Resources

Information on aftercare following a total mastectomy and axillary node clearance surgery.

Information on aftercare following a total mastectomy and axillary node sampling surgery.

Information on aftercare following a wide local excision to the breast.

Information to support carers or family members when someone important to them is being discharged from hospital to home, and it is thought that they are likely to die soon.

Information about the care of the catheter at home.

Information about care of a catheter at home after a caesarean section and instrumental vaginal delivery.

Graves’ disease is an over activity of the thyroid gland, named after a Dr Graves. It is an ‘autoimmune’ disease, caused by antibodies which stimulate the thyroid gland to produce too much thyroid hormone.

Grommets are very small plastic tubes that sit in the ear drum. The following information is about grommets in children.

Group B Streptococcus infection during pregnancy.