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Information about specific procedures and what to expect when you are admitted to the ward in terms of nursing care are listed below.

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General patient information

John Radcliffe Hospital

• Information for patients - John Radcliffe Hospital (pdf)
• Information for inpatients and their parents / carers - the Children's Hospital (pdf)
  updated June 2010
• Preparing for your operation - Lichfield Day Case Unit, West Wing, John Radcliffe Hospital (pdf)

Churchill Hospital

• Information for patients - Churchill Hospital (pdf)
• Getting ready for your operation at the Churchill Hospital (Urology) (pdf)

Horton General Hospital

• Information for patients - Horton General Hospital (pd)

Medical research

• Information about the use of surplus tissue or body fluids for medical research, education and audit (pdf)

Discharge

• Leaving hospital (pdf)

Patient Transport Service (PTS)

• How to get to my appointment (pdf)

Information governance

• Your information and how we use it (pdf)

General information in Easy Read format

Please use the link below:

• Easy Read leaflets

A - C

• Achilles tendon rupture advice (pdf)
• ACL reconstruction: physiotherapy advice for patients (pdf)  
• Advice after a head injury (pdf)
• A guide to trigger point injections (pdf)
• Allergy information leaflets (internal link)
• Anaesthesia explained (pdf)
• Anaesthetic: information and advice after a surgical procedure under a general anaesthetic: Horton Day Case Unit (pdf)
• Anaesthetic: information and advice after a laparoscopic procedure under a general anaesthetic: Horton Day Case Unit (pdf)
• Anaesthetic: information and advice after a local anaesthetic procedure: Horton Day Case Unit (pdf)
• Ankle sprain advice (pdf)
• Anticoagulant: important information for patients on Oral Anticoagulant Therapy (pdf)
• Betamethasone (oral surgery) (pdf)  
• Betnovate scalp application for use as ear drops (pdf)
• Bone marrow: having a bone marrow test (pdf) 
• Brain: information for patients having a walking assessment for Deep Brain Stimulation (pdf)
• BRCA1 and BRCA2 for men: information for men from families with a known alteration in the BRCA1/2 gene (pdf) 
• Breast care information leaflets (internal link)
• Calf strain advice (pdf)
• Cancer Genetics Service (pdf)
• Cancer genetics: family history of bowel cancer (pdf)
• CancerLinks   (external link) - information and leaflets for Cancer patients
• Cardiac (heart) information leaflets (internal link)
• Carotid endarterectomy (pdf)
• Chemotherapy (pdf)
• Chemotherapy: information for female patients attending for  Chemotherapy, Radiotherapy and Radionuclide therapy (pdf)
• Chest information leaflets (internal link) 
• Children's information leaflets (internal link)
• Cholecystectomy - surgical removal of the gall bladder (pdf)
• Cholecystectomy - after a laparoscopic cholecystectomy: Horton Day Case Unit (pdf)
• Chronic fatigue: ORH Fatigue Service (pdf)
• Circumcision: information and advice after a circumcision: Horton Day Case Unit (pdf)
• Clavicle: helping your clavicle to recover after a fracture (pdf)
• Clots: preventing blood clots while in hospital (pdf) 
• Colorectal information leaflets (internal link)
• Craniofacial Unit (pdf)
• Critical Care Unit - patient information booklet (pdf)
• Cystoscopy: information and advice after a cystoscopy (Horton General Hospital) (pdf)

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D - H

• Dermatology information leaflets (internal link)
• Ear: all about your ears (pdf)
• Ear: welcome to the Aural Care Service (pdf)
• Elbow: helping your elbow to recover after a radial head fracture (pdf)
• ENT: nasal douching (pdf)
• ENT: the skin prick test (pdf)
• Eye information leaflets (internal link)
• Falls information leaflets (external link)
• Fasting before a general anaesthetic / ward admission 8am instructions (pdf)
• Fasting before a general anaesthetic / ward admission 12 midday instructions (pdf)
• Finger: phalangeal fractures (Horton General Hospital) (pdf) 
• Fistula plug for anal fistula: discharge information for patients. Horton Day Case Unit. (pdf)
• Gastrointestinal information leaflets (internal link)
• Geoffrey Harris Ward: Churchill Hospital (pdf)
• Genitourinary information leaflets (internal link)
• Geratology: caring for your relative on Geratology (pdf)
• Geratology: welcome to Level 4 Geratology (pdf) 
• Gynaecology information leaflets (internal link)
• Haematology: after your bone marrow biopsy (pdf)
• Haematology: chemotherapy (pdf)
• Haematology: risk of infection (pdf)
• Haematology: coping with the side-effects of chemotherapy (pdf) 
• Hand injury: information for patients with a hand injury (pdf)
• Head and neck oncology leaflets (internal link)
• Heart (cardiac) information leaflets (internal link)
• Hernia repair (pdf)
• High arm sling advice (pdf)
• HIV: Health Advisers: a guide for people affected by HIV (pdf)

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I - P

• Inguinal hernia repair: Horton Day Case Unit (pdf)
• Intensive Care Unit: Adult Intensive Care Unit (pdf)
• Intensive Care Unit: Churchill Intensive Care Unit (pdf)
• Intensive Care Unit: Life after discharge from Intensive Care (pdf) 
• Kidney: living with kidney failure - the Kidney Patient Advisor (pdf) 
• Leg: advice about a cut to the front of the lower leg (pretibial laceration) (pdf)
• Liver: having a liver biopsy on Ward 5F (pdf)
• Liver: about liver resection: surgical removal of part of the liver (pdf)  
• Lumbar spine surgery (pdf)
• Lung cancer: Oxford Lung Cancer and Mesothelioma Clinical Nurse Specialists (pdf)
• Low back pain (pdf)
• Mallet finger advice (pdf)
• Maternity information leaflets (internal link)
• Medical Short Stay Unit (Welcome to Ward 6B) (pdf)
• Nuclear Medicine - radioactive iodine treatment for hyperthyroidism (pdf)
• Nuclear Medicine - SIR-Spheres microsphere treatment (pdf)
• Neurosurgery / Neurology information leaflets (internal link) 
• Oral medicine - burning mouth syndrome (pdf)
• Oral medicine - facial  pain (pdf)
• Oral medicine - Fluticasone (Flixonase nasule) (pdf) 
• Oral medicine - temporomandibular disorders (pdf)
• Oral medicine - TMJ exercises (PDF)
• Oral surgery - intravenous sedation and preparing for your procedure (pdf)
• Oral surgery - removal of the submandibular salivary gland (pdf)
• Oral surgery - removing wisdom teeth (pdf)
• Oral surgery - surgery to expose buried canine teeth (pdf)
• Paediatric (children's) information leaflets (internal link)
• Pain service: a guide to managing constipation (pdf)
• Pain service: a guide to trigger point injections (pdf)
• Pain service: anticonvulsant drugs for the treatment of pain (pdf)
• Pain service: epidural injection for pain relief (pdf)
• Pain service: epidural: signs to look out for after an epidural for pain relief (pdf)
• Pain service: epidural: signs to look out for after an epidural for pain relief (John Radcliffe Hospital) (pdf)
• Pain service: epidural: signs to look out for after an epidural for pain relief (Horton General Hospital) (pdf)
• Pain service: PSOAS compartment injection (pdf)
• Pain service: suprascapular nerve injection (pdf) 
• Pain service: tricyclic antidepressant drugs for the treatment of pain (pdf)
• Pancreas: endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography (ERCP)  - examination of the bile-duct and pancreas (pdf)
• Paracentesis: drainage of abdominal fluid (Paracentesis) (pdf)
• Parathyroidectomy (pdf)  
• Pharmacy: Azathioprine - general information (pdf)
• Pharmacy: medicines information (pdf)
• Pharmacy: pescriptions sent to the Churchill Pharmacy Department from the Oxford Cancer Centre (pdf) 
• Pilonidal sinus (pdf)
• Plaster cast advice (pdf)  
• Prescribing: non-medical prescribing (pdf)
• Pre Operative Assessment Clinic: information for patients attending the Pre Operative Assessment Clinic (pdf)
• Physiotherapy: advice after a hand injury or surgery (pdf)
• Physiotherapy: DeQuervain's tenosynovitis – inflammation of the tendons of the thumb (pdf)
• Physiotherapy: exercise programme after axillary dissection surgery (pdf)
• Physiotherapy: helping your knee to recover after a ligament sprain or rupture (pdf)
• Physiotherapy: pacing and setting of a baseline –
  how to increase your activity levels (pdf)
• Physiotherapy: physiotherapy advice after abdominal surgery (pdf) 

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Q-Z

• Radiology information leaflets (internal link)
• Radiotherapy information leaflets (internal link)
• Renal Unit: living with kidney failure - the Kidney Patient Advisor (pdf)
• Renal Unit: Milton Keynes (pdf)
• Renal Ward: the Renal Ward (pdf)
• Respiratory information leaflets (internal link)
• Sexual health information leaflets (internal link)
• Skin information leaflets (internal link)
• Speech and language therapy: checklist for increasing the life of a speaking valve (pdf)  
• Surgical Emergency Unit (pdf) 
• Teeth: advice after dental extractions (Horton Day Case Unit) (pdf) 
• TENS (pdf)
• Theatre Direct Admissions: preparation for your operation and Theatre Direct Admissions (pdf) 
• Thyroidectomy – an operation to remove all or part of the thyroid gland (pdf)
• Transplant:  bone marrow transplant patients: risk of infection (pdf)
• Transplant: kidney transplant (pdf)
• Transplant: laparoscopic donor nephrectomy - admission and discharge information (pdf)
• Transplant: the live donor programme and laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (pdf)
• Transplant: your intestinal transplant (pdf)
• Transplant: your intestinal transplant - organ transplant record book (pdf)
• Transplant: your kidney transplant (pdf)
• Transplant: your pancreas transplant (pdf)
• Transplant:  tissue typing for your bone marrow / stem cell transplant (pdf)
• Transplant: tissue typing for your organ transplant (pdf)
• Urology: getting ready for your operation at the Churchill Hospital (pdf)
• Urology: Should I have a long-term urinary catheter? (pdf)
• Vascular Access: Insertion of a tunnelled Central Venous Catheter (pdf)
• Vascular Access: Insertion of a peripherally inserted central catheter (pdf)
• Welcome to the Day Case Unit - Horton General Hospital (pdf)
• Welcome to the Medical Assessment Unit (MAU) (pdf)
• Welcome to Ward 6A (pdf)
• Welcome to Ward 6B (Medical Short Stay Unit) (pdf) 
• Whiplash - a guide to help your recovery (pdf)
• Whiplash neck sprain (pdf) 
• Whippel procedure - surgical removal of the head of the pancreas (pdf)
• Wound care: advice (pdf)
• Wound care: caring for surgical wounds at home (pdf)
• Wrist: helping your wrist recover after a fracture (pdf)
• X-ray (radiology) information leaflets (internal link)