Patient Information Leaflets - A
The Trust has a number of patient information leaflets, which are available on this website.
The Trust leaflets are in Adobe PDF format, to view or save to your device Adobe Acrobat reader is required. Alternative formats e.g. audio, large print, Braille and other languages are available upon request. For more information please contact the department or ward you are attending. Please note: EXTERNAL leaflets are not produced by Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and as such the content is outside of our control. The entire patient information leaflets section is continually being updated and, as a result some information may not be current.
- A & E (see Emergency Department)
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No leaflets available for this category.
- Adult Community Services
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REF: CM 002
Footwear-Surgical Appliances
CM 002 Footwear-Surgical Appliances v2. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: CM 010
Easy Read - Patient Access Policy-First Appointment
CM 010 Easy Read-Patient Access Policy-First Appointment. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: CM 017
Nutrition and Dietetics (MacMillan & WL Hospice)
CM 017 Nutrition and Dietetics (MacMillan & WL Hospice). Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: CM 018
Occupational Therapy (MacMillan & WL Hospice)
CM 018 Occupational Therapy (MacMillan & WL Hospice). Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: CM 019
Physiotherapy (Macmillan)
CM 019 Physiotherapy (Macmillan). Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: CM 020
About the Team-Macmillan Allied Health Professionals
CM 020 About the Team-Macmillan Allied Health Professionals. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: CM 021
Speech and Language Therapy (MacMillan)
CM 021 Speech and Language Therapy (MacMillan). Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: CM 028
Fracture Liaison Service
CM 028 Fracture Liaison Service. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: CM 067
Facial Paralysis Advice
CM 067 Facial Paralysis Advice. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: CM 097
Falls, Balance and Bone Health Clinic
CM 097 Falls, Balance and Bone Health Clinic. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: CM 098
How to reduce the risk of slips and trips (for patients and carers)
CM 098 How to reduce the risk of slips and trips (for patients and carers) v2. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: CM 112
Prior to Nail Surgery
CM 112 Prior to Nail Surgery v2. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: CM 113
Dressings After Nail Surgery
CM 113 Dressings After Nail Surgery v2. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: CM 114
Prescription Insoles and Orthoses
CM 114 Prescription Insoles and Orthoses. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: CM 115
Foot Health for People with Diabetes
CM 115 Foot Health for People with Diabetes v2. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: CM 118
Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV)
CM 118 Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV). Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: CM 120
Meniere’s disease
CM 120 Meniere’s disease. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: CM 122
Foot Health for People with Diabetes
CM 122 Dressing Changes-Podiatry v2. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: CM 169
Tuberculosis (TB) Treatment
CM 169 Tuberculosis (TB) Treatment. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: CM 172
Pregnancy & Postnatal Mental Health
CM 172 Pregnancy & Postnatal Mental Health. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: CM 174
Fatigue Course-Macmillan Therapy Team
CM 174 Fatigue Course-Macmillan Therapy Team. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: CM 180
Wound Care -Tissue Viability
CM 180 Wound Care -Tissue Viability. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: CM 239
Food Fortification and Managing a Small Appetite (Macmillan)
CM 239 Food Fortification and Managing a Small Appetite (Macmillan). Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: CM 243
Pelvic Floor Exercises for Male Patients
CM 243 Pelvic Floor Exercises for Male Patients. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: CM 244
Pelvic Floor Exercises for Female Patients
CM 244 Pelvic Floor Exercises for Female Patients. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: CM 264
Pressure Ulcers-Patient and Carer
CM 264 Pressure Ulcers-Patient and Carer. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: CM 274
Stress Management-Occupational Therapy
CM 274 Stress Management-Occupational Therapy. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: CM 275
How to use compression stockings
CM 275 How to use compression stockings. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: CM 276
Bronchiectasis Self Management Plan
CM 276 Bronchiectasis Self Management Plan v1. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: CM 279
Eczema Expert-Parent and Carer
CM 279 Eczema Expert-Parent and Carer. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: CM 281
Eczema Expert-Top Tips with Ladders
CM 281 Eczema Expert-Top Tips with Ladders v1. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: CM 282
Personal Wheelchair Budget
CM 282 Personal Wheelchair Budget. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: CM 285
Safe Storage of Medicines (controlled drugs) in the Home
CM 285 Safe Storage of Medicines (controlled drugs) in the Home. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: CM 286
Energy Conservation and Daily Activities
CM 286 Energy Conservation and Daily Activities. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: CM 289
Compression managed leg ulcers
CM 289 Compression managed leg ulcers. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: CM 290
Community Assessment Unit v1
CM 290 Community Assessment Unit v1. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: CM 291
Community Stroke Team
CM 291 Community Stroke Team. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: CM 293
Better at Home MDTs What you need to know and How they can help you
CM 293 Better at Home MDTs What you need to know and How they can help you. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: CM 294
Storage of Sharps Box in Patients' Homes
CM 294 Storage of Sharps Box in Patients' Homes. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: CM 295
Care of Intravenous Cannula
CM 295 Care of Intravenous Cannula. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: CM 296
Care of the Shoulder following a Stroke
CM 296 Care of the Shoulder following a Stroke. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: CM 297
Safe Use of Bed Rails in the Community v1
CM 297 Safe Use of Bed Rails in the Community v1. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: CM 298
Covid Home oxygen v1
CM 298 Covid Home oxygen v1. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: CM 299
Home oxygen assessment v1
CM 299 Home oxygen assessment v1. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: Ext 001
A guide to calcium
Ext 001 A guide to calcium. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: Ext 017
Calcium: Food Fact Sheet
Ext 017 Calcium: Food Fact Sheet. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: Ext 042
Head turning preference and Plagiocephaly (2011)
Ext 042 Head turning preference and Plagiocephaly (2011). Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: Ext 105
How to conserve your energy-Practical advice during and after COVID-19
Ext 105 How to conserve your energy-Practical advice during and after COVID-19. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: Ext 106
How to manage post-viral fatigue after COVID-19
Ext 106 How to manage post-viral fatigue after COVID-19. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: Ext 107
Think Wellbeing (Leigh)
Ext 107 Think Wellbeing (Leigh). Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: Ext 108
Think Wellbeing (Wigan)
Ext 108 Think Wellbeing (Wigan). Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: HAH 005
Use and care of static pressure relieving cushions
HAH 005 Use and care of static pressure relieving cushions v3. Click here to view or to save to your device.
- Anaesthetics
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REF: Ana 001
Nerve blocks for surgery on the shoulder arm or hand
Ana 001 Nerve blocks for surgery on the shoulder arm or hand v3. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: Ana 002
Arm or Hand Surgery Using a Nerve Block
Ana 002 Arm or Hand Surgery Using a Nerve Block v2. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: Ana 003
Regional anaesthesia for awake shoulder surgery
Ana 003 Regional anaesthesia for awake shoulder surgery v2. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: Ext 102
You and your anaesthetic
Ext 102 You and your anaesthetic. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: Ext 109
Learn more about the Risks of Epidurals, Spinals and General Anaesthetics with our new infographic
Ext 109 Learn more about the Risks of Epidurals, Spinals and General Anaesthetics with our new infographic. Click here to view or to save to your device.
- Audiology
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REF: Audio 001
Hearing Therapy
Audio 001 Hearing Therapy. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: Audio 002
Hearing Therapy for Transitional Patients
Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: Audio 003
Hearing Assessment
Audio 003 Hearing Assessment v6. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: Audio 004
Impression and Questionnaire Appointment
Audio 004 Impression and Questionnaire Appointment v6. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: Audio 005
Hearing Aid Fitting
Audio 005 Hearing Aid Fitting v5. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: Audio 006
Hearing Aid Re-assessment
Audio 006 Hearing Aid Reassessment v5. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: Audio 007
Vestibular (Balance) Assessment
Audio 007 Vestibular (Balance) Assessment. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: Audio 010
Tinnitus Advice with Hearing Aid Fitting
Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: Audio 012
Adult Audiology / Hearing Therapy Service for Patients with Learning Difficulties
Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: Audio 014
Tinnitus Advice with Hearing Aid Fitting
Audio 014 Tinnitus Advice with Hearing Aid Fitting. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: Audio 015
Tinnitus-Your questions answered
Audio 015 Tinnitus-Your qustions answered. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: Audio 016
Tinnitus and Sleep-Your Questions Answered
Audio 016 Tinnitus and Sleep-Your Questions Answered. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: CM 266
Help With Hyperacusis (Over sensitivity or dislike of loud sounds)
CM 266 Help With Hyperacusis (Over sensitivity or dislike of loud sounds) v2. Click here to view or to save to your device.
