Patient resources

Information to help you prepare for your surgery

QR codes/ links to leaflets used for pre-operative assessment.

Your patient initiated follow-up (PIFU) pathway (adults & children)

Helping us to prepare you for your surgery (Gujarati)

Day case surgery

Managing your diabetes for planned surgery (diabetes passport)

Understanding delirium

Your procedure follow-up questionnaire (Accurx text poster)

What to bring in for a short hospital stay (poster)

Day case surgery (postcard)

Preventing and treating pressure ulcers

Letting us know if you have a change to your health before your surgery

Helping us to prepare you for your surgery

Reducing the risk of blood clots when you go home

Reducing the risk of blood clots while you are in hospital

Looking out for the signs of sepsis when you have an infection

Planning your discharge from hospital using criteria-led discharge (CLD)

Health and care videos (British Sign Language (BSL))

SignHealth is a charity working to improve the health and wellbeing of deaf people. They have a large BSL health video library covering various topics to support deaf people:www.signhealth.org.uk/health-video-library/

Get in the know about local health services

Easy Read guides to help you talk about your health and make choices

2 Easy Reads guides to support patients with learning disabilities to navigate the health care system

Eating, drinking and fasting before your surgery