Information leaflets
We provide written information to patients, carers and relatives. This includes general information about our hospitals and services, and specific clinical information about procedures, treatments, medication and medical conditions. All of our patient information leaflets are certified with The Information Standard.
Sandwell and West Birmingham patient information leaflets
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Alcohol
Audiology
Balance assessment
City Hospital Hearing Services Centre
Your child’s visit to Boldmere Hearing Clinic
Bereavement
Bereavement Support Directory
Birmingham Regional Skin Laser Centre
Botulinum toxin injections for hyperhidrosis of the armpits
Laser resurfacing
Laser treatment for pigmented marks
Pulsed-dye Laser Treatment
Birmingham Midland Eye Centre
Pan-retinal Photocoagulation laser treatment
Breast
Advice following a core biopsy or fine needle aspiration (FNA)
Breast duct excisionÂ
What to expect when you are referred to the breast unit at the BTCÂ
Vacuum-assisted excision (VAE) of breast lesion
Breast Screening
Breast screening: What happens next?
Invitation to breast screening
Your assessment at the Breast Unit
Cancer Services
Radical Trachelectomy
Cardiology
Clinical Biochemistry
Collecting a 24 hour urine sample
Oral Glucose Tolerance Test
Colorectal
Colorectal Specialist Nursing Service
The Bowel Function Service
Community Heart Failure
Sandwell Community Heart Failure Service
Community Respiratory
Sandwell Community Respiratory Service
Community Practitioner
How to help your NHS workers stay safe
Continence (community)
Sandwell Continence Support Group
Critical Care
Road to recovery following a critical illness
Dermatology
Diabetes
Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes
Discharge advice
Leaving the hospital
Young Adult Diabetes Transition Clinic
Early Pregnancy Assessment Unit
Elderly Care
Delirium
Endocrinology
Radioactive iodine treatment for an overactive thyroid
Endoscopy
Advice following colonoscopy sigmoidoscopy with entonox
Managing your diabetes when taking laxative bowel preparation
MOVIPREP Laxative instructions (morning appointment)
MOVIPREP Laxative instructions (afternoon appointment)
Preparing for a gastrocopy when you have diabetes
Gastroenterology / Endoscopy
Having an endoscopic ultrasound
Gynaecology
Care of the vulva
Lichen planus
Patient-initiated follow up
Transcervical resection of endometrium (TCRE)
Viral infections of the vulva
Vulval Intraepithelial neoplasia (VIN)
Vulvodynia – a vulval pain syndrome
Health Visiting
Preparing your child for nursery
Heart Failure (community)
Imaging
Ultrasound Guided Steroid Injection of  joint
MRI arthrogram of joint
Immunology
Urticaria and angioedema
Information Governance
NHS Treatment-when you might have to pay
Integrated Care Service
Integrated Sexual Health Unit Sandwell (ISHUS)
Advice after sharps injuries or splash exposure to body fluids
Integrated Parkinson’s Disease Service
Integrated Parkinson’s Disease Service
Maternity
Advice following an emergency caesarean
Advice following a planned (elective) caesarean
After the birth of your baby
Choosing where to give birth to your babyÂ
Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) in pregnancy
Giving birth after a previous caesarean section
Giving birth by caesarean section
Giving birth when your baby is in breech position at the end of your pregnancy
Induction of labour
Keeping healthy during pregnancy
Labour, What happens and how it can be managedÂ
Large for Gestational Age Baby
Membrane sweep
Pregnancy Advice for Gypsy, Roma and Travellers
Vitamin K supplement for newborns
Your antenatal appointments
Your waters have broken but your labour hasn’t started yet
A guide to feeding your baby (Bengali Translation)
Choosing where to give birth to your baby (Bengali Translation)
Keeping healthy during pregnancy (Bengali Translation)
Labour, What happens and how it can be managed (Bengali Translation)
Your antenatal appointments (Bengali)
A guide to feeding your baby (Polish Translation)
Choosing where to give birth to your baby (Polish Translation)
Keeping Healthy During Pregnancy (Polish Translation)
Labour, What happens and how it can be managed (Polish Translation)
Your antenatal appointments (Polish Translation)
A guide to feeding your baby (Punjabi Translation)
Choosing where to give birth to your baby (Punjabi Translation)
Keeping healthy during pregnancy (Punjabi Translation)
Labour, What happens and how it can be managed (Punjabi Translation)
Your antenatal appointments (Punjabi Translation)
A guide to feeding your baby (Urdu Translation)
Choosing where to give birth to your baby (Urdu Translation)
Keeping healthy during pregegnancy (Urdu Translation)
Labour – What happens and how it can be managed (Urdu Translation)
Your antenatal appointments (Urdu Translation)
Microbiology
Multiple sclerosis (community)
Neonatal
Breatfeeding support on the neonatal unit
Welcome to the Neonatal Unit
Neurology
Lumbar Puncture
Multiple Sclerosis specialist nurse service
Neurophysiology
Nerve Conduction study
Nerve conduction study and electromyography
Sophie having an EEG
Welcome to Neurophysiology at City Hospital
What is a sleep EEG (child)
What is an Ambulatory EEG?
Nutrition and Dietetics
How to follow a low residue diet
How to increase the fibre in your diet
Iron in your diet
Parenteral Nutrition
Your diet following Nissen’s fundoplication
Occupational Health, Safety and Wellbeing
Medical assessments for taxi drivers
Ophthalmology
Jump convergence exercise
Need local eye services?
Welcome to the Ophthalmology Paediatric Day Surgery Unit
Orthoptics
Dot card exerciseÂ
Jump convergence exercise
Convergence Insufficiency
Smooth pen convergence exercise
Stereogram exercises – Distance position
Stereogram exercises – Near position
Squint
Wearing glasses
Outpatients
A new way of booking your follow-up appointments – In English language
A new way of booking your follow -up appointments- In Arabic language
A new way of booking your follow-up appointments- In Bengali language
A new way of booking your follow-up appointments- In Polish language
A new way of booking your follow-up appointments – In Punjabi language
A new way of booking your follow-up appointments – In Urdu language
Paediatrics
Bronchiolitis
Caring for a child under 5 years who has a fever
Children’s wards Frequently asked questionsÂ
Congenital hypothyroidism
Croup
Gastroenteritis
Healthy lifestyle for young people with type 2 diabetes
Paediatric Community Nursing Team
Sandwell young adult diabetes clinic
The arginine test
The clinical psychology service for children and young people with diabetes
The clinical psychology serviceÂ
The IGF-1 generation test
The HCG testÂ
The HCG test for adolescents
The hydrocortisone day curve testÂ
The LHRH test
The oral glucose tolerance testÂ
The short synacthen test
Welcome to Lyndon Ground ward at Sandwell General Hospital
Pain Management
Amitriptyline
Capsaicin cream
Cervical Facet Median Nerve Blocks
Facet joint injection or facet median nerve block
Gabapentin
Greater occipital nerve block
Local anaesthetic joint injection
Nerve root sleeve injection
Pain Management Programme
Pregabalin
Psychology services
Sacro-iliac joint injection
Palliative Care
Anticipatory medicines
‘Off-label’ medicines
Syringe Driver
The Last Days of Life
The Supportive Care Pathway
Parkinson’s (Community)
Pathology
The post-mortem examination for a baby or child
Patient Experience
Same-sex accommodation
Patient Transport
A guide to patient transport
Pharmacy
Bringing your own medication into hospital
Your eye drops
Your eye ointment Â
Pre-Assessment Unit
Centralised Pre-operative Assessment Unit
Physiotherapy
Active cycle of breathing technique
Wearing a sling following shoulder surgery
Physiotherapy (paediatric)
Bed exercises
Developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH)
Exercises following shoulder surgery
Exercises for patients who can stand independently
Seated exercises
Toe walking
Wearing a sling following shoulder surgery
Planned Admissions Unit
Welcome to the Planned Admissions Unit
Respiratory (community)
Autogenic drainage exercises
Spirometry testing (Reversibility testing)
Your Home Exercise Plan
Rheumatology
Welcome to the Rheumatology Department
Risk Management
Being Open – How we will be open with you if things go wrong while you are in our care
Sexual Health and Contraception
Sickle Cell and ThalassaemiaÂ
Endoctorine Problems in Thalassemia
Living with sickle cell disease
The Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Centre at City Hospital
Speech and Language Therapy
What to do when your laryngectomy valve leaks
Urology
Enhanced recovery
Trial without catheter
Vascular
Larvae therapy: Using maggots to help your wound to heal
Welcome
Welcome to D43
Welcome to D47
Welcome to the Henderson Re-ablement Unit
Welcome to the Medical Assessment Unit
Welcome to the Neonatal Unit
Welcome to the Planned Admissions Unit
Welcome to the Heart of Sandwell Day Hospice
Other useful information
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