Patient Information Leaflets - E
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.
- Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT)
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REF: CH 057
Discharge Advice Following Tonsillectomy
CH 057 Discharge Advice Following Tonsillectomy v7. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: CH 058
Myringotomies and Grommets
CH 058 Myringotomies and Grommets v7. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: Ent 001
Day Case Hemithyroidectomy
Ent 001 Day Case Hemithyroidectomy. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: Ent 002
Head and Neck Oncology Key Nurse Worker
Ent 002 Head and Neck Oncology Key Nurse Worker v5. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: ENT 003
Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV)
ENT 003 Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) V2. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: ENT 005
Meniere’s disease
ENT 005 Meniere’s disease v2. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: Ext 060
Microlaryngoscopy: an operation on your voicebox
Click here to view or download to your device.REF: Ext 086
Submandibular gland excision - Surgery for infection and/or recurrent blockage
Click here to view or download to your device.REF: TLC 019
Skin Prick Allergy Testing Specific to Ears, Nose and Throat
TLC 019 Skin Prick Allergy Testing Specific to Ears, Nose and Throat v7. Click here to view or to save to your device.
- Early Pregnancy Unit
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REF: ER 007
My Birth Plan-An Easy Read Guide to Planning Your Birth v2
Click here to view or download to your device.REF: Mat 004
Determining your Scan Pathway in Pregnancy UtAD screening v1
Click here to view or download to your device.REF: Mat 006
Consenting for Treatment or Tests-Maternity Services v1
Click here to view or download to your device.
- Easy Read
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REF: CM 010
Easy Read - Patient Access Policy-First Appointment v2
Please click here to view or download to your device.REF: ER 001
Going to Accident and Emergency-Easy read
ER 001 Going to Accident and Emergency-Easy read v6. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: ER 002
Complaints Concerns and Compliments
Please click here to view or download to your device.REF: ER 003
Coming to our hospitals during the day - Easy read information v3
Click here to view or download to your device.REF: ER 004
Staying overnight in the hospital - Easy read information v3
Click here to view or download to your device.REF: ER 005
How to prevent a fall (easy read) v3
Please click here to view or download to your device.REF: ER 007
My Birth Plan-An Easy Read Guide to Planning Your Birth v2
Click here to view or download to your device.REF: Ext 014
Bowel Cancer Screening-An Easy Guide-Easy Read
Ext 014 Bowel Cancer Screening-An Easy Guide-Easy Read. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: Ext 021
Communication Card-Easy Read
Ext 021 Communication Card-Easy Read. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: Ext 023
Coping in the Heatwave-Easy Read
Ext 023 Coping in the Heatwave-Easy Read. Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: Ext 095
What to do when you have type 2 diabetes-Easy Read
Click here to view or download to your device.REF: Ext 119
Staying safe from coronavirus while you are in hospital (Easy Read)
Ext 119 Staying safe from coronavirus while you are in hospital (Easy Read). Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: Ext 130
Free Easy Read Posters from Keepsafe.org.uk
Please click here to view or download to your device.
- Emergency Department (previously A&E)
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REF: Ext 030
Ext 030 Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (DNACPR) decisions
Ext 030 Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (DNACPR) decisions (Linked to Policy). Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: Rad 004
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Scans
Rad 004 v10 Click here to view or to save to your device
- Endocrinology
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REF: Rad 011
Radioiodine Treatment for Thyrotoxicosis v8
Click here to view or download to your device.
- Endoscopy / Gastroenterology
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REF: CC 055
Upper GI- Living with and Beyond Cancer Directory of services.
Upper GI- Living with and Beyond Cancer Directory of services.REF: End 003
Having a Flexible Sigmoidoscopy v9
Please click here to view or download to your device.REF: End 004
Having an ERCP (Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography) v10
END 004 Having an ERCP (Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography). Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: End 005
Having an EUS (Endoscopic ultrasound) v9
Please click here to view or download to your device.REF: End 006
Ultrasound Guided Liver Biopsy v6
End 006 Ultrasound-Guided Liver Biopsy v6. Click here to view or save to your device.REF: End 007
Banding of Oesophageal Varices v9
End 007 Banding of Oesophageal Varices v9. Click here to view or download to your deviceREF: End 009
Having a Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) v8
End 009 Having a Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) v8. Click here to view or save on your deviceREF: End 011
Having an Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (EMR) v8
Please click here to view or download to your device.REF: END 012
Sigmoidoscopy without Sedation-Patient Discharge Information v4
Please click here to view or download to your device.REF: End 013
Sigmoidoscopy with Sedation Patient Discharge Information v4
Please click here to view or download to your device.REF: END 014
Gastroscopy without Sedation Patient Discharge Information v4
Please click here to view or download to your device.REF: END 015
Gastroscopy with Sedation Patient Discharge Information v4
Please click here to view or download to your device.REF: END 016
Gastroscopy and insertion of oesophageal stent with sedation Patient Discharge Information v4
Please click here to view or download to your device.REF: END 017
Gastroscopy and banding of varices with sedation Patient Discharge Information v4
Please click here to view or download to your device.REF: END 018
Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (EMR) with Sedation Patient Discharge Information v4
Please click here to view or download to your device.REF: END 019
Colonoscopy without Sedation Patient Discharge Information v4
Please click here to view or download to your device.REF: END 020
Colonoscopy with Sedation Patient Discharge Information v4
Please click here to view or download to your device.REF: END 021
Colonic Stent Insertion with Sedation Patient Discharge Information
Please click here to view or download to your device.REF: End 023
Upper Gastrointestinal Macmillan Support Worker v3
Click here to view or download to your device.REF: End 024
Following your Gastroscopy-What happens next? v1
Please click here to view or download to your device.REF: End 025
Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) Discharge Information
click here to view or save to your deviceREF: PIFU 003
Oesophageal Stricture Management - Endoscopy v1
Please click here to view or download to your device.REF: PIFU 006
Patient Initiated Follow Up Review (PIFU) Hepatology (Cirrhosis) v1
Click here to view or download to your device.REF: Surg 067
Percutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation (PTNS)
Surg 067 Percutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation (PTNS) v2. Click here to view or to save to your device.
- Estates and Facilities Division
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REF: CPS 001
Free car parking for those with greatest need
CPS 001 v2 Click here to view or to save to your device.REF: Ext 114
Electrical Vehicle Charging App information
Ext 114 Electrical Vehicle Charging App information. Click here to view or to save to your device.