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Patient information

The directory holds patient information leaflets produced by the Trust along with resources from other NHS bodies and health organisations. These leaflets are not meant to replace the information discussed between you and your doctor, but can act as a starting point for such a discussion or as a useful reminder of the key points.

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Format Title
Leaflet Retubing your ear mould
Leaflet Reverse Total Shoulder Replacement
Leaflet Rib fractures
External Link Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA)
Leaflet Right hemicolectomy
External Link Rigid pharyngoscopy and upper oesophagoscopy (ENT UK)
External Link Riverside Centre Dover
External Link RoadPeace: the National Charity for Road Crash Victims
Leaflet Robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy: discharge information
Leaflet Robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy: Kent and Canterbury Hospital
Leaflet Rotator cuff tear
External Link Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT)
External Link Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID)
External Link Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB): eye conditions
External Link Sacrocolpopexy for vaginal vault prolapse
External Link Sacroiliac Joint Injection for the Treatment of Pain
External Link Safer sleep advice for premature and low birthweight babies (The Lullaby Trust)
External Link Safer sleep advice: co-sleeping (The Lullaby Trust)
External Link Safer sleep for babies quick reference guide (The Lullaby Trust)
External Link Safer sleep reduces the risk of SIDS (The Lullaby Trust)
External Link Safety manual for hearing instruments
External Link Samaritans
Leaflet Scaphoid fracture
Leaflet Scar massage
External Link Scope: equality for disabled people
Leaflet Screening for MRSA / MSSA and CPO within the Kent Kidney Care Centre
External Link Screening tests for you and your baby
External Link Screening tests in pregnancy video (NHS)
External Link Secure Start next steps
External Leaflet Sending hospital appointment letters using the Patient Portal (Easy Read and Text Only) Easy Read
Leaflet Sentinel node biopsy (SNB)
Leaflet Sepsis: know the signs and save a life
Leaflet Septoplasty
External Link Septorhinoplasty (ENT UK)
Leaflet Serial casting
Leaflet Serial casting: care advice for parents and schools
External Link Serious foot problems and diabetes
Leaflet Severe Haemophilia A
Leaflet SGLT2 Inhibitors (Sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors)
External Link Shared haemodialysis care (Kidney Care UK)
Leaflet Shared-care in haemodialysis
Leaflet Shin lacerations: aftercare advice
Leaflet Short Synacthen Test
Leaflet Short Synacthen Test with 17 OH progesterone
Leaflet Shoulder arthroscopy
External Link Shoulder dystocia: information for you
Leaflet Shoulder Impingement Syndrome and Acromioclavicular Pain: arthroscopic surgery
Leaflet Shoulder replacement: resurfacing arthroplasty
Leaflet Silicone gel
External Link Simple orchidectomy (surgical removal of a testis)