Patient information leaflets

Service name A-Z

If you want to browse leaflets by service then you can by using the A-Z directory below.

All internally produced written information can be printed at home if you wish. These lists will be updated with new and revised patient information as it becomes available.

All patient information should be used in conjunction with the advice given by a clinician.

Radiology

Angiogram / Venogram

Angioplasty / stent insertion

Antegrade Stent

Barium Enema

Barium Follow Through

Barium Swallow and Meal

Barium Swallow with Video Recording

Breast marker clip under Ultrasound guidance

Breast Ultrasound

Colonic Transit Study

Computed Tomography (CT) scan

CT enterology

CT Head scan

CT Scan

CT scan with oral contrast

Cystogram

Drainage and / or stenting of bile ducts

Dialysis line insertion

DMSA Renal scan

Dopamine active transporter (DAT) scan

Embolisation of a vascular mass

Exercise Induced Bronchoconstriction Challenge (EIB) Test

Extravasation

Family history screening mammogram

Fistula Thrombectomy

Fistuloplasty / Venoplasty

Herniogram

HIDA Gallbladder Scan

Hysterosalpingogram

Important advice to keep you safe from Coronavirus prior to having a procedure

Important advice to keep you safe from Coronavirus prior to having a procedure

Isotope bone scan

Isotope Thyroid Scan

Loopogram

Lymphoscintigram

MAG-3 Renal scan

Mammogram

Meckles Scan

MIBG scan

Micturating Cystogram

MRI Enterography scan

MRI Scan

Myocardial Perfusion Scan

Nephrostogram

Paediatric Barium Swallow and Meal

Paediatric DMSA Renal scan

Paediatric MAGIII Renal scan

Paediatric Micturating Cystogram

Paediatric Video Barium Swallow

Parathyroid scan

Patients undergoing a Sialogram

Pelvic Ultrasound

Percutaneous biopsy

Percutaneous drainage

Percutaneous Nephrostomy

Pouchogram

Prostate artery embolization (PAE)

Radiofrequency ablation (RFA)

Radiologically inserted balloon gastrostomy (RIG)

Radiotherapy Skin Reactions Information for Patients

Salivary duct dilation and / or stone removal

Sialogram

Sinogram

Trans-arterial chemoembolization [TACE]

Transjugular liver biopsy (TJLB)

Treatments for Primary Raynaud’s Phenomenon

T-Tube Cholangiogram

Tunnelled Line and Hickman Line Insertion

Ultrasound guided core biopsy of the breast

Ultrasound guided vacuum - assisted biopsy (VAB)

Undergoing a Uterine artery embolisation (fibroid embolisation)

Ultrasound guided wire localisation

Urethrogram

Uterine artery embolisation (fibroid embolisation)

Varicocele embolisation

V/Q scan

Water-soluble enema

Water-Soluble Swallow

X-ray (stereotactic) guided core biopsy

X-ray (stereotactic) guided marker clip insertion

X-ray (Stereotactic) Guided Vacuum Assisted Biopsy

X-ray (Stereotactic) guided vacuum-assisted excision (VAE) (Radiology)


Renal

Care of your Haemodialysis Catheter - A guide for patients and carers

Caring for your Fistula / Graft A guide for patients and carers

Ferinject (ferric carboxymaltose)

Helping you to understand kidney failure the non dialysis treatment option

Insertion of your Haemodialysis Line

Kidney Biopsy

Kidney Failure: A Guide for Patients and Carers

Making a fistula for haemodialysis

Removal of their Haemodialysis Catheter

Renal Welfare Rights Service at New Cross


ReSPECT

Respect - Information for Patients and Carers (English)

Respect - Information for Patients and Carers (Polish)

Respect - Information for Patients and Carers (Russian)

Respect - Information for Patients and Carers (Slovakian)

Respect - Information for Patients and Carers (Urdu)

Respect - 1. Introduction (Easy Read Leaflet)

Respect - 2. Making choices about healthcare (Easy Read Leaflet)

Respect - 4. Two stories (Easy Read Leaflet)

Respect - 5. Where can you find out more about ReSPECT and making decisions? (Easy Read Leaflet)


Respiratory

Active TB

Ambulatory oxygen

Being discharged from hospital with oxygen treatment

Being treated with oxygen at home

Blood Gas Test

Breathing and the brain

Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test (CPET)

Child Asthma Action Plan

Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP)

Drive In Spirometry Service

Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide testing (FENO test)

How to Stop Smoking

Hyperventilation Provocation Test

Important advice to reduce the risk of Coronavirus prior to having a Bronchoscopy or EBUS

Inhaled Mannitol Challenge Test

Latent Tuberculosis (TB)

Lung Function Test

Non Invasive Ventilation (NIV)

Overnight Oximetry Test

Preparing your intravenous medication for independent administration

Reducing your exposure to allergens

Six-minute walk test

Sleep Hygiene

What is a respiratory muscle strength assessment?

What is a skin allergy test?

What is a Sleep Study?

What is spirometry?

Will I Need Oxygen When I Fly?


Rheumatology

Biologic Treatment: Starting a new treatment

Disease Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drug (DMARD) Counselling for Rheumatology Patients

Patient Advice Line

Raynaud’s Phenomenon and Digital Ulcers in Scleroderma

Reactive arthritis