Information leaflets A-Z

We currently have total of 733 information leaflets in our online library.

Title	Date published
A Guide to your Just in Case Bag (JICB)	9 Jan 2026
About your domestic care services	10 Jan 2020
Achilles tendinopathy rehabilitation – Insertional	9 Jul 2021
Achilles tendinopathy rehabilitation – Non-insertional	9 Jul 2021
Acupuncture for Xerostomia (dry mouth)	4 Apr 2025
Acupuncture in Physiotherapy	6 Jun 2025
Acute Kidney Injury	26 Nov 2021
Acute Medical Unit	13 Nov 2025
Adult Safeguarding - What is Adult Safeguarding?	5 Jul 2024
Advice following a 3rd – 4th degree perineal tear	2 Aug 2024
Advice for patients who have undergone the following examinations: Barium Meal and Barium Swallow	7 May 2025
Advice on Electrical Stimulation for your Pelvic Floor Muscle	2 Aug 2024
Advice to patients on Tamoxifen regarding the risk of thrombosis	23 Jun 2020
After Radiotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer - What Happens Next?	3 Feb 2025
Alcohol and Pancreatitis	20 Jun 2025
Alcohol Brief Advice	19 Nov 2024
All About Your Medicines - Medication Reminder	31 Mar 2014
Amitriptyline in Headache	26 Nov 2021
An Overview of ME/CFS, Information for patients and carers	10 Dec 2024
Anaemia in Pregnancy	9 Aug 2019
Angiogram or an Angioplasty: Information for Inpatients having an	23 Sep 2016
Ankle Brachial Pressure Index	7 Jun 2018
Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) reconstructed knees	21 May 2025
Anticipatory Grief	3 Jun 2025
Antireflux Surgery, Hiatus Hernia Repair, Heller's Myotomy. Discharge Advice following	10 Dec 2021
Apicetomy: Patient Information about	6 Sep 2012
Are you caring for someone? Carers’ Health and Wellbeing Checks / Carers’ Assessments	20 Mar 2025
Are you caring for someone? Free support at your doctor’s surgery if family or friends rely on you	20 Mar 2025
Arthroscopy Advice Sheet	31 Aug 2024
Aspirin in Pregnancy and Pre-Eclampsia	12 Nov 2018
Assessment: Initial Podiatry Appointment	9 Jan 2026
Assessment: Initial Podiatry Appointment (Easy Read)	7 Jun 2018
Athletes foot and fungal infections	29 Jul 2019
Atogepant	28 Nov 2025
Atropine for Amblyopia	8 Jan 2026
Attending a Major Incident at the Hospital - Information for Patients, Relatives, Parents, and Carers	6 May 2025
Attending the Balance Clinic	18 Nov 2022
Attending the Post Menopausal Bleed Clinic	1 Aug 2011
Attending your Outpatient Appointment	9 Mar 2026
Avulsed Tooth	5 Aug 2014
Awake Fibre Optic Intubation	12 Feb 2021
Back Pain - Advice and Information Resource Pack	6 Jun 2025
Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC)	12 Nov 2018
Battery Safety	14 Jul 2023
BD Bodyguards T Syringe Pump	2 May 2024
Bed rails, safe use of	30 Dec 2024
Before you receive your hearing aid	9 Dec 2022
Being smokefree: a guide for patients	27 Jun 2007
Bidwell Brook Annual Review	5 Mar 2026
Biosimilar Information Leaflet	8 May 2018
Bisphosphonates and Dental Extractions	9 Apr 2013
Blended diet via Feeding tubes: A practical guide for parents	20 Dec 2024
Blepharitis	11 May 2021
Blepharoplasty	29 Jul 2019
Blood borne virus testing	5 May 2016
Blood Test	28 Feb 2025
Bone Anchored Hearing Aid Appointment	24 Mar 2023
Bone Density Scan (DXA)	5 Mar 2026
Bone Scan: Patient Information about	24 Apr 2023
Borderline Ovarian Tumours	9 Aug 2024
Botox - For use in migraine management	28 Nov 2025
Botulinum Toxin (BOTOX) Treatment for Squint	29 Jul 2019
Botulinum Toxin (BOTOX) Treatment for Squint under General Anaesthetic	29 Jul 2019
Botulinum Toxin treatment for entropion	4 Jun 2021
Botulinum Toxin treatment for Gustatory Lacrimation (watery eyes)	4 Jun 2021
Botulinum Toxin treatment for Squint	4 Jun 2021
Botulinum Toxin treatment for Synkinesis (abnormal facial nerve connections resulting in involuntary facial movement)	4 Jun 2021
Botulinum Treatment for Blepharospasm and Hemi-facial spasm	4 Jun 2021
Bowel Control - Exercises and Strategies	20 Jun 2025
Breast feeding information for women - Breastfeeding with diabetes: yes you can!	24 Jul 2015
Breast Imaging - Breast Clip Marker Insertion	11 Oct 2023
Breast Imaging - Wire Localisation	11 Oct 2023
Breast Imaging – Recall for Breast Screening Assessment	1 Dec 2023
Breast Imaging – Recall for Further Imaging Assessment	4 Mar 2024
Breast Imaging: Breast Biopsy	20 Sep 2024
Breast Imaging: Vacuum Assisted Excision (VAE) of the Breast	11 Oct 2023
Breast Pain Clinic - General Information	28 Apr 2021
Breast Pain Information	2 Aug 2024
Broken Nose Advice Leaflet	10 Oct 2022
Bronchiolitis - Information for parents and carers	3 Jun 2025
Bronchoscopy: Information for Inpatients about	2 Oct 2014
Brown's Syndrome	8 Jan 2026
Bruising or injury to non-mobile children	11 Jun 2025
Call for concern - Based on Martha’s rule	11 Jun 2025
Candesartan for Migraine	18 Oct 2024
Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE): I am colonised / have an infection - what does this mean?	9 Dec 2022
Carbon Monoxide Testing	11 Oct 2023
Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing	6 Mar 2026
Cast Care Advice for Patients, Relatives and Carers	14 May 2014
Cataract Clinic Appointment	31 Aug 2024
Cataracts and Surgery, Information for Patients	3 Jun 2025
Cell Salvage	29 Oct 2021
Cervical Cancer: Information for Torbay Hospital patients	22 Oct 2021
Cervical Spine Nerve Pain	9 Sep 2024
Cervical stenosis (and degenerative cervical myelopathy)	2 Oct 2023
Chalazion / Meibomian Cysts	25 Feb 2022
Charging for lost or damaged hearing aids	31 Aug 2024
Chest Drain Insertion	18 Aug 2015
Chest wall perforator flap reconstruction - LICAP, MICAP, and AICAP	20 Feb 2025
Chilblains	29 Jul 2019
Children Discharged from the Children’s Emergency Department	6 May 2025
Children's & Adolescent's Feet	29 Jul 2019
Children's glasses	8 Jan 2026
Children's MRI scan under general anaesthetic	6 Mar 2013
Children's Oral Food Challenge	3 Jun 2025
Children’s MRI Scans under sedation with intranasal Dexmedetomidine – Information for parents	8 Jul 2025
Children’s oral drug challenge	13 Jun 2025
Chlorhexidine Wipes Patient Bathing on Allerton and Turner Wards	9 Jul 2021
Cholecystostomy (Pigtail Drain), Going home with	3 Feb 2025
Choroidal Naevus	18 Mar 2022
Chronic Migraine	4 Oct 2024
Cleft Closure of Pilonidal Sinus Discharge Advice	19 Mar 2024
Clinical Health Psychology: Inpatient Support - Information for Referrers	31 Aug 2024
Clostridium Difficile /PCR +VE Diarrhoea or C Fifficile Infection (CDI) also Referred to as 'C-Diff'	9 Dec 2022
Clostridium Difficile Diarrhoea: The facts about	12 Feb 2021
Cluster headache	3 Oct 2020
Cluster headache treatment	3 Oct 2020
Collar Care	13 Nov 2025
Colorectal Department	8 Oct 2025
Coming back to see the doctor - Easy read version	11 Nov 2009
Coming into Teignmouth Hospital Day Surgery Unit	8 May 2018
Common Bile Duct Stones	4 Jun 2021
Communication Methods Support Card	5 Jul 2024
Communication Tactics	28 May 2022
Community Birth: At home or the Whitelake Midwifery Led Unit	31 Jan 2020
Community Matron	3 Jul 2017
Community Neuro Rehabilitation Team Leaflet	27 May 2018
Community Recovery Programme Leaflet	14 Jul 2016
Complementary Therapy - Aromatherapy / Massage	1 Apr 2011
Complementary therapy treatment: Taking care of yourself after a	20 Jun 2025
Complementary Therapy: After Care Advice for Breast Care Patients	2 Oct 2014
Conjunctivitis	29 Jul 2022
Contact Lens Clinic	27 Jun 2025
COPD Rescue Pack - Information for Community Pharmacies	14 Jul 2016
COPD Rescue Pack - Information for Prescribers	14 Jul 2016
COPD Rescue Pack Information Leaflet	14 Jul 2016
COPD Self Management Plan Leaflet	1 Aug 2016
Coping in labour - Pain relief	16 Jul 2021
Coping in labour - Positions for labour and birth	24 May 2019
Coping in labour - Stages of labour	4 Jun 2021
Coping with a crying baby - the power to protect	22 Mar 2018
Coping with dying - Information for families and carers	14 Oct 2025
Coping with worries about Diabetes - Children 5-8	19 Aug 2016
Coping with worries about Diabetes - Children 9-12	19 Aug 2016
Coping with worries about Diabetes - Siblings	19 Aug 2016
Corneal Diseases and Corneal Transplantation	29 Jul 2019
Corneal Transplantation: Endothelial Keratoplasty (DSAEK and DMEK Surgery - Information for Patients)	18 Mar 2022
Corns and Callus	10 Oct 2022
Cortisol Profile	1 Dec 2014
Cough / Throat Clear, How to control Your	16 Jul 2021
Cough hypersensitivity	16 May 2025
Croup - information for parents and carers	3 Jun 2025
CT Guided Biopsy of the Lung	15 Dec 2009
CT planning scan & subsequent treatment to your prostate cancer: A Reminder for your	4 Sep 2009
CT planning scan & subsequent treatment to your rectal or anal cancer: A Reminder for your	14 Sep 2009
Custom made hearing protection	29 Apr 2019
Custom made swim plugs	12 Feb 2021
Cut and push method of PEG removal / placement	19 Jan 2024
Cyclopentolate 1% Drops for Home Instillation	8 Jan 2026
Cyclopentonate 1% Eye Drops	10 Dec 2021
DA (dose adjusted) R EPOCH	20 Oct 2017
Dacryocystorhinostomy post operative patient information sheet	12 Feb 2021
Daily Chlorhexadine Showering on Allerton and Turner Wards	16 Jul 2021
Data Protection - How is my information used (Easy Read)	9 Jul 2021
Day Surgery Unit Information Pack	24 Sep 2025
DCR Patient Information	21 Sep 2018
De Quervain’s Tenosynovitis, Information Sheet	10 Sep 2025
Dealing with worries about Diabetes - Parents and Carers	19 Aug 2016
Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Ultrasound Doppler Scan Clinic	31 May 2019
Delirium: Information for families and carers	20 Dec 2023
Depression and Anxiety Pathway - Support for young people (up to aged 18)	16 Nov 2018
Deprivation of Liberty Safeguarding - What is Deprivation of Liberty Safeguarding?	5 Jul 2024
Dermatology Polyclinic	13 Apr 2017
Devon TEP - Treatment Escalation Plan	17 Jun 2022
Diabetes and retinal laser treatment	9 Dec 2022
Diabetes and Sexual Functioning	4 Nov 2016
Diabetes Burnout	19 Aug 2016
Diabetes in Children - Preventing Diabetes Complications	18 Jan 2019
Diabetes in children - Type 1 Diabetes - Education for Families	7 Dec 2018
Diabetic Foot Care - Type 2 Diabetes	17 May 2018
Diabetic Vitreous Haemorrhage	6 Oct 2022
Diastasis of Rectus Abdominis Muscles (DRAM) Postpartrum	20 Jun 2025
Dichorionic Twin Pregnancy	5 May 2016
Difficult Airway Card: Information about your	12 Sep 2020
Difficulty listening, processing and auditory memory concerns	28 Mar 2025
Direct payments - What are Direct Payments?	5 Jul 2024
Disability Information Service (DIS) - What is DIS Team? (Easy Read)	20 May 2025
Disability Information Service (DIS) - What is DIS? (Easy Read)	20 May 2025
Discharge advice following Cardiac Angiography / Angioplasty (femoral approach)	10 Nov 2015
Discharge advice following Cardiac Angiography / Angioplasty (radial approach)	10 Nov 2015
Discharge advice for patients after a permanent Pacemaker / CRT	10 Nov 2015
Discharge to Assess	27 Jul 2017
Diverticular Disease	4 Jun 2021
Dobutamine Stress Echocardiogram	5 Mar 2026
Domiciliary Visits: Hearing Assessments at Home	23 Jul 2018
Drainage of abdominal fluid (Paracentis) on Hutchings Ward	6 Apr 2020
Driving and Double Vision	8 Jan 2026
Drug and Alcohol use in Pregnancy	12 Dec 2025
Duane's Syndrome	8 Jan 2026
Dupyutrens Fasciectomy, Exercises and rehabilitation	10 Sep 2025
Easy steps for you to follow to give yourself a subcutaneous injection of Bortezomib (also known as Velcade)	11 Mar 2019
ECG Rhythm Monitoring / Blood Pressure Monitoring	5 Mar 2026
Echocardiogram	5 Mar 2026
Echocardiogram and Bubble Study	5 Mar 2026
Elbow Exercises	25 Nov 2025
Elective Caesarean Section	27 May 2021
Electrolysis: A Guide for Patients	24 Apr 2023
EMG and Nerve Conduction Studies - Clinical Neurophysiology	13 Nov 2025
Emotional Support Scheme - Support by Torbay Carers’ Service	20 Mar 2025
Endoscopic Sinus Surgery	1 Dec 2014
ENT Voice Clinic	14 Jul 2023
Epiretinal Membrane	6 Oct 2022
Erenumab (Aimovig) - For use in migraine management	28 Nov 2025
ESBLs	19 Aug 2022
Exercise Stress Echocardiogram	5 Mar 2026
Exercise Test	5 Mar 2026
Exercises for Breathing and Pelvic Floor Relaxation	20 Jun 2025
Exercises to do Following Knee Replacement Surgery	31 Aug 2024
External Shock Wave Lithotripsy (ESWL)	23 Jul 2018
Extravasation of Contrast Media during a CT Scan, the management of	29 Jul 2019
Extremely Preterm Pre-labour Rupture of Membranes (ePPRoM) before 24 weeks’ gestation	9 Aug 2024
Eye exercises to help vertigo (Gaze Stabilisation)	31 Aug 2024
Eye Screening – An information leaflet for parents of children with JIA (Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis)	27 Jun 2025
Eyelid care after surgery	12 Feb 2021
FAB Team information leaflet	14 Jul 2016
Face Mask Wearer, Information for	4 Oct 2024
Facet joint injections and Medial Branch Blocks (Pain Leaflet 3)	4 Jun 2021
Facts about Glycopeptide Resistant Enterococci (GRE) Infection	29 Jul 2022
Falls Prevention	9 Jul 2021
FaME - Falls Management Exercises for Older Adults	4 Apr 2025
Family History Questionnaire	5 Mar 2026
Family, Carers and Friends Advice and information if you care for a family member, friend or neighbour	20 Mar 2025
Feeding Your Child Blended Foods Through a Gastrostomy Feeding Tube, A Practical Guide	20 Dec 2024
Female and Male Questionnaire	5 Mar 2026
Fentons Procedure	16 Nov 2018
Fetal movements - Feeling your baby move is a sign that they are well	10 Mar 2020
Fibreoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) Clinic	23 Jul 2021
Fibroscan	5 Mar 2026
First fits cover letter and seizure diary	5 Mar 2026
Flashes and Floaters	18 Mar 2022
Flexible Cystoscopy	5 Mar 2026
Flow Rate Investigation	22 Oct 2021
Flow Rate Investigation	5 Mar 2026
Flu Vaccine (Information for Patients Receiving System Anti-Cancer Therapies (SACT) or Chemotherapy)	23 Sep 2022
Flunarizine	15 Nov 2024
Following a Higher Chance Result (Maternity Screening Tests)	18 Mar 2023
Following your amniocentesis / chorionic villi sampling (CVS)	6 May 2025
Following your Bronchoscopy	14 Jul 2025
Following your Child's Drug Challenge	3 Jun 2025
Following your child's food challenge	3 Jun 2025
Following your Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)	14 Jul 2025
Following your Endoscopy Procedure	14 Jul 2025
Following your Gastroscopy with Oesophageal banding or dilation	14 Jul 2025
Following your Hysteroscopy	6 Oct 2025
Following your Transnasal Endoscopy Spray Gastroscopy	14 Jul 2025
Foods to avoid when taking monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs)	19 Nov 2020
Foot and Ankle Exercises	25 Nov 2025
Foot Care for Carers	29 Jul 2022
Foot Ulcer Advice Sheet	12 Feb 2021
Footwear	9 Dec 2022
Fractured Clavicle (Collarbone)	25 Nov 2025
Fremanezumab (Avjoy) - For use in migraine management	28 Nov 2025
Frequency Volume Chart	5 Mar 2026
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) and Self-Administration of Pain Relief Drug Chart (Maternity Services)	10 Jan 2025
Fresnel Prisms	8 Jan 2026
Frozen shoulder	28 Mar 2025
Fundus Fluorescein Angiography (FFA) & Indocyanine Green (ICG) Angiography	3 Dec 2021
G.I. Bleed Scans: Patient Information about	1 Dec 2014
Galcanezumab (Emgality) - For use in migraine management	28 Nov 2025
Gallstones	4 Jun 2021
Gastric Emptying Scans: Patient Information about	1 Dec 2014
Gastroenteritis: Information for Parents about	3 Jun 2025
General care of the vulval skin	17 Jun 2022
Gestational Diabetes: A Guide to Insulin in Pregnancy	8 Nov 2024
Glaucoma - A guide for patients	6 Oct 2022
Globus Pharyngeus	16 May 2025
Glossectomy	3 Feb 2025
Glucose Tolerance Test For Growth Hormone Excess (Acromegaly)	1 Dec 2014
Glue Ear and Your Child	14 Jul 2023
Going home with an abdominal drain and/or T-Tube	8 Oct 2025
Greater Occipital Nerve Injection (GONI)	5 Mar 2026
Growth Hormone Profile	1 Feb 2016
Guidance for Patients purchasing Goods and Services from South Devon Healthcare NHS Trust	16 Sep 2015
Gynaecology - Ovarian Cancer: Information for Torbay Hospital patients	22 Oct 2021
Gynaecology - Vulva Cancer: Information for Torbay Hospital patients	22 Oct 2021
Gynaecology – Endometrial Cancer Information Leaflet for Torbay Hospital Patients	9 Aug 2024
Gynaecology Endometrial Cancer	9 Aug 2024
Hand and Wrist	25 Nov 2025
Hand Hygiene	12 Jul 2024
Having a Bone Marrow Test	5 Nov 2025
Having a pipelle biopsy	12 Aug 2022
Having a Transperineal Prostate Biopsy	19 Mar 2024
Having a TULA® procedure	9 Mar 2026
Having surgery after Breast Cancer Treatment	20 Oct 2017
Having your hearing tested (Easy read)	14 Jul 2023
Head & Neck Nurse Specialist working at Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust	3 Feb 2025
Head and Neck Cancer Support Team - Pre-Treatment Assessment Clinic	25 Apr 2025
Head and Neck Lump Clinic	9 Dec 2024
Headache Diary	20 Dec 2025
Headache, vitamins or supplements that help with	31 May 2024
Healthcare travel costs scheme: Information for cancer patients on low income attending hospital for appointments or treatment	20 Sep 2024
Healthy Eating for People with Gallstones	8 Jan 2026
Hearing Assessment for your Child	5 Nov 2025
Heart Murmurs - Information for Parents	11 Jun 2025
Heart Rhythm Monitor	3 Mar 2015
Heavy Menstrual Bleeding	22 Nov 2019
Heels - How to protect them whilst in hospital	9 Jun 2015
Helping you return home safely	5 Nov 2025
Hiatus Hernia and Repairs	4 Jun 2021
Hida Scans: Patient Information about	1 Dec 2014
High Dose Rate (HDR) insertion to the Vaginal Vault	27 May 2018
Hollacombe Community Resource Centre	6 Oct 2025
Home exercises to help vertigo	31 Aug 2024
Home Exercises to Improve Convergence Insufficiency	8 Jan 2026
Homemade fortified drinks and desserts	23 Jun 2020
Hot Flushes in Patients Treated for Breast Cancer, Management of	8 May 2018
How do cancers grow and spread?	3 Feb 2025
How to adjust insulin doses	16 Nov 2018
How to cope with Diabetes - A booklet for teens with diabetes	19 Aug 2016
How to Give Us Your Feedback (Easy Read)	28 Oct 2022
How to make a complaint	28 Apr 2017
Hydrocele	2 Oct 2014
Hydrotherapy	5 Nov 2025
Hyperemesis Gravidarum (Pregnancy Sickness)	19 Jan 2024
I may have a molar pregnancy - What happens next?	20 Oct 2017
Identifying and Treating Extravasation	17 Sep 2021
Immunotherapy Assessment Clinic	4 Mar 2024
Implantable Loop Recorder	30 Mar 2026
Independent Care Act Advocate - What is an Independent Care Act Advocate?	5 Jul 2024
Independent Mental Capacity Advocate - What is an Independent Mental Capacity Advocate?	5 Jul 2024
Inducible Laryngeal Obstruction (ILO)	16 May 2025
Induction of Labour	2 Aug 2024
Informacje o twoim nowym aparacie słuchowym (Hearing Aid - First Fit - Polish Version)	16 Jun 2017
Information about CT Scans for in-patients and ward staff	20 Oct 2017
Information about your video appointment	24 Mar 2026
Information following punch biopsy to the cervix	21 Aug 2020
Information for Carers	20 Dec 2023
Information for Inpatients having a Barium Swallow or Meal	7 May 2025
Information for patients undergoing a Nuclear Medicine Scan	30 May 2012
Information for Women Receiving Methotrexate	23 Jul 2018
Information on Alcohol Dependence	20 Jun 2025
Injection laryngoplasty / vocal fold medialisation procedure, Advice if you are having an	16 May 2025
Injection Therapy	28 Mar 2025
Inpatient Psychology Service	8 Nov 2024
Insomnia and Migraine	4 Oct 2024
Intermediate Care Placement leaflet	14 Jul 2016
International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS)	5 Mar 2026
Intravenous (IV) Iron Infusion	6 Oct 2025
Intravenous Sedation	25 Feb 2022
Iritis (Anterior Uveitis)	6 Oct 2022
Isolation: The facts about	24 May 2019
Jak dbac o zeby I higiene jamy ustnej (Keeping your teeth and mouth healthy)	20 Feb 2017
Jaw Joint Problems: Patient information about	21 Sep 2018
Joint Head and Neck Oncology Clinic	16 Aug 2024
Joint Injection	5 Mar 2026
Keeping your teeth and mouth healthy	20 Feb 2017
Ketamine - discharge advice for parents	25 Jul 2025
Ketamine - patient and parent information	25 Jul 2025
Kidney Scan: Patient Information about	3 Mar 2015
Knee Injury	25 Nov 2025
Lamotrigine - For use in migraine management	28 Nov 2025
Laparoscopic Appendectomy Discharge Advice	23 Jul 2018
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy - Discharge Advice	3 Feb 2025
Laparoscopic Hernia Repair - Discharge Advice	3 Feb 2025
Laparoscopic Splenectomy - Discharge Advice	3 Feb 2025
Laryngeal Hypersensitivity	16 May 2025
Laser peripheral iridotomy	23 Jul 2018
Laser Retinopexy	3 Dec 2021
Legionella / Legionnaires' Disease	24 Mar 2023
Level 3 Specialist Weight Management Service	20 Nov 2017
LHRH Test - Information for parents / carers	27 Jun 2025
Lichen Planus: Patient Information about	21 Sep 2018
Lid Hygiene	24 Mar 2023
Lidocaine Plasters: for Rib Fracture and Total Knee/ Hip Replacement Protocols	31 Jan 2022
Lidocaine Plasters: Outpatient Pain Management Clinic	31 Jan 2022
LINX Anti-Reflux Surgery	28 May 2022
Lip and Oral Cavity Cancer	16 Aug 2024
Liver and Spleen Scans: Patient Information about	3 Mar 2015
Local Induction of Labour	1 Feb 2016
Low residue / low fibre diet	6 Dec 2025
Low Vision Service - Adults	5 Mar 2026
Lower Eyelid Ectropion (Outward Turning)	21 Sep 2018
Lower Eyelid Entropion (Inward Turning)	21 Sep 2018
Lumbar Facet Joint Denervation (Pain Leaflet 4)	28 Apr 2021
Lumbar Nerve Root Injection (Pain Leaflet 1)	26 Apr 2021
Lumbar Puncture	13 Oct 2017
Lumbar Spine Nerve Pain	31 Aug 2024
Lumbar Spine Stenosis	31 Aug 2024
Lung Cancer - Advanced Nurse Practitioner Targeted Treatment Clinic	25 Nov 2025
Lung Cancer Specialist Nursing Service	9 Aug 2019
Lung Function Testing	5 Mar 2026
Lung Scan: Patient Information about	1 Dec 2014
Lymph Node Scans: Patient Information about	3 Mar 2015
Macmillan Psycho-Oncology Service	20 Aug 2019
Macular Hole	6 Oct 2022
Malignant Melanoma	3 Apr 2017
Management of your miscarriage under local anaesthetic (Manual Vacuum aspiration)	14 Nov 2014
Managing Memory Problems	30 Oct 2020
Managing the Complications of Hormonal Therapy (males)	26 Jan 2012
Managing the risk of Choking for people with swallowing difficulties	3 Apr 2017
Managing your child's pain: Information about	21 Mar 2011
Managing your pain: Information about	21 Mar 2011
Managing your weight in pregnancy	9 Jun 2015
Mandibular resection	3 Feb 2025
Mastoid Surgery	4 Oct 2016
Maxillectomy	3 Feb 2025
ME/CFS - Goal Planner	10 Dec 2024
ME/CFS - Interest checklist	10 Dec 2024
ME/CFS - Managing Flare ups	10 Dec 2024
ME/CFS - The Three Emotional Strategies of the Brain	10 Dec 2024
ME/CFS: General information fact sheet for	7 Jan 2025
ME/CFS/PCF Specialist Therapeutic Service	10 Dec 2024
Meckels Scans: Patient Information about	1 Dec 2014
Medically unexplained visual symptoms - the eyes and the mind (Paediatric opthalmology information - for parents)	3 Jul 2020
Medication overuse headaches (MOH)	9 Dec 2024
Medicines and Your Kidneys	3 Apr 2017
Menopause - Physiotherapy advice	21 Jan 2025
Metastatic Cancer in the Neck with An Unknown Primary	3 Feb 2025
Metastatic spinal cord compression (MSCC)	12 Oct 2015
Meticillin Sensitive Staphlococcus Aureus (MSSA), the facts about	22 Sep 2017
Microsoft Teams - Joining a cardiac rehabilitation meeting from an email invite: Windows 7, 8.1, and 10	21 Oct 2025
Micturating Cystogram: Information for the Parents of Children Undergoing a	2 May 2025
Migraine Sufferers, Lifestyle changes for	20 Dec 2023
Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Concussion	16 Nov 2018
Monochorionic Twin Pregnancy	5 May 2016
Moving on from Cancer Patient to Survivor: Some simple tips	30 Aug 2012
MRI Scan for asymmetric hearing loss or unilateral tinnitus - What you need to know	20 Dec 2025
MRSA and Meticillin Sensitive Staphlococcus Aureus (MSSA) Suppression Therapy Programme for Patients	4 Jan 2018
MRSA screening for emergency admissions	19 Aug 2022
MRSA Screening for planned admissions	14 Jul 2023
MRSA: The facts about	19 Aug 2022
MUGA Scan: Patient Information about	1 Dec 2014
Muscle Tension Dysphonia	16 May 2025
Myasthenia Gravis	1 Oct 2013
Myosure procedure for removal of polyps or fibroids from the womb. Advice sheet	12 Feb 2021
Nail Filing	9 Jul 2021
Naloxone Project	13 Nov 2017
Nasal Douching and How To Take Your Nasal Medication	14 Nov 2014
Nasal Loop	1 Jun 2016
Nasal Sinus and Nasal Cavity Cancer	3 Feb 2025
Nasal Surgery General Advice	14 Nov 2014
Nasolacrimal Duct Blockage and Syringing, Probing and Intubation - Information for parents	27 Jun 2025
Nasopharyngeal Cancer	3 Feb 2025
Nebuliser guidance for patients starting regular nebulised therapy	14 Nov 2014
Neck Dissection	3 Feb 2025
Neck Dissection: Exercises following a	3 Feb 2025
Need Help? About the Communication Support Card	30 Jan 2019
NHS Continuing Healthcare Appeals Process	11 Oct 2023
No added salt diet	6 Dec 2025
Non-medical Prescribing	17 Dec 2021
Non-specific Abdominal Repairs	4 Jun 2021
Non-specific symptoms cancer pathway	20 Sep 2024
Non-Tuberculous Mycobacterium Infection (NTM), Information Sheet for Patients with	26 Nov 2021
Norovirus: The facts about	19 Aug 2022
Nortriptyline for Migraine and Headaches	18 Oct 2024
Nose Bleeds	14 Nov 2014
Nose Bleeds and Nasal Pack	15 Jan 2014
Nutrition and Age-Related Macular Degeneration - Including Results of the 2013 AREDS2 Study	29 Jul 2019
Nutrition and the Teeth for Patients receiving Radiotherapy to the Head and Neck	15 Oct 2025
Octeotride Scan: Patient Information about	1 Dec 2014
Oesophageal manometry and 24 hour oesophageal pH measurement tests	9 Jul 2021
Opioids Inpatient Information	24 Mar 2023
Opioids Outpatient Information	28 Feb 2020
Oral (mouth) Biopsy	16 Dec 2024
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery: Patient Information about	12 May 2017
Oral Glucose Tolerance Test - Information for parents / carers. Short Stay Paediatric Assessment Unit	22 Jun 2018
Oral Morphine Solution 10mg/5mls (Oramorph)	8 May 2018
Oropharyngeal Cancer	3 Feb 2025
Oropharynx Cancer	3 Feb 2025
Orthodontic Treatment	28 Oct 2016
Orthoptist	23 Sep 2022
Orthotic Device Instruction Leaflet	14 Jul 2016
Osteo-Arthritis of the Hands, Advice and treatment	10 Sep 2025
Osteo-Arthritis of the Thumb, Advice and Treatment	10 Sep 2025
Otitis Externa (Infection of the ear canal)	2 Jul 2018
Our Voices - What changes as we get older?	6 Mar 2026
Out of Hours Community Nurses - Information for patients and carers	14 Jan 2022
Outpatient induction of labour	27 May 2018
Overseas Visitors: Paying for Healthcare	15 Aug 2022
Pacing	30 Oct 2020
Paediatric Allergy Clinic	9 Jul 2025
Paediatric Low Vision Clinic	13 Dec 2019
Paediatrics Out-patient appointments at Torbay Hospital	5 Mar 2026
Paediatrics Rheumatology Clinic Information	5 Mar 2026
Pain Clinic New Appointment Questionnaire	3 Mar 2015
Pain Management Patient Questionnaire	5 Mar 2026
Pain Rehabilitation Team and Reconnect2Life Therapies	13 Nov 2025
Pain Relief After Birth and While Breastfeeding	28 May 2022
Pancreatitis	11 May 2021
Panendoscopy	3 Feb 2025
Panton Valente Leucocidin Staphylococcus aureus producers (PVLs): Patient information about	1 Oct 2018
PAPP-A (Pregnancy associated plasma protein - A)	20 Apr 2018
Parathyroid Scan: Patient Information about	1 Dec 2014
Parking - Patient and Visitor Parking / Travel Options Guide	27 Jun 2025
Patch Test	5 Mar 2026
Patching for Amblyopia	8 Jan 2026
Patient Activation Measures (PAM)	24 Apr 2020
Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) - We are here to help	21 Aug 2020
Paying for Care and Support Services at Home - Financial Assessment	5 Jul 2024
PE: What is a pulmonary embolus?	22 Mar 2019
Peer Support for your Treatment and Recovery Journey	13 Nov 2017
PEG tube removal	19 Jan 2024
Pelvic Girdle Pain in pregnancy Physiotherapy advice	4 Oct 2024
Pelvic Organ Prolapse	20 Jun 2025
Pelvic Pain and Ovarian Cysts	4 Jun 2021
Peri-anal abscess and fistula	11 May 2021
Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD)	9 Jul 2021
Peripheral Neuropathy/Non-Diabetic	29 Jul 2019
PET CT Scanning: Information About	20 Sep 2024
Photodynamic Therapy (PDT)	5 Mar 2026
Physiotherapy After Your Amputation	21 Jan 2025
PhysiYo, Physiotherapy Gym Classes	31 Aug 2024
Planned Skin Surgery	5 Mar 2026
Planned Skin Surgery on the Face	13 Mar 2020
Planning Together and Leaving a Community Hospital	28 Feb 2025
Planning Together and Leaving Torbay Hospital (Returning Home or Moving to Another Place of Care)	19 Mar 2025
Podiatry Annual Review Questionnaire	5 Mar 2026
Podiatry Patient Injection Information	11 Oct 2017
Podiatry Review Appointment	5 Mar 2026
Poor Neonatal Adaptation Syndrome	28 Oct 2022
Post Breast / Axilla Procedure	11 Oct 2023
Post Cataract Surgery	3 Jun 2025
Post Mortem Examination Procedure - A Guide to the	6 Oct 2025
Post Treatment Assessment Clinic	3 Feb 2025
Post Treatment Low Risk Endometrial (Womb) Cancer - Telephone Follow-up	24 Mar 2023
Posterior tibialis tendon strengthening	12 Feb 2021
Postnatal Contraception: Advice after you've had your baby	7 Jan 2025
Pre-operative liver reducing diet	19 Mar 2024
Pre-School Wheeze, Information for parents / carers	3 Jun 2025
Pregnancy Ultrasound scans at Newton Abbot community hospital	21 Jan 2013
Pregnant? There are many ways to help protect you and your baby	26 Apr 2017
Prehabilitation for Cancer	24 Mar 2023
Preparing for your diabetes appointment	5 Mar 2026
Pressure Ulcer Prevention - Help us take the pressure off	4 Nov 2016
Preventing Blood Clots in Hospital	16 May 2025
Prior to Toenail Surgery Information Sheet	29 Jul 2019
Privacy and Dignity - Promises to You	18 Apr 2018
Privacy statement: How we use information about you	2 Apr 2026
Private Care - Guidance for patients attending as Day Case patients and Outpatients	1 Dec 2014
Propranolol for use in migraine management	21 Jan 2025
Prosthesis	5 Mar 2026
Prosthetic Rehabilitation	21 Jan 2025
Protecting your baby from Low Blood Glucose	29 Jul 2019
Providing a urine specimen for cytology	31 May 2011
Pterygium and Pterygium Surgery	25 Aug 2023
Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programme: About the	14 Nov 2014
Purchasing hearing aids privately	12 Feb 2021
Radiotherapy for a Brain Metastases	22 Jun 2018
Radiotherapy Late Effects Service	4 Oct 2024
Radiotherapy to the female pelvis: Preparation for treatment	24 Mar 2023
Recovery advice post a Caesarean Section	2 Aug 2024
Recovery advice post a Vaginal Delivery	2 Aug 2024
Rectal bleeding	11 May 2021
Recurrent Miscarriage Clinic	10 Jun 2022
Reducing the risk of a blood clot for patients with lower limb immobilisation	12 Aug 2022
Remember 5	24 Mar 2026
Remifentanil PCA – patient information card	12 Dec 2025
Removal of cervical polyp in the outpatient department	16 Nov 2018
Removing Eyelid Lesions	21 Sep 2018
Renogram Scan: Patient Information about	1 Dec 2014
Respiratory Virtual Ward	18 Oct 2024
Resuscitation Treatments, Information About	11 Oct 2023
Retinal Detachment Surgery	25 Feb 2022
Retinal Photodynamic Therapy (PDT)	19 Sep 2017
Reversal of your ileostomy or colostomy (Stoma Closure)	12 Mar 2021
Rheumatoid / Inflammatory Arthritis	29 Jul 2019
Rheumatology Clinic - General Information	15 Nov 2019
Rimegepant	28 Nov 2025
Sacroiliac Joint Injection (Pain Leaflet 5)	28 Apr 2021
Safeguarding Information for Children Attending with Dog Bites	21 Feb 2025
Safety of Antidepressants (SSRIs and SNRIs) in Pregnancy and Breastfeeding	26 Aug 2025
Salivary Gland Cancer	3 Feb 2025
Same Sex Accommodation	18 Apr 2018
Seasonal Influenza 'flu' - Patient Information for areas affected by 'flu'	19 Aug 2022
Seborrhoeic Keratoses	1 Dec 2014
Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty	26 Nov 2021
Self administration of your insulin whilst in hospital	19 Mar 2020
Self Management Workbook	14 Jul 2016
Self-abdominal Massage	20 Jun 2025
Self-administration of Medication in Hospital After Childbirth (SAM)	28 May 2022
Sensible eating advice following your surgery for acid reflux / hiatus hernia repair / Hellers myotomy, including nourishing drinks recipes	6 Dec 2025
Sensory Team Torbay - What is a Sensory Team? (Easy Read)	25 Oct 2024
Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy with Intra-operative OSNA test	12 Nov 2018
Septoplasty and Turbinate Surgery	23 Sep 2016
Sex and Consent - What is Sex and Consent? (Easy Read)	25 Oct 2024
Shoulder Exercises (non-traumatic)	25 Nov 2025
Signia Stretta - Your Hearing Aid Information Booklet	6 Aug 2025
Silent Reflux	16 May 2025
Simpson Ward	25 Apr 2025
Skeletal Survey	21 Feb 2025
Skin abscess	11 May 2021
Skin Cancer and Compensation for Service Veterans	19 Mar 2024
Skin Care for Feet	9 Dec 2022
Smoking and Pregnancy: The Risks	1 Apr 2022
Smoking and your circulation	17 Dec 2021
Soft Palate and Tongue Exercises	4 Oct 2016
Sound sensitivity in children	24 Mar 2023
Special Care Dental Service - Practice information leaflet	14 Jan 2022
Specialist Audiology Appointment	9 Dec 2022
Specialist Palliative Care Service	19 Aug 2022
Specialist Spinal Orthopaedic Physiotherapy Service View our interactive version of the Specialist Spinal Orthopaedic Physiotherapy Service leaflet	31 Aug 2024
Speech & Language Therapy Service (Macmillan) - Head and Neck Oncology	31 Aug 2024
Speech & Language Therapy Service (Macmillan) - Head and Neck Oncology - Laryngectomy	31 Aug 2024
Spinal Cord Compression: What you need to know	8 Jul 2010
Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Skin: Treating	12 Nov 2018
Squint (Strabismus)	8 Jan 2026
Squint (Strabismus) Surgery – Information for Carers	27 Jun 2025
Squint (Strabismus) Surgery – Information for Patients	27 Jun 2025
Stapedotomy	4 Oct 2016
Staphylococcus aureus screening for planned admissions	12 Feb 2021
Staying Healthy Prevention of Pressure Ulcers	13 Nov 2017
Steroid Epidural Injections, Cervical, Thoracic and Lumbar and Sacral (Caudal) (Pain Leaflet 2)	4 Jun 2021
Steroid Use in Cancer	22 Nov 2019
Strengthening exercises for calf muscles	9 Jul 2021
Strengthening exercises for peroneal muscles	9 Jul 2021
Strengthening exercises for tibialis posterior muscles	17 May 2018
Strengthening exercises for Tibislis Anterior muscles	9 Jan 2017
Stretches for tight gastrocnemius muscles	9 Jul 2021
Stretches for tight soleus muscles	9 Jul 2021
Sugammadex, Contraceptaive Advice for Patients Following	25 Aug 2023
Supplementing a Breast Fed baby	2 Aug 2024
Support during an hospital stay - Information for people with dementia and their carers	19 Jan 2024
Supportive Observation Information for Patients and their Carers	11 Dec 2015
Suprascapular Nerve Denervation (Pain Leaflet 6)	18 Oct 2021
Surgical Exposure of Impacted Canine Teeth: Patient Information about	21 Sep 2018
Surgical extractions - Post operative advice for Day Surgery Patients	17 Jun 2022
Synacthen Test	27 Jun 2025
Synacthen Test - Information for parents / carers. Short Stay Paediatric Assessment Unit	22 Jun 2018
Take Charge of Your Health with Patients Know Best	4 Jun 2021
Taking strong opioids in palliative care	3 Jun 2013
Taking Thyroxine after treatment of differentiated thyroid cancer	6 Mar 2018
Talk to Us Leaflet (Easy Read)	17 May 2018
TeleHealthCare Service	21 Sep 2018
Temporal Artery Biopsy	4 Jun 2021
Testicular Tumour: Information for Patients with a / A guide for patients and carers	6 Jun 2010
The Mental Capacity Act (2005) - What is The Mental Capacity Act?	5 Jul 2024
The Overactive Bladder and Bladder Retraining	20 Jun 2025
The Spine - Degenerative Change	31 Aug 2024
Therapeutic Mammoplasty	9 Aug 2024
Therapy Bands - A Guide	9 Jul 2021
Thoracocentisis (pleural aspiration or pleural tap)	18 Aug 2015
Thyroid Cancer Tracker	6 Mar 2018
Thyroid Scan: Patient Information about	1 Dec 2014
Thyroidectomy	3 Feb 2025
TIA Clinic Patient Information - What is a TIA?	14 Jan 2022
TIFA - Torbay Insulin Food Adjustment Course	19 Jun 2021
Tilt Testing: Torbay Hospital Syncope Service	23 Jul 2018
Toe Supports-Otoform	29 Jul 2019
Toenail Surgery (Easy read)	29 Jul 2019
Tongue-Tie Division (Baby/Neonate)	9 Jul 2021
Top tips for healthy teeth and a healthy mouth (Easy read)	22 Oct 2021
Topical Morphine for Painful Radiotherapy Skin Reactions, Patient Self-administration of	5 Dec 2022
Topiramate (Topamax) in Migraine Attacks	15 Nov 2024
Torbay Cardiac Rehabilitation	4 Jun 2021
Torbay Carers Telephone Line	5 Nov 2025
Torbay Family Carers Service - for adult carers of adults with a learning disability	3 Jun 2025
Torbay Hospital Lung Cancer Screening Team	26 Aug 2025
Torbay Lymphoma Service	17 Dec 2021
Torbay Physiotherapy Arthritis Rehab Class (ARC)	18 Oct 2024
Total Hip Replacement Exercise Sheet	23 Jan 2026
Total Hip Replacement Exercise Sheet with Hip Precautions	23 Jan 2026
Trabeculectomy surgery	29 Jul 2019
Tracheostomy: Advice for Patients having a	16 Aug 2024
Tracheostomy: Care of your	6 Oct 2025
Tranexamic Acid	5 Nov 2025
Transcutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation for Overactive Bladder	31 Aug 2024
Transitions Team - Growing up to be an Adult (Easy Read)	25 Oct 2024
Translation and Interpretation Services - Interpreting Cards	10 Nov 2015
Transoral Laser Resection	3 Feb 2025
Transvaginal Ultrasound Scan - TVS	6 Jul 2015
Treated Spinal Cord Compression. What you need to know after treatment	9 Aug 2019
Treatment of Facial Fractures: Patient Information about	10 Apr 2015
Treatment of Jaw Fractures: Patient Information about	21 Sep 2018
Trial without catheter	22 Oct 2021
Trigger Finger, Management and advice	10 Sep 2025
Trigger Thumb, Management and Advice	10 Sep 2025
Triptan medicines for treating migraine or cluster headaches	1 Oct 2018
TT1DE - Torbay Type 1 Diabetes Education Course	17 Jul 2020
Two Week Wait Triple Assessment: Breast Care Services	16 Nov 2018
Type 1 Diabetes - Telephone support for the parents of newly diagnosed children and young people with Type 1 Diabetes	6 May 2022
Types of hearing loss	24 Mar 2023
Ultrasound of baby hips	19 Nov 2025
Ultrasound procedure for tubal patency testing (HyCoSy)	5 Mar 2026
Ultrasound scan: Information for Inpatients having an	1 Dec 2014
Ultrasound videoing and image policy	21 May 2015
Under Breast Soreness - Intertrigo	20 Sep 2024
Understanding the need for the use of artificial hydration (fluids) at home at the end of life	15 Oct 2025
Unilateral Hearing Loss in Children	14 Jul 2023
Unlicensed Medicines	10 Dec 2021
Urodynamic Investigations	31 May 2011
Urodynamic Tests	1 Aug 2011
Urology Cancer Nursing Team - Bladder	28 May 2022
Urology Cancer Nursing Team - Kidney	28 May 2022
Uteric Stent	22 Oct 2021
Uterine Artery Embolisation for Fibroids: Information for patients having	2 Oct 2014
Vaginal Health	20 Sep 2024
Vaginismus	3 Jan 2020
Vasovagal Syncope	24 Mar 2023
Verrucae	9 Feb 2018
Visiting Patients in Hospital	3 Feb 2025
Visual Problems Following Stroke	22 Dec 2018
Vitamin D Supplements in Migraine	15 Nov 2024
Vitamin Supplements in Pregnancy	10 Sep 2025
Vitrectomy for diabetic vitreous haemorrhage	10 Dec 2021
Vocal Hydration	16 May 2025
Voice Care	16 May 2025
Voice Prosthesis: Care of your	16 Aug 2024
Voice Rest	16 May 2025
Vulval Care and Treatment	15 Feb 2019
What can you do to help prevent a urine infection. A leaflet for older people and their carers using PHE's	1 Oct 2018
What happens if I decide not to have the treatment offered to me?	1 Dec 2014
What is a Community Nurse? (easy read)	8 Nov 2024
What is a community occupational therapist? (easy read)	16 May 2025
What is an EEG?	13 Nov 2025
What is Pacing?	4 Oct 2016
What is Postural Hypotension?	14 Jul 2023
What is ptosis?	12 Feb 2021
What is Skin Prick Testing?	6 Oct 2025
What to expect when you visit a bladder, bowel and pelvic health physiotherapist	2 Aug 2024
What you need to know when you are starting on Thyroxine treatment	19 Jan 2024
Where to get batteries	17 Jan 2020
Why screening tests are offered in pregnancy	11 Mar 2021
Wigs: Prescription charges for NHS wigs for Dermatology Patients	25 Mar 2022
Wisdom teeth removed under General Anaesthetic: Information for patients having	3 Mar 2015
Women who have a raised BMI in pregnancy	9 Jun 2015
Word Catheter for Bartholins Cyst/Abscess	16 Nov 2018
Wound care advice following your abdominal surgery	28 Mar 2025
Yag Laser Capsulotomy	12 Aug 2022
You have elevated levels of Carbon Monoxide - What does this mean?	9 Feb 2018
Your BCG Treatment	1 Aug 2016
Your Cataract Appointment (Easy Read)	12 Feb 2021
Your Mitomycin-C Treatment	1 Aug 2016
Your Oesophageal Stent - Information and Dietary Advice	1 Dec 2023

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