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Patient Information Leaflets
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Newborn Hearing Screening on Buscot
This leaflet has been written to provide information on the Newborn Hearing Screening team to parents whose baby/babies have been admitted to the special care baby unit (Buscot Neonatal Ward).
Read moreNewborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy: Patient information sheet
We would like to invite you to consider taking part in our research study on newborn genetic screening for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). Taking part is voluntary; it is entirely up to you to decide whether this is something you would like to do. To help you decide, we have prepared this information sheet which explains why we want to do this research study and, most importantly, what taking part would involve for you and your newborn baby.
Read moreNext of Kin
Explains the importance of nominating a ‘next of kin’ when you go into hospital
Read moreNHS Continuing Care (CHC) - information for relatives
Explains what you might expect to happen if a relative or someone you care for requires consideration for NHS continuing healthcare after leaving Royal Berkshire Hospital
Read moreNo decision about me without me - Advance Care Planning
How you can plan for your future care by creating an Advance Care Plan (ACP).
Read moreNo longer allergic - Following a child's Oral Food Challenge (OFC)
Advice for families whose child has demonstrated in an Oral Food Challenge that they are no longer allergic to the food / milk that they were challenged to
Read moreNon Deep Vein Thrombosis
What to look out for and who to contact if you continue to experience symptoms after tests show you don't have a DVT
Read moreNon-dialysis care
Explains about not choosing dialysis for kidney failure – known as ‘non-dialysis care’ – what it means for you and how your condition will be managed without dialysis
Read moreNon-functioning pituitary adenoma
For patients diagnosed with a non-functioning pituitary adenoma - explaining what having an NFA means and how it can be treated
Read moreNon-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) R445 for women with previous positive Trisomy result
This information has been developed by NHS England R445 Working Group to provide information to service users who have had a previous pregnancy with a positive result for Down’s, Edwards’ or Patau’s syndromes (T21, T18 and T13).
Read moreNon-Pulmonary TB and your treatment
Information for people diagnosed with non-pulmonary tuberculosis (TB)
Read moreNon-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM)
Information for people diagnosed with a Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria - a group of bacteria found throughout the environment
Read moreNorovirus (Winter vomiting)
Explains what Norovirus is, how it is spread and how it can be managed
Read moreNose drops - How to use them
Instructions for patients prescribed nose drops to treat or manage a condition
Read moreNovasure patient risks and considerations
All treatment options for heavy menstrual bleeding have benefits, warnings, precautions, and risks. Before making a final decision, you should discuss these with your doctor.
Read moreNuchal translucency (NT) 3.5mm or over
We have given you this leaflet because your baby’s nuchal translucency (NT) is 3.5 millimetres (mm) or more. We hope that this leaflet will answer some of your questions. We will offer you an appointment with a specialist doctor or midwife to discuss what this NT measurement might mean for your baby.
Read moreNuclear Medicine diagnostic imaging information for carers
Explains what the radiation risk is of accompanying a patient during a Nuclear Medicine diagnostic procedure in order to provide physical or emotional support
Read moreNuclear Medicine therapeutic imaging information for carers
Explains what the radiation risk is of accompanying a patient during a Nuclear Medicine therapeutic procedure in order to provide physical or emotional support
Read moreNurse-Led Thyroid Virtual Clinic
What happens in the virtual clinic for patients with a thyroid condition called Graves Disease
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