Patient Information Leaflets

About your Hernia Operation (RDE 17 029 001) pdf Aortic Aneurysms and their Treatment (RDE 17 012 001) pdf Arterial Bypass Grafts to the Legs and Femoral Endarterectomy (RDE 17 017 001) pdf Chemo–Hyperthermia Bladder Treatment with Mitomycin C (RDE 18 229 001) pdf Examination Under Anaesthesia and Injection of Botulinum Toxin A (RDE 17 027 001) pdf Gallstones and Cholecystectomy (RDE 20 035 001) pdf Haemorrhoids and Haemorrhoidal Surgery (RDE 17 028 001) pdf Laparoscopic Ventral Mesh Rectopexy (RDE 17 016 001) pdf Liver Reduction Diet (LRD) (RDE 20 023 001) pdf

Anaesthesia - Your Questions Answered (RDE 18 179 001) pdf Nerve blocks for surgery - All you need to know (RDE 18 076 001) pdf Your child's general anaesthetic (RDE 18 223 001) pdf

Enhanced Supportive Care (RDE 18 202 001) pdf Gynaecology Cancer Nurse Specialist Team (RDE 18 118 002) pdf Provision of Wigs (RDE 19 209 002) pdf Stereotactic Ablative Body Radiotherapy (SABR) Lung (RDE 18 080 001) pdf

Atrial Fibrillation Ablation (RDE 18 103 001) pdf Heart Failure Service (RDE 19 011 002) pdf Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) Discharge Advice (RDE 20 024 001) pdf Implantable Loop Recorder (ILR) Discharge Advice (RDE 20 026 001) pdf Pacemaker Discharge Advice (RDE 20 025 001) pdf

Prenatal Array CGH (RDE 20 15 001) pdf

Anterior Delormes Procedure for the treatment of Rectocele (RDE 19 042 001) pdf

Community Hospital - Patient Information Pack (RDE 19 032 001) pdf Falls Factsheet (RDE 18 094 001) pdf Guidance for patients attending as Private Patients (RDE 18 142 001) pdf Help with your medicines at home (RDE 18 086 001) pdf Rehabilitation Following COVID-19 (RDE 20 117 001) pdf

Midline (RDE 19 169 001) pdf Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters (PICC lines) (RDE 19 170 001) pdf Removal of your Tunnelled Line (RDE 18 217 001) pdf

Bubble PEP Advice (PS 09 009 003) pdf Pelvic Floor Muscle Exercises for Women (CW 13 004 002) pdf Physical activity and Exercise in Cystic Fibrosis - Adults (PS 16 007 001) pdf Physical activity and Exercise in Cystic Fibrosis - Paediatrics (PS 16 006 001) pdf Teaching Airway Clearance to Your Child - Making Physiotherapy Fun (RDE 18 095 001) pdf

Day Surgery, Heavitree Day Case Unit (RDE 19 093 001) pdf Your Child Coming into Heavitree Day Case Unit (HDCU) (RDE 19 094 001) pdf

Care of your stitched wound after your operation (RDE 19 137 001) pdf Care of your wound following curettage (MD 05 055 005) pdf Care of your wound following diagnostic punch biopsy (RDE 19 229 001) pdf Guidelines for Bath PUVA (RDE 17 132 001) pdf Guidelines for Topical PUVA (RDE 17 033 001) pdf Information for Dermatology Patients Requiring Skin Surgery (RDE 18 020 001) pdf Topical Steroids for eczema in adults – with guide (MD 17 005 001) pdf Topical Steroids for eczema in adults – with individualised regimen (MD 17 006 001) pdf Topical steroids for hand eczema in Adults (MD 17 007 001) pdf Topical steroids for skin conditions in adults (MD 17 004 001) pdf What happens next? Mole or skin lesion removal (RDE 19 006 001) pdf

A Guide to Eating Well with a Respiratory Disorder (RDE 20 040 002) pdf A Guide to Using Your Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy (PERT) (RDE 19 039 001) pdf Crohn’s disease and a liquid diet (RDE 20 071 001) pdf Dietary advice for Bowel obstructions (RDE 20 070 002) pdf Dietary Advice for Visitors to Patients on a Low Potassium Diet (RDE 18 075 001) pdf Eating Out on a Renal Diet (RDE 18 014 001) pdf Helping Your Child Eat More Iron Rich Foods (PS 13 034 002) pdf How to have a low phosphate diet (RDE 18 222 02) pdf Phosphate Binders (RDE 20 068 001) pdf Radiologically Inserted Gastrostomy (RIG): Helping you decide (RDE 20 006 001) pdf Renal Patients: How to Reduce your Salt Intake (RDE 18 102 001) pdf

Head and Neck Two Week Wait (2WW) Clinic (RDE 19 099 001) pdf Parotidectomy (RDE 18 091 001) pdf Selective Neck Dissection (RDE 18 178 001) pdf Submandibular Gland Removal (RDE 19 081 001) pdf

Coming into hospital (Easy Read) (TW 13 001 003) pdf Having a CT Scan (Easy Read) (RDE 19 166 001) pdf Having an MRI Scan (Easy Read) (RDE 19 101 001) pdf Information for Outpatients (Easy Read) (TW 14 001 002) pdf

Colonoscopy - A guide to the procedure (RDE 19 045 001) pdf Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) - A guide to the procedure (RDE 19 008 001) pdf Flexible Sigmoidoscopy – A guide to the procedure (RDE 19 044 001) pdf Gastroscopy Oesophago-gastro duodenoscopy (OGD) - A guide to the procedure (RDE 19 046 001) pdf Having an ERCP - A guide to the procedure (RDE 18 141 001) pdf

Guidelines for the use and maintenance of your privately purchased Foot Orthoses (insoles) (RDE 18 166 001) pdf Insole advice for children seen at Vranch House or Honeylands (RDE 18 090 001) pdf Personal Wheelchair Budgets (PWB) (RDE 18 167 001) pdf

Flexible Cystoscopy (RDE 20 056 001) pdf Looking after your PEG tube (RDE 19 240 001) pdf Looking after your RIG (RDE 19 239 001) pdf

Charging mobile phones and other electronic devices in hospital (RDE 20 020 001) pdf Coming into Hospital (RDE 19 210 001) pdf Domestic Abuse (PS 15 003 002) pdf Information about your medicines (PS 17 017 001) pdf Patient Urinary Catheter Passport (RDE 18 198 001) pdf Pressure Ulcer Prevention Guide For You and Your Carers (RDE 18 116 001) pdf Protection and Use of Information (RDE 18 008 002) pdf Stop Smoking in Hospital (RDE 19 227 001) pdf

Advice about Hysterectomy (CW 07 010 005) pdf Advice following Ultrasound scans where it is unclear what is happening to your pregnancy (RDE 19 075 001) pdf Care of Vulval Skin Irritation (RDE 18 145 001) pdf Colposcopy (RDE 18 070 002) pdf Day Surgery on Wynard Ward (RDE 19 073 001) pdf Early Pregnancy Loss (RDE 19 085 001) pdf Endometrial Ablation (RDE 19 182 001) pdf Endometrial Biopsy (RDE 19 182 001) pdf Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (RDE 20 029 001) pdf Gynaecology Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) Meetings (RDE 18 119 001) pdf Having a Cystoscopy (RDE 20 030 001) pdf Having a Hysteroscopy (RDE 18 077 001) pdf Having a Laparoscopy (RDE 18 052 002) pdf Having a Laparotomy for Gynaecological Surgery (RDE 19 091 001) pdf Hysterosalpingogram (HSG) (RDE 19 084 001) pdf Imiquimod Cream for Vulval Conditions (RDE 18 244 001) pdf Inconclusive Scan Result or Pregnancy of Unknown Location (RDE 20 127 001) pdf Information for Women Receiving Methotrexate as Medical Treatment of Ectopic Pregnancy (RDE 20 128 001) pdf Laparoscopic Hysteropexy (RDE 18 245 001) pdf Laparoscopic Morcellation (RDE 18 173 001) pdf Laparoscopic Sacrocolpopexy for Vaginal Vault Prolapse (RDE 18 246 001) pdf Medical Management of Heavy Periods (RDE 17 013 001) pdf Medical Termination of Pregnancy (RDE 20 016 001) pdf Miscarriage: Types of Miscarriage (RDE 18 225 001) pdf Miscarriage and Treatments: Choices of Treatment for Miscarriage (RDE 18 078 002) pdf Sterilisation for Women at The Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (RDE 18 230 001) pdf Surgical Termination of Pregnancy (RDE 19 087 001) pdf The Post-menopausal Bleeding Clinic (RDE 20 031 001) pdf Vaginal Dilators (RDE 19 009 001) pdf Vaginal Prolapse and Repair (RDE 18 231 001) pdf Vulval Biopsy (RDE 17 011 002) pdf Vulval Surgery (RDE 18 072 001) pdf What to expect at your Gynaecology Appointment (RDE 20 073 001) pdf What will happen after your operation and at the Gynaecology/Oncology Clinic (RDE 18 120 001) pdf Woman Discharged from the Vulval Clinic with Lichen Sclerosus and Lichen Planus (RDE 18 146 001) pdf Wynard Ambulatory Care Unit (CW 17 002 001) pdf

Acinetobacter baumannii (RDE 19 061 001) pdf A Guide to MRSA (RDE 19 065 001) pdf Carbapenemese-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) (RDE 19 062 001) pdf Clostridium difficile – Information for Patients in Hospital (RDE 19 068 001) pdf ESBL and Amp C – Information for Patients in Hospital (RDE 19 066 001) pdf MRSA Screening for Elective Admissions (RDE 19 067 001) pdf MRSA Screening for Emergency Admissions (RDE 19 070 001) pdf MRSA Screening – Information for Renal Patients (RDE 19 064 001) pdf Viral Gastroenteritis (Diarrhoea & Vomiting) (RDE 19 069 001) pdf What is GRE (Glycopeptide Resistant Enterococci) (RDE 19 063 001) pdf

Advice about your perineum after giving birth (RDE 19 071 001) pdf Antenatal Hand Expressing of Breast Milk (RDE 19 232 001) pdf Caesarean Section (RDE 18 045 001) pdf Dichorionic Twin Pregnancy (RDE 19 237 001) pdf Down’s Syndrome testing after 20 weeks of pregnancy (RDE 19 130 001) pdf External Cephalic Version (ECV) Clinic (RDE 18 088 001) pdf Following your Down’s and/or Edwards’/Patau’s syndrome screening test result (RDE 19 057 001) pdf Herpes Simplex Infection in Babies (CW 13 022 002) pdf Induction of Labour (RDE 19 105 001) pdf Iron Supplement for Anaemia in Pregnancy (RDE 19 056 001) pdf Loss and Grief (RDE 18 203 001) pdf Low PAPP-A (RDE 19 233 001) pdf Low-dose aspirin in pregnancy to prevent pre-eclampsia (RDE 18 214 002) pdf Mastitis and Breastfeeding (RDE 18 068 001) pdf Monochorionic Twin Pregnancy (RDE 19 238 001) pdf Parent’s Guide to Infant Feeing (RDE 18 152 001) pdf Prescribed Opiate use in Pregnancy (RDE 19 055 001) pdf Preventing Deep Vein Thrombosis before and after Birth (RDE 18 069 001) pdf Raised maternal age in pregnancy (RDE 19 089 001) pdf Results Information after your First Trimester Screening Clinic (FTSC) appointment (RDE 19 097 001) pdf Safety of Antidepressants (SSRIS) in Pregnancy and Breastfeeding (RDE 18 074 001) pdf Vitamin K for Newborn Babies (RDE 18 164 001) pdf Why your weight matters in pregnancy (CW 08 015 004) pdf

About your Child’s CT scan under General Anaesthetic​ (Morning Appointments) (RDE 20 047 001) pdf About your Child’s MRI Scan under General Anaesthetic (Morning Appointments) (RDE 20 044 001) pdf About your CT scan under General Anaesthetic (Morning Appointments) (RDE 20 045 001) pdf About your MRI Scan under General Anaesthetic (Morning Appointments) (RDE 20 046 001) pdf Antegrade Ureteric Stenting (DG 12 010 002) pdf Balloon Angioplasty and Stenting of Arteries and Veins (RDE 20 131 001) pdf Bruising or Injury to Babies and Non-mobile Children (RDE 19 010 002) pdf Central Venous Line Placement (including Hickman lines and portacaths) (RDE 20 132 001) pdf CT Colonoscopy Virtual (Pneumocolon) (RDE 20 085 001) pdf Duodenal Stent Insertion (RDE 20 090 001) pdf DXA Scanner (RDE 19 102 001) pdf Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy (EST) (RDE 20 022 001) pdf Facet Joint Injection (CT/Fluoroscopy) (RDE 18 100 001) pdf Fistulogram and Fistuloplasty (RDE 20 091 001) pdf Gynaecological Ultrasound (DG 09 004 003) pdf Having a CT (Computerised Tomography) Examination (RDE 19 074 002) pdf Having a Sialogram (DG 10 004 003) pdf Image-Guided Steroid Injections (RDE 18 104 001) pdf Information for parents of children undergoing a Micturating Cystourethrogram (DG 16 002 002) pdf Information for patients undergoing an Angiogram-Arteriogram (RDE 20 133 001) pdf Information for Women Undergoing Uterine Artery Embolisation (UAE) (DG 07 001 005) pdf Insertion of a Vena Cava Filter (RDE 20 134 001) pdf Instructions for Undergoing Sedation (RDE 19 165 001) pdf Medical Photography (TW 04 006 006) pdf MRI Scan (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) (RDE 19 104 001) pdf MRI Scanning for Small Bowel Disease (DG 10 003 003) pdf Myelogram (RDE 20 092 001) pdf Nuclear Medicine Scans (RDE 19 164 001) pdf Nuclear Medicine - DATscan (RDE 20 087 001) pdf Oesphageal Stent Insertion (RDE 20 093 001) pdf Percutaneous ablation of a Kidney Tumour (RDE 20 011 001) pdf Percutaneous ablation of a Liver Tumour (RDE 20 012 001) pdf Percutaneous ablation of a Lung Tumour (RDE 20 013 001) pdf Percutaneous Abscess Drainage (DG 12 016 002) pdf Percutaneous Biliary Drainage or Percutaneous Trans-hepatic Cholangiogram (PTC) (DG 13 003 002) pdf Percutaneous Biopsy of the Lung (DG 12 002 005) pdf Percutaneous Bone Biopsy (DG 12 003 003) pdf Percutaneous Kidney / Renal Biopsy (DG 13 009 002) pdf Percutaneous Liver Biopsy (DG 12 001 004) pdf Percutaneous Lymph Node Biopsy (CT) (DG 12 005 003) pdf Percutaneous Lymph Node Biopsy (Ultrasound) (DG 12 014 002) pdf Percutaneous Nephrostomy (DG 13 005 002) pdf Percutaneous Soft Tissue Mass or Lump Biopsy (DG 12 018 002) pdf Rectal Stent Insertion (DG 13 002 002) pdf TransArterial ChemoEmbolisation (TACE) for Liver Tumours (DG 13 007 002) pdf Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPSS) (DG 13 004 002) pdf Ultrasound of Baby Hips (RDE 20 043 001) pdf Ultrasound (RDE 19 103 002) pdf Varicocele Embolisation (DG 10 017 003) pdf Venous Stent Insertion (DG 12 007 002) pdf Vertebroplasty (DG 10 011 003) pdf Water Soluble Contrast Enema (DG 17 004 001) pdf Welcome to the Medical Imaging Department (RDE 20 014 001) pdf What is a Proctogram? (DG 10 016 004) pdf X-ray-Guided Nerve Root Block Injection (CT/Fluoroscopy) (RDE 18 101 001) pdf Your Stress Cardiac MRI Scan (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) (MD 10 002 005) pdf

Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) (RDE 19 231 001) pdf

Electrodiagnostic Eye Tests (RDE 18 109 001) pdf How to improve your sleep when suffering from Parasomnias (RDE 19 222 001) pdf

Amblyopia Treatment (SS 05 040 005) pdf Cataract Surgery (SS 03 003 008) pdf Children’s Glasses (RDE 18 015 001) pdf Contact Lens Service (RDE 19 002 001) pdf Corneal Foreign Bodies (RDE 19 213 001) pdf Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI) and Cortical Visual Dysfunction (RDE 18 134 001) pdf Emergency Eye Practitioner Service (RDE 19 005 001) pdf Eyelid Hygiene (RDE 18 243 001) pdf Fluorescein Angiogram (RDE 19 214 001) pdf Hospital Spectacle Prescriptions and Vouchers (RDE 19 167 00) pdf Information for Patient Following Cataract Surgery (SS 04 020 006) pdf Intravitreal Injections for Wet Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) (RDE 20 051 001) pdf Macular laser (RDE 20 052 001) pdf Orthoptic Vision Screening for Children Aged 4 years (SS 04 017 005) pdf Pan retinal photocoagulation (PRP) (RDE 20 053 001) pdf Referral to the Optometrist (Optician) or Ophthalmologist (SS 07 001 004) pdf Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty (RDE 19 235 001) pdf Styes, Meibomian Cysts and Warm Compresses (RDE 19 234 001) pdf Trabeculectomy (RDE 17 026 001) pdf WEEU Low Vision Service Low Vision Aids (RDE 18 188 002) pdf

After a Biopsy in your mouth (RDE 18 182 001) pdf Dental Extractions (RDE 18 184 001) pdf Following Oral Surgery (RDE 18 181 001) pdf Information for Oral Surgery Outpatient Sedation (RDE 18 183 001) pdf Removal of Wisdom Teeth (RDE 18 185 001) pdf Skin Biopsy of the Face (RDE 18 180 001) pdf

Instructions for wearing your fixed orthodontic brace (RDE 18 117 001) pdf

Chronic Urticaria and Angioedema in Children (CW 16 014 001) pdf Cow’s milk free diet trial - children under 2 years who are weaned onto solids (RDE 18 048 001) pdf Epidural Pain Relief for Children (RDE 19 037 001) pdf Home food introduction for eggs and milk (RDE 18 002 001) pdf Home food introduction to nuts (RDE 18 001 001) pdf Information for Teenage Girls having Treatment, Procedure or Surgery (RDE 18 113 001) pdf Initial cows milk free dietary advice for breastfeeding mums (RDE 19 218 001) pdf Lactose-Free Diet Trial - Children Under 2 Years Who Are Weaned onto Solids (RDE 18 049 001) pdf Managing your child's pain at home after surgery (RDE 18 200 001) pdf Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA) for Children (RDE 19 035 001) pdf Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA) for Older Children (RDE 19 036 001) pdf Safeguarding Children (RDE 17 035 001) pdf Special formulas for treatment of cow's milk allergy - what to expect (RDE 18 254 001) pdf Your Child in Hospital (RDE 17 024 001) pdf

Activity Management (CC 16 004 001) pdf Emotional Impact of Living With Persistent Pain (CC 16 003 001) pdf Information for patients prescribed Amitriptyline (RDE 18 261 001) pdf Information for patients prescribed Gabapentin (RDE 18 262 001) pdf Information for patients prescribed Nortriptyline (RDE 18 263 001) pdf Information for patients prescribed Opioids (excluding Tramadol) (RDE 18 264 001) pdf Information for patients prescribed Pregabalin (RDE 18 265 001) pdf Information for patients prescribed Tramadol (RDE 18 266 001) pdf Psychological help with your pain (RDE 20 028 001) pdf Understanding Persistent Pain (CC 16 002 002) pdf

ACL Reconstruction - A patient guide to rehabilitation (RDE 19 090 001) pdf Advice following a fracture to your metacarpal neck (RDE 20 042 001) pdf Advice for Patients Following a Wrist or Hand Injury / Fracture (RDE 18 055 001) pdf Advice for Patients with Shoulder Injuries (RDE 18 054 001) pdf Botulinum Toxin Injections for Spasticity (RDE 20 057 001) pdf Care of your Peripheral Nerve Repair (RDE 19 155 001) pdf Knee Exercises (RDE 20 017 001) pdf Ongoing Ankle Rehabilitation (RDE 19 179 001) pdf Physiotherapy Advice for Elbow Injuries (RDE 19 086 001) pdf Seated Exercise Programme (RDE 20 079 001) pdf Ulnar Collateral Ligament (UCL) Injury and Surgical Repair to the Thumb (RDE 20 049 001) pdf Ulnar Collateral Ligament (UCL) Injury to the Thumb - Conservative management (RDE 20 041 001) pdf

How to care for your Haemodialysis Catheter (RDE 20 120 001) pdf Kidney Biopsy (RDE 20 005 001) pdf Temporary (Non-cuffed) Haemodialysis Catheter (RDE 20 118 001) pdf Tunnelled (Cuffed) Dialysis Catheter Insertion (RDE 20 119 001) pdf Removing your Temporary (Non-Cuffed) Haemodialysis Catheter (RDE 20 121 001) pdf Removing your tunnelled (cuffed) Haemodialysis Catheter (RDE 20 123 001) pdf Vascular Access for Haemodialysis Patients (RDE 20 122 001) pdf

Lung Multi-Disciplinary Team Meeting (MDT) (RDE 19 004 001) pdf Nintedanib (RDE 19 136 001) pdf Pirfenidone (RDE 19 135 001) pdf Role of the Lung Specialist Nurses (RDE 18 253 003) pdf Your Journey: Preparing for and recovering following your Lung Operation (RDE 19 180 002) pdf

Reversal of a Temporary Stoma or Loop Ileostomy / Loop Colostomy (RDE 17 034 001) pdf Water Precautions for Ears (RDE 18 177 001) pdf

Driving after a stroke or a TIA (RDE 19 123 001) pdf

Rehabilitation after Hip Arthroscopy (RDE 19 050 001) pdf

Base of 5th Metatarsal Foot Fracture (RDE 19 196 001) pdf Information about your Hip Injection (RDE 19 148 001) pdf One-Stage Revision Knee Replacement for Infection (RDE 19 199 001) pdf Paediatric (Children’s) Clavicle Fracture (RDE 19 197 001) pdf Radial head/neck fracture elbow (RDE 19 195 001) pdf Revision Hip Replacement (RDE 19 230 001) pdf Torus ‘Buckle’ Fracture Wrist (RDE 19 198 001) pdf Trauma Admissions (RDE 19 143 001) pdf Two-Stage Revision Knee Replacement (RDE 19 200 001) pdf Your Exeter Hip Replacement (RDE 18 061 002) pdf

Kidney Cancer (RDE 19 040 001) pdf Transitional Cell Cancer of the Kidney and Ureter (RDE 19 041 001) pdf