scars
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
- Clostridioides difficile
- COVID-19
- 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
Major Trauma
- Coping with your Emotions following Traumatic Injury
- Going Home after Your Stay at St George’s Major Trauma Centre
- St George’s Major Trauma Centre
- Paediatric Major Trauma Service
- Paediatric Major Trauma Service Going Home
- Reiki
Maternity
- Anomaly / Mid-pregnancy Scan
- Antenatal Perineal Massage
- Antenatal Pregnancy Advice Class
- Blood Transfusion during Childbirth and in the Postnatal Period
- Breastfeeding and Tongue Tie
- Breast Milk Fortifier and Breast Milk Fortifier Boosts
- Caesarean Birth
- Caesarean Section Wound Care with PICO 7 Dressing
- 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 (EPU)
- Epidural Blood Patch
- Expressing on the Neonatal Unit
- Fetal Monitoring Quick Guide
- Fetal Monitoring
- Headache after Childbirth
- Healthy eating for gestational diabetes
- Induction of Labour
- Keeping Your Baby Warm
- Making Milk after your Baby has died
- 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 Floor Exercises for Women
- Pelvic Girdle Pain
- Perineal Wound Breakdown
- Placenta Accreta Spectrum
- Postnatal Exercise Class
- Postnatal Hypertension
- Postnatal Information
- Postnatal Physiotherapy Advice
- Pregnancy Exercise Class
- Preventing Blood Clots in Pregnancy and After Birth
- Prolonged Neonatal Jaundice
- Rectus Abdominis Diastasis
- Return to Running Postnatally
- Remifentanil PCA (Patient Controlled Analgesia)
- Scar Tissue Management Post Natal
- Spontaneous rupture of membranes (SROM)
- Testing for Blood Clots during or after Pregnancy
- Welcome to Gwillim Ward
- Your Choice of Feeding Method
- Your Preterm Baby
Neurology
- Adult Home Video Telemetry
- Adult Video Telemetry
- Aftercare for Procedures involving Groin Arterial Puncture
- Aftercare for Procedures involving Radial Arterial Puncture
- Awake Craniotomy for your Brain Tumour
- Cerebral Palsy
- Community Migraine Advice Clinic
- Delirium
- Diagnostic Clinical Neuropsychology Service
- Driving after Brain Injury
- Electroencephalogram (EEG)
- Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy (ETV) in Children and Young People
- Epilepsy Clinical Neuropsychology Service
- Greater Occipital Nerve Block
- Hydrocephalus in Children and Young People
- 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
- Paediatric Electroencephalogram (EEG)
- Paediatric Home Video Telemetry
- Paediatric Rehabilitation
- Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA)
- Ponesimod (Ponvory®) missed dose. What do I do?
- Post-Neurosurgery Wound Care in Children
- RAAR ‘Rapid Access Acute Rehabilitation’
- Shoulder Subluxation
- Sleep Hygiene for People with Multiple Sclerosis
- Stroke Patient Handbook
- Subarachnoid Haemorrhage (SAH)
- Transition from Paediatric Epilepsy to Adult Epilepsy Neurology services
- Traumatic Brain Injury Clinical Neuropsychology Service
- Vagus Nerve Stimulation – what is it?
- Ventriculo-peritoneal Shunt Insertion Surgery in Children and Young People
- 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®)
Newborn Services
- Anorectal Malformations
- Bowel Atresia
- Breast Milk Fortifier and Breast Milk Fortifier Boosts
- Early Onset Neonatal Sepsis
- Expressing on the Neonatal Unit
- Gastroschisis
- Inguinal Hernia in Boys
- Malrotation and Volvulus
- Meconium Ileus
- Necrotising Enterocolitis
- Neonatal Jaundice
- Neonatal Unit. A Guide for Parents
- Nurse-Led Prolonged Jaundice Screening
- Prolonged Neonatal Jaundice
Nuclear medicine
Nutrition and Dietetics
- 4 Stage Bowel Obstruction Diet
- Clear and Free Fluids
- Dietary Fibre
- Eating after Orthognathic (jaw mobilising) Surgery
- Exclusive Enteral Nutrition (EEN)
- Exercise & FRESH START
- Extremely Thick Fluids
- Healthy Eating and PCOS
- Minced and Moist
- Mixed Consistencies
- Moderately Thick Fluids
- Pureed
- Radiologically Inserted Gastrostomy
- Recipes for Weight gain
- Regular Easy to Chew
- Soft and Bite Sized
- Supporting Nutrition in Dementia
- Transitional Foods
The following leaflets are available upon request. Please call us on 020 8725 1163 for more details. A healthy, balanced soft diet for patients following head and neck cancer
Custard-thick (stage 2) fluids
Syrup-thick (stage 1) fluids
Ophthalmology
Oral Surgery and Maxillo-facial
- Bi-maxillary Surgery Risks
- Eating after Orthognathic (jaw mobilising) Surgery
- Your Orthodontic Records Appointment
Outpatients
Paediatrics
- Acarizax® Treatment for House Dust Mite Allergy
- Acute Bleed Advice
- After an Antibiotic Challenge
- Allergy Patient Initiated Follow-Up (PIFU)
- Arginine Test
- Bowel Preparation for Children
- Carbimazole or Propylthiouracil (PTU)
- Colonoscopy for Children
- Drug Challenge
- External Ventricular Drains (EVDs)
- Febrile Convulsions: Information for Parents
- Glucagon Test
- Grazax® Sublingual Immunotherapy
- Growth Hormone Therapy
- Haemophilia and Sports for Paediatric Patients
- Home Food Introduction
- Human Chorionic Gonadotrophin (hCG) Stimulation Test
- Hydrocephalus in Children and Young People
- Insulin Tolerance Test
- Intracranial Pressure (ICP) Monitoring
- Keeping Kidneys Healthy in Children
- LHRH Test
- Low Dose Synacthen Test
- Lumbar Drain
- Lumbar Puncture in Children
- Micturating Cystourethrogram (MCUG)
- Antibiotics for an MCUG
- Nurse Controlled Analgesia – pain relief for children
- Oestrogen Therapy in Girls
- Oral Glucose Tolerance Test
- Oral Glucose Tolerance Test for Tall Stature
- Paediatric Breathing Clinic
- Paediatric Major Trauma Service
- Paediatric Major Trauma Service Going Home
- pH / Impedance Study
- Physiotherapy and Haemophilia
- Preventing Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) in Children
- Scar Massage
- Single Functioning Kidney
- Standard Synacthen Test
- Upper Gastrointestinal (GI) Endoscopy / OGD
- Ventriculo-peritoneal Shunt Insertion Surgery in Children and Young People
- Vulvovaginitis in Prepubertal Children
- Water Deprivation Test
Paediatric Physiotherapy
- Acute Bleed Advice
- Crutches at Home
- Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip (DDH)
- Keeping Active in Hospital
- Haemophilia and Sports for Paediatric Patients
- Immature Hips
- Paediatric Rehabilitation
- Physiotherapy and Haemophilia
- Tenotomy in the Older Child
- Tibialis Anterior Tendon Transfer (TATT)
- Wheeled Zimmer Frame at Home
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
Pelvic Health Physiotherapy
- Antenatal Perineal Massage
- Bladder Diary
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in Pregnancy and Postnatally
- Constipation
- Learning to Control Your Bowels
- Menopause
- Pelvic Floor Exercises for Men
- Pelvic Floor Exercises for Women
- Pelvic Floor Muscle Overactivity
- Pelvic Girdle Pain
- Pelvic Organ Prolapse
- Postnatal Physiotherapy Advice
- Recovering from Gynaecological Surgery
- Rectus Abdominis Diastasis
- Return to Running Postnatally
- Regaining Control of Your Bladder
- Scar Tissue Management Post Natal
Pharmacy
- Allopurinol Treatment for Gout
- Bringing Your Own Medicines into Hospital
- Cardiology Medication Information
- Corticosteroid Injections
- MRSA Reduction (Decolonisation) Treatment
- Rifampicin and Clindamycin for Hidradenitis Suppurativa
Physiotherapy
- Achilles Tendinopathy
- Acupuncture for Migraine and Tension Headache
- Ankle Sprains
- Back Pain Advice
- Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV)
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in Pregnancy and Postnatally
- Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip (DDH)
- Caring for a Child in a Pavlik Harness. The Parents’ Guide.
- Haemophilia Joint Health Score Assessment
- Exercise Guidance for Musculoskeletal Conditions
- Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy
- Frozen Shoulder (Adhesive Capsulitis)
- How to Manage an Acute Joint or Muscle Bleed
- How to Manage an Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury
- Learning to Control Your Bowels
- Lumbar Spine Surgery Physiotherapy Guidance
- Lung Volume Recruitment (LVR) Bag
- Neck Pain
- Patello-femoral Pain (PFP)
- Pelvic Floor Muscle Overactivity
- Pelvic Girdle Pain
- Pelvic Organ Prolapse
- Physiotherapy and Haemophilia
- Plantar Fascia Pain
- Postnatal Exercise Class
- Postnatal Physiotherapy Advice
- Postural Hypotension
- Proximal Humerus Fracture
- RAAR ‘Rapid Access Acute Rehabilitation’
- Recovering from Gynaecological Surgery
- Rectus Abdominis Diastasis
- Respiratory Outpatient Physiotherapy
- Scar Tissue Management Post Natal
- Sport, Exercise and Activity with Haemophilia
- Subacromial Pain Syndrome
- Tennis Elbow
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
- 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 St George’s Hospital Plastic Surgery Department
- Referral to the Paediatric Trauma Clinic
- Scar Massage
- Seroma Aspiration
- Skin Grafts and Donor Sites Pre-operative Information
- Syndactyly
- Tongue-Tie
- Trigger Thumb / Finger
- Wound and Dressing Care
Podiatry
Pre-Operative Information
- Non-Cancer Related Bilateral Mastectomy Pre-operative Information
- Preparing for Surgery at St George’s Hospital
Renal Services
- ArterioVenous Fistula (AVF) Formation for Haemodialysis
- Blood Transfusion Refusal Information for Adults
- Donating a kidney if you live overseas
- Follow up after donating a kidney
- 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
- Taking mycophenolate mofetil following kidney transplant
- Taking prednisolone following kidney transplant
- Taking Roxadustat (Evrenzo) for renal anaemia
- Taking tacrolimus (Adoport) following kidney transplant
- Taking Tolvaptan
- The National Living Donor Kidney Sharing Scheme
- Urinary Tract infections as a Transplant Recipient
Respiratory
- Bronchial Challenge – Mannitol
- Chest drain insertion
- Flexible Bronchoscopy and EBUS-FNA
- Hypoxia Altitude Simulation Test
- Indwelling pleural catheter (IPC) insertion
- Overnight Pulse Oximetry
- Paediatric Breathing Clinic
- 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
- Contractures
- Falls Prevention in Hospital
- Foot Care
- Integrated Falls and Bone Health Service
- Learning to Control Your Bowels
- Mary Seacole Ward
- Postural Hypotension
- Shingles
- Supporting Nutrition in Dementia
- Treatment Escalation Plans and Do Not Attempt Cardio-Pulmonary
- Resuscitation decisions
Speech & Language Therapy
- Jaw Exercises
- Maintaining your Swallow Function after Head and Neck Treatment
- Saliva Maintenance
- Swallow Maintenance
- Swallow Rehabilitation
- Tongue Exercises
- Voice Care
- Your Choice of Feeding Method
Specialist Medicine
- Bronchial Challenge – Mannitol
- Entonox Use in Endoscopic Procedures
- ERCP
- Hybrid Closed Loop (HCL) technology for Diabetes
- Overnight Pulse Oximetry
- Rifampicin and Clindamycin for Hidradenitis Suppurativa
- Shingles
Stroke
Surgery
- Anaesthesia for Thoracic (Lung & Chest Wall) Surgery
- Appendicectomy
- Inhalation Sedation for Children’s Dental Treatment
- Post-Neurosurgery Wound Care in Children
- Preparing for Surgery at St George’s Hospital
- Surgical Admissions Lounge
- Vesicostomy Button Care
Therapies
- 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
- Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome (GTPS)
- Hand Fractures
- Hand Therapy Service
- Hinged Knee Brace
- Integrated Falls and Bone Health Service
- Isometric Wrist Strengthening
- Menopause
- Osteoarthritis of the Thumb
- Paediatric Hand Therapy Service
- Paediatric Rehabilitation
- Postnatal Exercise Class
- Postnatal Physiotherapy Advice
- Post-operative ACL Reconstruction: Patient Passport
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation
- RAAR ‘Rapid Access Acute Rehabilitation’
- Recovering from Gynaecological Surgery
- Silicone for Scars
- Soft Tissue Knee Injury
- Therapy Support Following Paediatric Spinal Fusion Surgery
- Trigger Finger
- Upper Limb Unit and your surgical journey
Trauma and Orthopaedics
- 5th Metatarsal Fracture
- Acute Anterior (Forwards) Shoulder Dislocation
- Acute Posterior (Backwards) Shoulder Dislocation
- Ankle Fracture (Weber type A)
- Clavicle (Collar Bone) Injuries
- Deep Vein Thrombosis Advice for Fracture Clinic Patients
- Driving after Brain Injury
- Hinged Knee Brace
- Integrated Falls and Bone Health Service
- Prosthetic Joint Infection
- Radial Head or Neck Fracture
- Scapula (Shoulder Blade) Injuries: A Guide for Patients
- Toe Fracture (excluding big toe)
- Vitamin C in Pain Management
Trust-wide leaflets
- General information booklet
- Going home – discharge information for patients
- How to make a complaint about NHS services
- Information for overseas visitors – hospital treatment and paying for care
- Treatment Escalation Plans and Do Not Attempt Cardio-Pulmonary
- Resuscitation decisions