Last Updated: 15 January 2025
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Urodynamics nurses
Telephone:
020 8934 3038
Basal cell carcinoma (BCC)
Private burial of a baby at home or on private land
Physiotherapy advice for gynaecological surgery
Neurodiversity information for parents and young people
Paediatric Oncology Shared Care Unit (POSCU)
Safe sleeping guide for babies under 1 year
Electromyography (EMG) and Nerve Conduction Studies (easy read)
Post-operative wound care (Day Surgery Unit)
Implantable loop recorders
Dementia and learning disabilities (easy read)
Laparoscopic hysterectomy
Signia Stretta hearing aid information
Carer's agreement (easy read)
Anaesthetic and sedation after-care (Day Surgery Unit)
Antenatal exercise and advice
Call 4 Concern (C4C) (easy read)
Laparoscopic subtotal hysterectomy
Scar massage after caesarean birth
Audiology services appointments (easy read)
Gastroscopy: follow-up
Home monitoring of your ILR device
Feedback form (easy read)
Wound care after plastic surgery (Day Surgery Unit)
Transoesophageal echocardiogram (TOE)
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
Vaginal hysterectomy
Carers advice: hospital care, discharge planning and home
Carers: advice in the first 48 hours after discharge
Screening in the first three months of pregnancy
Colonoscopy: follow-up
Bowel preparation before endoscopy (Moviprep)
Bed lever
Managing tasks at home using one hand
Perching stool
Complementary therapies and cancer
Vulval biopsy
Kitchen trolley
Glasses for children
Eye appointment (adult)
Division of a tongue-tie
Mowbray toilet seat
Robot-assisted surgery
Buckingham caddy
Macular laser treatment
Lung nodules (Easy Read)
Static commode
Panretinal photocoagulation (PRP) laser treatment
Oral stimulation for your preterm baby
Freestanding toilet frame
Keloid and hypertrophic scars
Anticoagulation risk: postnatal advice
Chair raisers
Iron infusion
Communicating with your baby
Bed raisers
Virtual Ward (with continuous monitoring)
Flexible sigmoidoscopy with sedation: follow-up
Raised toilet seat
Virtual Ward (without online monitoring)
Cardiac disease: postnatal advice
Home Exercise Programme: Falls Prevention
Virtual Ward (with intermittent monitoring)
Signs of difficulty when feeding
Selective eating in children
Testing for diabetes in pregnancy
Transnasal gastroscopy: follow-up
Angiogram
Epilepsy: postnatal advice
Call 4 Concern
Angioplasty and stenting
Bottle feeding your preterm baby
Intravenous therapy through a midline at home
Biliary drainage and stent insertion
Eye appointment (adult) after surgery
Children's Community Nursing Service, Richmond
Plantar fasciitis
Hickman line insertion
Haematology (blood) cancer: information and support
IVC filter insertion
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD): postnatal advice
Melanoma in situ (MIS)
Nephrostomy and antegrade ureteric stent insertion
Successful bottle feeding strategies
Sun protection and vitamin D after a melanoma diagnosis
Percutaneous fluid drainage
Intrahepatic cholestasis (ICP): postnatal advice
Sensitive disposal of your pregnancy tissue
Percutaneous gastrostomy insertion
Water deprivation test
Children's day surgery unit
Percutaneous needle biopsy
Flexible sigmoidoscopy: follow-up
Anaemia
Uterine artery embolisation
Autoimmune rheumatological conditions: postnatal advice
MCUG (bladder function test)
Varicocele embolisation
Supervised fast test
Iron in your diet
Acute oncology service
Transnasal gastroscopy with sedation: follow-up
Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC)
Cancer diagnosis support services
Caesarean birth: postnatal advice
Bedwetting
Removal of parathyroid glands
Short synacthen test
Prescriptions for outpatients
Removal of thyroid gland
Contact lens appointment
Sharps disposal
Probiotics for preterm infants on the neonatal unit
Nasogastric (NG) feeding tubes (adults)
Biologic and biosimilar medicines for eye conditions
Carers of people with a learning disability or autism: advice on support available
Chronic (long-term) high blood pressure: postnatal advice
Birth Centre
Biologic and biosimilar medicines
Oral glucose tolerance test with growth hormone
How are you, Dad?
Nipple shield
High blood pressure in pregnancy: postnatal advice
Fragmin instructions
RSV vaccine for pregnant women
Insulin stress test
Self-care for carers
Cataract surgery: community follow-up care
Gastroscopy with Botox: follow-up
Advice for people who care for others
Thumb base osteoarthritis
Understanding your baby's cues
Skin cancer: information and support
Fluoroscopy-guided peripheral artery angioplasty: take-home information
Lactulose hydrogen breath test
Specialist palliative care service
CT-guided lung biopsy: take-home information
Gastroscopy with oesophageal dilatation (widening): follow-up
Eczema in children
Interventional Radiology day ward: take-home information after discharge
'Gloves off' campaign
Breast cancer: information and support
Dobutamine stress echocardiogram
Upper limb nerve block for use in surgery
Testicular torsion (twisting)
Eye appointment (children)
Dementia support products
Lung cancer: information and support
HIV statin factsheet
Upper GI (gastrointestinal) cancer: information and support
Do not use Testicular pain
Falls and bone health appointments
Colorectal cancer: information and support
Grommet insertion for glue ear (adult)
BCG: induction (starter) treatment
Urological cancer: information and support
Myringoplasty and tympanoplasty
Endoanal ultrasound scan
Gynaecology cancer: information and support
Endoscopic sinus surgery
BCG: maintenance treatment
Aftercare following cast removal
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Oesophageal stent insertion: follow-up
Egg freezing
Advance care planning - your wishes for your future care
Food diary and questionnaire (children)
Advice for young carers
Eustachian tube dysfunction (ETD) in children
Transurethral laser ablation (TULA)
Soft cast removal
Endophthalmitis
Gastroscopy with banding of varices: follow-up
Neonatal neurodevelopmental follow-up clinic
Retinal detachment surgery
Vaginal birth: postnatal advice
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Submacular haemorrhage
Local anaesthetic instructions
Psoriasis and healthy lifestyle choices
Ferinject iron infusion during pregnancy
Balance testing
Dementia local community activities and support
Learning Disability Liaison Team
Weight-loss medicines and anaesthetic risk
Your child’s hearing aid system(s)
Drinking, eating, and mobilising after major surgery
Ongoing physical health conditions: postnatal advice
Dietary changes to prepare for weight loss surgery
HCC surveillance (liver monitoring)
Loop diathermy treatment to the cervix
Carers’ Clinical Liaison Service for unpaid carers
Vestibular assessment and rehabilitation
Ongoing or new mental health concerns: postnatal advice
Multiple sclerosis service
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) flare self-management
Ambulatory urodynamics test (women)
Patient Initiated Follow-up (PIFU)
Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) flare self-management
Endoscopy general anaesthetic: follow-up
Moving from children's audiology services to adult audiology services
Axial spondyloarthritis (AS) flare self-management
Anaemia (Hb less than 100g/L): postnatal advice
Knee replacement
Palindromic rheumatism flare self-management
Video urodynamics test
Hip replacement
Vitrectomy surgery
ERCP: follow-up
Allergy appointments for children
Vitreomacular traction (VMT)
Preterm birth: postnatal advice
Food challenges
Vitreous and choroidal biopsy
PTNS treatment for overactive bladder (OAB)
Supervised feeds
Hearing test appointment (children)
Registering your baby's birth
Dementia and continence issues
Kingston exercise groups and classes
Fetal monitoring in labour
Thoracic (rib or breastbone) fracture management
Third or fourth degree perineal tear: postnatal advice
Chronic pain relief: External Neuromodulation (ENM)
Incentive spirometry
Mitomycin treatment
Healthy eating after a stroke
Sleep hygiene
Air pollution
Echocardiogram
Weaning your baby (complementary feeding)
Bubble echocardiogram
Richmond Respiratory Care Team
Discharge Medicines Service
Ongoing diabetes: postnatal advice
IPC (indwelling pleural catheter)
My first eye test at the hospital
Hernia (adult): after-care (Day Surgery Unit)
Diabetes in pregnancy: starting insulin
Hospital patients with diabetes
Combined test
Thyroid disorders: postnatal advice
Whooping cough vaccine in pregnancy
Medicine collection lockers
Group B Streptococcus (GBS) in pregnancy and newborn babies
Bronchoscopy
Baby movements in pregnancy
Rapid Diagnostic Cancer Clinic (RDCC)
Colostrum harvesting
Elbow crutches (non-weight bearing)
Induction of labour at 41 weeks and beyond: making a decision
Cancer Counselling Service
Mental health support during pregnancy and the first year
Uterine artery dopplers
Your Pregnancy Care booklet for Kingston Maternity
Elbow crutches (weight-bearing)
Perineal wound breakdown
Macmillan Cancer Information and Support Service
Pregnancy and birth in women aged 40 or older
Previous bariatric surgery: postnatal advice
Pelvic floor exercises and perineal health
Hinged knee brace
Vitamin K for newborn babies
Breast care photography
Nutrition and weight in pregnancy
Minor skin surgery - advice before
Bleeding or pain in early pregnancy
Having a blood test (Easy Read)
Intrauterine contraceptive device (IUCD or ‘coil’) insertion at caesarean section
Breast care photography for oncoplastic patients
Bladder diary: urogynaecology
Pre-op assessment clinic
Cystometrogram
Futura splint
Flow and residual volumes scan
Trial without catheter (urology)
Hospital prescriptions for endocrine patients
Bladder instillation
Cricket pad splint (knee immobiliser)
Flexible cystoscopy (including bladder Botox injections)
Kingston Hospital Tinnitus Support Group
Treatments for overactive bladder
Pre-eclampsia: postnatal advice
Skin prick test
Broad arm sling
Lung nodules
Newborn jaundice
Pulmonary embolism
HyCoSy instructions
Tuberculosis (TB)
Contraception after having a baby
Lung function (breathing) tests
Carer's agreement
Pleural aspiration and drainage
Placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) after caesarean hysterectomy: postnatal advice
Postural hypotension
Thyroid nodule thermal ablation
Iron diet sheet
Support following a death
Frozen shoulder
Going home after a general anaesthetic in the Day Surgery Unit (Easy Read)
Shoulder exercises for rotator cuff tear
Subacromial pain and ASAD treatment
What to expect after an ankle fracture
Care homes and the red bag
Avulsion fracture of ankle bone (talus)
Physio: after your appointment
Lateral ankle avulsion fracture
Cataract surgery: after-care
Lateral ankle fracture (Weber A)
General information on varicose veins
Ankle sprain
Hand surgery: after-care (Day Surgery Unit)
Broken or dislocated toe
Kidney removal (non-cancerous) with robot
Calf muscle stretches
Homecare Medicines Service
Plantar fasciopathy
Coming for an appointment (children)
Achilles tendinopathy
Kidney removal (part) with robot
Facet joint injections: what to expect afterwards
Reducing waste of medicines delivered via homecare
Patellar tendinopathy
Minor surgery after-care
Metatarsal fracture
Kidney and ureter removal with robot
What to expect after a wrist fracture
Head and Neck Lump Clinic
Physiotherapy advice for abdominal surgery
Coming for an appointment (adults)
Greater trochanteric pain syndrome
Kidney obstruction removal with robot
How to use macrogol laxatives
Baby feed diary and questionnaire
Calcium
3rd or 4th degree perineal tear: care and support
Reflex anoxic seizures (RAS)
Ureter: part removal and reimplantation with robot
Reflux in babies
Discharge following orthopaedic surgery
Vulvovaginitis in girls
One-stop breast clinic
Sedation
Prostate removal (prostatectomy) with robot
Cardiac rehabilitation
Head injury in children
Urinary tract infection (UTI) in children
Discharge advice for head injury patients over 16 years old
Constipation in children
Skin cancer:
Croup
Caring for your cast
Cradle cap
Placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) placenta left in womb: postnatal advice
Oral thrush in babies
Blood tests
Doing a milk challenge (milk ladder) at home
Catheter care
Syncope (fainting) in children and young people
Dental extraction after-care (Day Surgery Unit)
Home phototherapy for babies with jaundice
Faster Diagnosis Lung Clinic
Early (precocious) puberty in children
Telling your child you have cancer video guide
Cryotherapy
Hydrotherapy: Teddington Hydrotherapy Pool
Tummy pain in children
Adrenal gland removal with robot
Human milk fortifier for your baby
Skin cancer self-examination NHS video
Nappy rash
Mouth-sinus hole (oro-antral communication): Day Surgery Unit
Actinic keratoses (sun damaged skin patches)
Colposuspension with robot
Qutenza patch for pain management
Checking your lymph nodes NHS video
Weight loss injection preparation
Total shoulder replacement: managing daily activities
Bowel preparation before colonoscopy (Plenvu)
Trial without catheter (urogynae)
Bowel preparation before endoscopy (Picolax and a prolonged low-residue diet)
Self catheterisation
Bowel preparation before endoscopy (additional Moviprep)
Feedback and complaints
Bowel preparation before endoscopy (Picolax)
Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM)
Bowel prep with enema at home
Sun protection NHS video
Bowel prep with enema in hospital
Surgical management of miscarriage (SMM)
Richmond support and exercise: neighbourhood networks
Gestational diabetes: postnatal advice
Medicines when having an endoscopy
Diabetes and having an endoscopy without bowel preparation
MRI with sedation (children)
Diabetes and having an endoscopy with bowel preparation
Parkinson's KinetiGraph (PKG)
General anaesthetic for endoscopy
Osteoporosis
Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC): waiting at home
Patency capsule test
Gastroscopy
Eating and drinking with acknowledged risk (EDAR)
Rheumatology conditions
Video capsule endoscopy
Gastroscopy and sigmoidoscopy
Botox eye clinic appointment
Gastroscopy and colonoscopy
Ankle sprain after-care (children)
Transnasal gastroscopy
Rheumatology exercise programmes
Transnasal gastroscopy without sedation
Nuchal scan
Flexible sigmoidoscopy
Limb fracture: recovery after cast removal (children)
Diabetes information leaflets
Colonoscopy
ERCP procedure
Rheumatology drug treatments
Practical steps when someone dies in hospital
Phonatory gap (adults)
Medicines containing animal products
Osteoporosis drug treatments
Delayed puberty
Advocate for Patient Safety Investigations (APSI)
Prolonged jaundice clinic
Active Cycle of Breathing Technique (ACBT)
Test results from the Paediatric Assessment Unit (PAU)
Body image resources for parents and young people
Bronchiolitis
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy after-care: Day Surgery Unit
Flat head syndrome in babies
Blood thinning medications (in hospital)
Febrile convulsions in children
Recreational drug misuse information for parents and young people
Use of povidone iodine (PI) before intraocular procedures
Abdominal hysterectomy
Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC)
Potassium permanganate solution soaks
Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy (OPAT)
Anti bullying resources for parents and young people
Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT)
Laparoscopic hernia after-care: Day Surgery Unit
Mole mapping service
Gynae urgent cancer test
Heart murmurs (newborns)
Eye pre-assessment clinic
Acute otitis media (AOM)
Toenail surgery: after-care
Healthy eating with type 2 diabetes
Arm exercises while wearing a cast
Paraffin wax hand therapy
Going home after having a tooth out in the Day Surgery Unit (Easy Read)
Skin grafts
Toenail surgery
Motor tics in children and young people
How to make a comment or complaint (easy read)
Fever (high temperature) in children
Percutaneous lung biopsy
Short height in children
Hip fracture
Fundus Fluorescein Angiography (FFA)
Skin cancer: different types
Bone marrow biopsy under conscious sedation
Getting ready for your surgery and anaesthetic
Last days of life
Indwelling pleural catheter: caring for your IPC
Lymphoedema
Allergic rhinitis in children
Intensive Care Unit: rehab after your stay in ICU
Birth after a previous caesarean: making a decision
Skin: early detection and pre-cancerous conditions
Induction of labour, your options
DRAFT Waiting for a heart appointment
Reducing pressure ulcers and cast sores
Pressure sores: reducing risk in hot weather
Bladder diary (urology)
Home nut challenge
Day case coronary angiogram
Multivitamins for children
Signs of premature labour
Cataract surgery
Humeral brace
Declining a blood transfusion or blood products
Looking after your mental health after a traumatic birth
Cannulated prolactin test
Understanding Post Traumatic Stress Disorder after birth
Ectopic pregnancy: surgical management
Temporary file LVS
Endometrial ablation: after-care (Day Surgery Unit)
Diarrhoea and vomiting (gastroenteritis) in children
Ectopic pregnancy: medical management
HIV screening
Chronic epilepsy
Removal of K wires
Molar pregnancy
Nasal bridle securement device
Surgical management of miscarriage: after-care
Contact lens service
DMSA scan (children)
Compression socks and stockings
Transport Services
Intravenous therapy through a PICC line at home
Bowel obstruction diet
Pressure ulcers (pressure sores or bed sores)
Hysteroscopy: after-care
Contacting Paediatrics
Anorexia nervosa admission information
Getting your home ready for discharge
Dairy-free products: a guide for parents
Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) test
Your child’s asthma or wheeze treatment plan
ENT appointments
Signia Stretta hearing aid user guide
Dysarthria (speech difficulties)
Looking after your child’s cannula at home
Laparoscopic hysterectomy: after-care
Stress echocardiogram
Dysphagia (swallowing difficulties)
Having a pacemaker fitted
Cannabis and pregnancy
Hip screening and developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH)
Anticoagulants and dental extractions
Controlled drugs
Laparoscopy: after-care
Headaches in children
Coronectomy
Compression treatment
Toenail surgery (Easy Read)
Gastrostomy feeding tube insertion
Toenail surgery: after-care (Easy Read)
Open abdominal procedures: after-care
Alfie has a blood test
ICU follow-up clinic
Alfie has an X-ray
Termination of pregnancy: after-care
Bunions
First seizure and onset of epilepsy
Joint Vulval Specialist Clinic
Test page for practicing
TVT (trans vaginal tape): after-care
Mental health support for children and young people
Vaginal hysterectomy: after-care
Glaucoma Assessment Clinic (new patients)
Home blood sugar monitoring
Zoledronic acid
Glucagon test
Zoladex
Vasectomy with local anaesthetic
One-stop gynaecology clinic
Children looked after by the local authority: health assessment information for parents
Register for Tommy’s Tool
Fasting before surgery
Having an operation at Kingston hospital
Contrast mammogram
Hydrocortisone day curve test
Cell salvage during caesarean section
Social worker with the cancer and palliative care services
Penthrox for pain relief in children
Children looked after by the local authority: health assessment information for foster carers
Amoxicillin (antibiotic) by mouth for newborns
Fortified food swaps
Forceps or ventouse (suction cup) birth: postnatal care
Levothyroxine absorption test
Fracture Liaison Service (FLS)
Children's appointments (follow baby shark)
Selective eating resources
Children looked after: you and your health assessment
Bereavement support
Bed-based exercises
Maternity inpatient handbook
LHRH (luteinising hormone-releasing hormone) test
Hysteroscopy: recovery at home
Chair-based exercises
Kidney removal with robot
Child protection medical assessment
Planning ahead for my care
Standing-exercises
Bed handles and levers
4-hour supervised fast and water deprivation test
T21 (Down Syndrome): family support, Richmond
Skin cancer prevention
Sonata treatment for fibroids: outpatients
Anterior or posterior vaginal repair: after-care
Hyperemesis gravidarum (HG)
Teledermatology clinic
Support after pregnancy loss
Penicillin allergy in children: patch testing
What to do after an expected death in the community
Flexible sigmoidoscopy test (Easy Read)
Skin cancer treatment
Bereavement support after someone dies at Kingston hospital
After someone dies at home
Retina 2-stop appointment
Anomaly scan
Booking appointment
iStent for glaucoma
Growth scan
Urgent eye problems
Posterior Capsular Opacification (PCO) and YAG Laser Capsulotomy
Retinal vein occlusion (RVO)
Electroencephalogram (EEG) (easy read)
Hydroxychloroquine retinopathy monitoring service
Pamela Bryant Ward (Easy Read)
This is about your barium swallow (easy read)
Understanding changes in the last few days of life
Electromyography (EMG) and Nerve Conduction Studies
Children attending antenatal scans
EEG (electroencephalogram)
Evoked potentials tests
Richmond support and exercise: exercise groups
Intravenous (IV) therapy in the community
Vaccinations for teenagers and younger people
Vaccinations for babies and pre-school children
Vaccination against flu
Richmond Response and Rehab Team
Starting insulin
Diabetes: eating well if you have a poor appetite
Insulin once-daily dose adjustment
Low-carb healthy meal ideas for people with diabetes
Insulin twice-daily dose adjustment
Worried about falls
Falls and Bone Health Service, what to expect
Preventing falls recommended links
Audiology appointments
Anticoagulation clinic
Deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
After a blood transfusion
Blood transfusion
Flexible cystoscopy (including removal of ureteric stent and biopsy, if required)
Hysteroscopy (outpatient)
Rapid access gynaecology clinic
Therapy Services assessment: pain clinic
Inpatient handbook
Telephone appointments
Screening tests for you and your baby
Newborn hearing screening
Hysteroscopy (outpatient): after-care
Hearing screening and congenital CMV
District Nursing Service
Bone marrow biopsy
Liver disease and nutrition
Pregnancy sickness and hyperemesis gravidarum (HG)
Early intrauterine pregnancy
Maintaining your weight to stay healthy
Cervix: biopsy after-care
Cervix: diathermy after-care
Vagina: diathermy after-care
Vagina: biopsy after-care
Cervix: loop diathermy after-care
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