Patient resources

Treatment for cancer of the gall bladder

Information about the enhanced recovery programme after liver surgery

Please note that this booklet should only be used if authorised by a member of the healthcare team.

Care after swallowing a magnet (adults)

Care after a child swallows a magnet

Your child’s short synacthen test to assess function of the adrenal glands

Your child’s LHRH test to check for early or late puberty

Information about the enhanced recovery programme for pancreatic surgery

Please note that this leaflet should only be used if authorised by a member of the healthcare team.

Stopping breastfeeding until advised (by milk testing) for certain radioactive tests

Stopping breastfeeding until advised for certain radioactive tests

Stopping breastfeeding altogether for certain radioactive tests

Visiting the dentist at the hopsital (Easy Read)

How to use breathing exercises to clear mucus from your airways

Advice after a bronchoscopy or endoscopic bronchial ultrasound scan (EBUS)

Preparing for an endoscopy procedure involving the bowel with a low residue/ fibre diet

Having an X-ray

Having a flexible sigmoidoscopy

Having a capsule endoscopy to examine your small bowel

Aftercare for an extensor tendon repair to your thumb

Why have I been referred urgently to the HPB department for a suspected cancer?

Bladder procedures (leaflets from British Association of Urological Surgeons (BAUS))

Patient information leaflets for bladder procedures are available from the British Association of Urological Surgeons (BAUS). If your medical team needs to refer you to a particular leaflet produced by BAUS they will let you know - please check with them.