Patient resources

Dietary advice after surgery to treat acid reflux

Having an MRI cardiac stress perfusion scan to check blood flow to your heart

Having a DEXA scan to check bone density

Having a perianal abscess drained

Keeping a pain diary after a diagnostic nerve block injection

Advice after an endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography (ERCP)

Having an MRI scan of your breast

Having heat treatment in your lungs for severe asthma (bronchial thermoplasty)

Keeping a food diary when you have symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)

When you choose to discharge your child from the Children’s Emergency Department before a full assessment is done

Your referral for a CT or ultrasound scan to examine the mass/swelling in your abdomen

Having an arthrogram to diagnose and treat joint pain

Having braces fitted to correct your teeth

How to put in eye drops to get your child ready for their eye assessment

Having an artery balloon occlusion to reduce blood loss during high risk caesarean section

Treating crocodile tears syndrome (eye watering when eating or drinking)

National Asthma and COPD Audit Programme (NACAP) for hospital care

You will be directed to the Royal College of Physicians website.This audit looks at the care people with COPD (chronicobstructive pulmonary disease) get in hospital.

Skin care advice for bowel incontinence

Massaging your tummy to help ease constipation

Taking blood samples with X-ray guidance for hormone level testing (venous sampling)