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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
External Link Tuberculosis (TB) (NHS)
External Link Tummy time: tummy to play everyday
External Link Turbinoplasty or surgery to the inferior turbinates (ENT UK)
Leaflet Types of hearing aid
External Link UK Haemophilia Centres Doctors' Organisation
External Link Understanding anal cancer (Macmillan Cancer Support)
External Link Understanding colon cancer (Macmillan Cancer Support)
External Link Understanding rectal cancer (Macmillan Cancer Support)
Leaflet Upper limb (shoulder and elbow) surgery: aftercare advice
Leaflet Upper limb (shoulder, hand, wrist, or forearm) exercises
External Link Ureteroscopy (telescopic surgery) for stone removal
External Link Urethral bulking to treat stress urinary incontinence
External Link Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) advice sheet
Leaflet Urodynamic investigations
External Link Urostomy Association
External Link Use of antenatal steroids at term, before planned caesarean birth (University of Edinburgh)
Leaflet Useful local contacts following loss of a pregnancy
Leaflet Using a qFIT test
Leaflet Using crutches
Leaflet Using the buttonhole needling technique
Leaflet Uterine artery Doppler ultrasound
External Link Vaginal hysterectomy for uterine prolapse
Leaflet Vaginal pessary for prolapse
Leaflet Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE)
External Link Versus arthritis (formerly Arthritis UK)
External Link Victim Support
Leaflet Viral Gastroenteritis due to Norovirus
Leaflet Virtual diabetic retinopathy: outpatient clinic
Leaflet Vitamin D and skin cancer
Leaflet Vitamin K for newborn babies
Leaflet von Willebrand's Disease (vWD)
External Link WAY: Widowed and Young
External Link Weighing your baby (Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust)
Leaflet Welcome to the AMD Clinic (Age-related Macular Degeneration Clinic)
Leaflet Welcome to the Haemophilia Centre
Leaflet What happens when safeguarding concerns are raised about your child in hospital?
Leaflet What happens when your child has been referred for a child protection medical in the community?
External Link What is a cannula? (Easy Read) Easy Read
External Link What is a hoist? (Easy Read) Easy Read
External Link What is a stoma? (Easy Read)
External Link What is advocacy? Easy Read
External Link What is cell salvage?
Leaflet What is implant breast reconstruction?
Leaflet What is Latissimus Dorsi Flap Breast Reconstruction?
External Link What is MS? (Multiple Sclerosis Trust)
Leaflet What to do if you think you are in preterm labour
External Link What to expect at your annual foot check
External Link What to expect when you have an elective caesarean birth (Labour Pains)
External Link What you need to know about leaving hospital Easy Read
External Link When a child dies: A guide for parents and carers (NHS England)