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Patient Information Leaflets
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Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
This leaflet is designed for women that have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM) and provides information and support on what to expect during pregnancy to ensure the safety of you and your baby.
Female sterilisation information
This link takes you to the NHS.UK website for further information if you are considering a permanent method of family planning/birth control.
Femoral endarterectomy
Explains an operation to surgically remove the narrowing or blockage within an artery
Femoral popliteal bypass surgery
Explains an operation to bypass a blocked portion of an artery in the leg using a piece of another blood vessel.
Femoral to femoral crossover surgery
Advice about an operation to bypass the blocked arteries in your pelvis that supply your leg, so that the blood supply is improved
Fibreoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallow (FEES)
Information about a fibreoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES)
Fibro epithelial polyp (FEP)
Explains management of small painless lumps in the mouth
Fibrocystic breast change
Outlines possible breast symptoms caused by hormone changes.
Financial support when you have cancer
Outlines what financial support is available for patients with a cancer diagnosis
Fine needle aspiration (FNA) aftercare advice
Looking after yourself and your wound following an FNA where we took some tissue samples to find out what is wrong
Finger exercises
Exercises to help you strengthen your fingers
Finger foods
Dietary advice for those who struggle with foods that are eaten using cutlery or find picking at food or snacks easier - suggested foods that can be eaten as finger foods
Finger fractures discharge advice
Discharge advice and how to ‘buddy strap your fingers following your finger or hand fracture
Finger volar plate injury (jammed finger)
Outlines conservative (non-surgical) management of a jammed finger
First 6 weeks after weight loss surgery
Outlines what to expect in the first 6 weeks following your weight loss surgery and provides information and advice to support you
First Assessment at the Wheelchair Clinic
What to expect at your first assessment with the West Berkshire Wheelchair Service.
First fit or seizure
Advice following diagnosis of a first fit or seizure in the Emergency Department (A&E)
First metatarsophalangeal joint fusion surgery
Explains what will happen when you come to the hospital for an operation to fuse the big toe
First seizure (no temperature) in children
For children, young people and their parents and carers - some basic general information on seizures and safety
First trimester miscarriage
This leaflet will help to answer the most frequently asked questions following a first trimester (up to 13 weeks of a pregnancy) miscarriage.