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General Leaflets
Same Sex Accommodation
Sample Production for Investigating Retrograde Ejaculation
Skin Prick Allergy Testing
Stockings (anti-embolism)
Surgery and Travel

Sleep Service
Advice for CPAP Users
Obstructive Sleep Apnoea
Sleep Apnoea Clinics
Sleep Hygiene

Speech and Language Therapy
Aphasia
Dysarthria
Thickened Fluids
Modified diet for patients with oesophageal difficulties - pureed/liquidised
Modified diet for patients with oesophageal difficulties - soft/mashed
Role of the Speech and Language Therapist
Videofluoroscopy
Why a Mashed Diet is Needed
Why a Pureed Diet is Needed
Why a Soft Diet is Needed

Sports Knee Service
Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Reconstruction Surgery
High Tibial Osteotomy Surgery
Medial Patellofemoral Ligament (MPFL) Reconstruction Surgery
Meniscus Repair Surgery

Stop Smoking
Help for Smokers in Hospital

Surgical Leaflets
Ano Rectal Manometry
Carotid Endarterectomy Operation
Cholecystectomy (removal of the gallbladder)
Coming Into Hospital
Delormes Operation for Rectal Prolapse
Dietary Advice following Ileoanal Pouch Surgery
Discharge from ICU/HDU- A Guide to
Diverticular Disease
Enhanced recovery after surgery
Examination for Colorectal Symptoms
Haemorrhoids (Piles)
Hidaradentitis Suppurativa
Laparoscopic Open Cholecystectomy
Orrell Ward
Setons - Information for Patients
Surgical Assessment Unit