What is a squint?
Explains what a squint is, how it affects vision and what the treatment or management options are
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Patient Information Leaflets
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What to expect at your Fertility clinic visit
Information on what will happen when you enter our service and what you as a couple can do to optimise your chances of getting pregnant.
Read moreWhat to get ready for your birth experience
This list was created by Royal Berkshire Maternity & Neonatal Voices Partnership (MNVP) with input from parents who have given birth at the RBH maternity unit.
Read moreWhats Going On?
You have been given this leaflet because you or someone who supports you or your child has come across a bruise on your child. Any professional who comes across bruising in a child who is not able to move under their own steam (non- independently mobile or immobile) are required to refer the child to a specialist child doctor (Paediatrician) and this leaflet explains this process.
Read moreWheeze management - children 5 years and over
Information and advice for parents and carers on what to do if your child (5 years or over) develops a wheeze
Read moreWheeze management - children under 5 years old
Information and advice for parents and carers on what to do if your child (under 5) develops a wheeze.
Read moreWhich weight loss operation is right for me?
Explains the options and factors you will need to consider in order to decide the right choice of operation for you
Read moreWhitley Ward
Aims to answer some of the questions you may have about your (or your relative’s) stay on Whitley Ward
Read moreWhooping cough
For parents and carers of children with whooping cough - explains what the condition is, how it will affect your child and how the infection is treated
Read moreWhy do I need to see a specialist in the next two weeks?
Outlines the referral into the urgent two week suspected cancer pathway
Read moreWhy have I been referred for a fetal medicine scan?
You have attended the Maternity Ultrasound today for a routine scan. This might have been a dating, a ‘combined screening’, 20 week ‘anomaly’ or a growth scan. The sonographer (ultrasound technician) has either not been able to check all the details required to be seen or has identified that there ‘may’ be a possibility of an abnormality with the pregnancy, for which we offer a scan review by a specialist fetal medicine doctor.
Read moreWide local excision - What is it and why do I need it?
Information for patients who have had plastic and reconstructive surgery
Read moreWill I Need A Blood Transfusion?
Information from the NHS Blood & Transport Services about receiving a blood transfusion.
Read moreWire guided excision biopsy of the breast
Explains what happens during a wire-guided excision biopsy of an abnormality identified on your mammogram or ultrasound scan
Read moreWireless capsule endoscopy
Information about an investigation of your small bowel using wireless capsule endoscopy
Read moreWisdom teeth removal
Explains possible forthcoming treatment and contains answers to many of the commonly asked questions
Read moreWomb Cancer: Self directed follow up
This leaflet is for women who have received treatment for womb/endometrial cancer. It explains how follow-up appointments are changing.
Read moreWound care after leaving the Emergency Department
Advice on how to care for your wound at home, after leaving the Emergency Department
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