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Patient Information Leaflets
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Getting back to normal
Tips on how to take an active part in your rehabilitation and will help to reduce the risk of falls, blood clots, infections and / or pressure ulcers
Getting involved with a loved one's care (Leading Together Programme)
Explains how you can offer support alongside the ward nursing team, in the best way possible for you and the patient
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
Getting the best results from your gastric band
Gives dietary advice following your bariatric (weight loss) surgery
Getting your child's pharmacy medications out of hours
Gives contact details and opening hours of Reading pharmacies that are open late or on Sundays
Glaucoma 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
Glaucoma surgery (trabeculectomy)
Tells you about glaucoma surgery including risks and benefits
Globus (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
Glue ear
Outlines management of a common childhood condition in which the middle ear becomes filled with fluid
Glue ear (Phonak leaflet 2023)
Phonak booklet to help you to understand the condition
Gluteal tendon repair surgery
An operation to repair damage to the gluteal tendons - outlining what surgery entails, including risks and benefits
Going 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
Going to Guy's Hospital for lung cancer surgery
Explains what to expect if you are recommended surgery to treat your lung cancer
Gonadotropin
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.
Goserelin acetate (Zoladex)
This leaflet gives you advice and information about goserelin acetate (Zoladex®) treatment for non-cancerous gynaecological conditions such as fibroids and endometriosis.
GP follow-up following treatment for bowel cancer
Where and when to seek advice and support after your treatment for bowel cancer
GP X-ray referrals Walk In and Appointment Services
Details the range of services available to patients referred to the Radiology Department for X-rays
Graves' Disease
For patients diagnosed with Graves’ Disease - explains its symptoms, possible cause and what treatment options are available
Greater 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
Grief after a bereavement
What you can do to help yourself, how others can help you, how you can help other people who may be experiencing strong feelings after the death of someone close, and where you can get more advice and support.