Last Updated: 14 January 2025
For information on varicose veins, we recommend the websites below. These explain the causes, symptoms and treatment options.
Vascular department
Telephone:
020 8934 6041 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday
Neurodiversity information for parents and young people
Post-operative wound care (Day Surgery Unit)
Laparoscopic hysterectomy
Anaesthetic and sedation after-care (Day Surgery Unit)
Laparoscopic subtotal hysterectomy
Gastroscopy: follow-up
Wound care after plastic surgery (Day Surgery Unit)
Vaginal hysterectomy
Colonoscopy: follow-up
Bowel preparation before endoscopy (Moviprep)
Vulval biopsy
Eye appointment (adult)
Division of a tongue-tie
Lung nodules (Easy Read)
Oral stimulation for your preterm baby
Anticoagulation risk: postnatal advice
Communicating with your baby
Flexible sigmoidoscopy with sedation: follow-up
Cardiac disease: postnatal advice
Signs of difficulty when feeding
Transnasal gastroscopy: follow-up
Epilepsy: postnatal advice
Bottle feeding your preterm baby
Eye appointment (adult) after surgery
Children's Community Nursing Service, Richmond
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD): postnatal advice
Successful bottle feeding strategies
Intrahepatic cholestasis (ICP): postnatal advice
Water deprivation test
Flexible sigmoidoscopy: follow-up
Autoimmune rheumatological conditions: postnatal advice
Supervised fast test
Transnasal gastroscopy with sedation: follow-up
Caesarean birth: postnatal advice
Short synacthen test
Contact lens appointment
Sharps disposal
Chronic (long-term) high blood pressure: postnatal advice
Oral glucose tolerance test with growth hormone
High blood pressure in pregnancy: postnatal advice
Insulin stress test
Gastroscopy with Botox: follow-up
Understanding your baby's cues
Lactulose hydrogen breath test
Gastroscopy with oesophageal dilatation (widening): follow-up
'Gloves off' campaign
Dobutamine stress echocardiogram
Eye appointment (children)
Dementia support products
Falls and bone health appointments
BCG: induction (starter) treatment
Endoanal ultrasound scan
BCG: maintenance treatment
Oesophageal stent insertion: follow-up
Food diary and questionnaire (children)
Transurethral laser ablation (TULA)
Gastroscopy with banding of varices: follow-up
Vaginal birth: postnatal advice
Local anaesthetic instructions
Balance testing
Dementia local community activities and support
Ongoing physical health conditions: postnatal advice
Loop diathermy treatment to the cervix
Ongoing or new mental health concerns: postnatal advice
Ambulatory urodynamics test (women)
Endoscopy general anaesthetic: follow-up
Anaemia (Hb less than 100g/L): postnatal advice
Video urodynamics test
ERCP: follow-up
Preterm birth: postnatal advice
PTNS for overactive bladder
Hearing test appointment (children)
Dementia and continence issues
Third or fourth degree perineal tear: postnatal advice
Mitomycin treatment
Echocardiogram
Bubble echocardiogram
Ongoing diabetes: postnatal advice
Hernia (adult): after-care (Day Surgery Unit)
Thyroid disorders: postnatal advice
Rapid diagnostic cancer clinic (RDCC)
Uterine artery dopplers
Previous bariatric surgery: postnatal advice
Minor skin surgery - advice before
Pre-op assessment clinic
Pre-eclampsia: postnatal advice
HyCoSy instructions
Placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) after caesarean hysterectomy: postnatal advice
Going home after a general anaesthetic in the Day Surgery Unit (Easy Read)
Advice after physio
Hand surgery: after-care (Day Surgery Unit)
Coming for an appointment (children)
Minor surgery after-care
Coming for an appointment (adults)
3rd or 4th degree perineal tear: care and support
One-stop breast clinic
Cardiac rehabilitation
Placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) placenta left in womb: postnatal advice
Dental extraction after-care (Day Surgery Unit)
Hydrotherapy: Teddington Hydrotherapy Pool
Mouth-sinus hole (oro-antral communication): Day Surgery Unit
Total shoulder replacement: managing daily activities
Feedback and complaints
Surgical management of miscarriage (SMM)
MRI with sedation (children)
Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC): waiting at home
Botox eye clinic appointment
Nuchal scan
Diabetes information leaflets
Advocate for Patient Safety Investigations (APSI)
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy after-care: Day Surgery Unit
Abdominal hysterectomy
Laparoscopic hernia after-care: Day Surgery Unit
Eye pre-assessment clinic
Going home after having a tooth out in the Day Surgery Unit (Easy Read)
Percutaneous lung biopsy
Skin cancer: different types
Lymphoedema
Skin: early detection and pre-cancerous conditions
Bladder diary
Cataract surgery
Cannulated prolactin test
Endometrial ablation: after-care (Day Surgery Unit)
Chronic epilepsy
ERPC: after-care
Compression socks and stockings
Hysteroscopy: after-care
Getting your home ready for discharge
ENT appointments
Laparoscopic hysterectomy: after-care
Cannabis and pregnancy
Laparoscopy: after-care (Day Surgery Unit)
Compression treatment
Gastrostomy feeding tube insertion
Open abdominal procedures: after-care
ICU follow-up clinic
Termination of pregnancy: after-care
First seizure and onset of epilepsy
Getting ready for your surgery and anaesthetic
TVT (trans vaginal tape): after-care
Vaginal hysterectomy: after-care
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
Children with T21 (Down Syndrome): team support
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 clinic
Rapid access gynaecology clinic
Therapy Services assessment: pain clinic
Inpatient handbook
Telephone appointments
Screening tests for you and your baby
Newborn hearing screening
Combined test
Whooping cough vaccine in pregnancy
Group B Streptococcus (GBS) in pregnancy and newborn babies
Baby movements in pregnancy
Colostrum harvesting
Induction of labour at 41 weeks and beyond: making a decision
Mental health support during pregnancy and the first year
Your Pregnancy Care booklet for Kingston Maternity
Perineal wound breakdown
Pregnancy and birth in women aged 40 or older
Pelvic floor exercises and perineal health
Vitamin K for newborn babies
Nutrition and weight in pregnancy
Bleeding or pain in early pregnancy
Intrauterine contraceptive device (IUCD or ‘coil’) insertion at caesarean section
Bladder diary: urogynaecology
Cystometrogram
Flow and residual volumes scan
Trial without catheter
Bladder instillation
Flexible cystoscopy (including bladder Botox injections)
Treatments for overactive bladder
Skin prick test
Lung nodules
Pulmonary embolism
Tuberculosis (TB)
Lung function (breathing) tests
Pleural aspiration and drainage
Postural hypotension
Iron diet sheet
Frozen shoulder
Shoulder exercises for rotator cuff tear
What to expect after an ankle fracture
Avulsion fracture of ankle bone (talus)
Lateral ankle avulsion fracture
Lateral ankle fracture (Weber A)
Ankle sprain
Broken or dislocated toe
Calf muscle stretches
Plantar fasciopathy
Achilles tendinopathy
Advice following facet joint injections
Patellar tendinopathy
Metatarsal fracture
What to expect after a wrist fracture
Physiotherapy advice for abdominal surgery
Greater trochanteric pain syndrome
How to use macrogol laxatives
Calcium
Reflex anoxic seizures (RAS)
Reflux in babies
Vulvovaginitis in girls
Sedation
Head injury in children
Urinary tract infection (UTI) in children
Constipation in children
Croup
Cradle cap
Oral thrush in babies
Doing a milk challenge (milk ladder) at home
Syncope (fainting) in children and young people
Home phototherapy for babies with jaundice
Early (precocious) puberty in children
Cryotherapy
Tummy pain in children
Human milk fortifier for your baby
Nappy rash
Actinic keratoses (sun damaged skin patches)
Qutenza patch for pain management
Weight loss injection preparation
Bowel preparation before colonoscopy (Plenvu)
Bowel preparation before endoscopy (Picolax and a prolonged low-residue diet)
Bowel preparation before endoscopy (additional Moviprep)
Bowel preparation before endoscopy (Picolax)
Bowel prep with enema at home
Bowel prep with enema in hospital
Richmond support and exercise: neighbourhood networks
Medicines when having an endoscopy
Diabetes and having an endoscopy without bowel preparation
Diabetes and having an endoscopy with bowel preparation
General anaesthetic for endoscopy
Patency capsule test
Gastroscopy
Video capsule endoscopy
Gastroscopy and sigmoidoscopy
Gastroscopy and colonoscopy
Transnasal gastroscopy
Transnasal gastroscopy without sedation
Flexible sigmoidoscopy
Colonoscopy
ERCP procedure
Practical steps when someone dies in hospital
Medicines containing animal products
Delayed puberty
Prolonged jaundice clinic
Test results from the Paediatric Assessment Unit (PAU)
Bronchiolitis
Flat head syndrome in babies
Febrile convulsions in children
Use of povidone iodine (PI) before intraocular procedures
Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC)
Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy (OPAT)
Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT)
Mole mapping service
Heart murmurs (newborns)
Acute otitis media (AOM)
Healthy eating with type 2 diabetes
Paraffin wax hand therapy
Skin grafts
Motor tics in children and young people
Fever (high temperature) in children
Short height in children
Fundus Fluorescein Angiography (FFA)
Bone marrow biopsy under conscious sedation
Last days of life
Allergic rhinitis in children
Birth after a previous caesarean: making a decision
Induction of labour, your options
Reducing pressure ulcers and cast sores
Home nut challenge
Day case coronary angiogram
Signs of premature labour
Humeral brace
Looking after your mental health after a traumatic birth
Understanding Post Traumatic Stress Disorder after birth
Temporary file LVS
Diarrhoea and vomiting (gastroenteritis) in children
HIV screening
Removal of K wires
Nasal bridle securement device
Contact lens service
Transport Services
Intravenous therapy through a PICC line at home
Pressure ulcers (pressure sores or bed sores)
Rehabilitation after your stay in intensive care (ICU)
Anorexia nervosa admission information
Dairy-free products: a guide for parents
Your child’s asthma or wheeze treatment plan
Signia Stretta hearing aid user guide
Looking after your child’s cannula at home
Stress echocardiogram
Having a pacemaker fitted
Hip screening and developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH)
Controlled drugs
Headaches in children
Basal cell carcinoma (BCC)
Physiotherapy advice for gynaecological surgery
Safe sleeping guide for babies under 1 year
Implantable loop recorders
Signia Stretta hearing aid information
Antenatal exercise and advice
Scar massage after caesarean birth
Home monitoring of your ILR device
Transoesophageal echocardiogram (TOE)
Advice for carers in the first 48 hours after discharge
Bed lever
Perching stool
Kitchen trolley
Mowbray toilet seat
Buckingham caddy
Static commode
Freestanding toilet frame
Chair raisers
Bed raisers
Raised toilet seat
Home Exercise Programme: Falls Prevention
Selective eating in children
Call 4 Concern
Intravenous therapy through a midline at home
Plantar fasciitis
Haematology (blood) cancer: information and support
Melanoma in situ (MIS)
Sun protection and vitamin D after a melanoma diagnosis
Sensitive disposal of your pregnancy tissue
Children's day surgery unit
Anaemia
MCUG (bladder function test)
Iron in your diet
Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC)
Bedwetting
Prescriptions for outpatients
Probiotics for preterm infants on the neonatal unit
Biologic and biosimilar medicines for eye conditions
Biologic and biosimilar medicines
How are you, Dad?
Fragmin instructions
Self-care for carers
Advice for people who care for others
Skin cancer: information and support
Specialist palliative care service
Eczema in children
Breast cancer: information and support
Upper limb nerve block for use in surgery
Lung cancer: information and support
Upper GI (gastrointestinal) cancer: information and support
Colorectal cancer: information and support
Urological cancer: information and support
Gynaecology cancer: information and support
Aftercare following cast removal
Egg freezing
Advice for young carers
Soft cast removal
Neonatal neurodevelopmental follow-up clinic
delete Neurodiversity information for parents and young people
Psoriasis and healthy lifestyle choices
Learning Disability Liaison Team
Your child’s hearing aid system(s)
Dietary changes to prepare for weight loss surgery
Carers’ Clinical Liaison Service for unpaid carers
Multiple sclerosis service
Patient Initiated Follow-up (PIFU)
Moving from children's audiology services to adult audiology services
Knee replacement
Hip replacement
Allergy appointments for children
Food challenges
Supervised feeds
Kingston exercise groups and classes
Thoracic (rib or breastbone) fracture management
Incentive spirometry
Sleep hygiene
Weaning your baby (complementary feeding)
Discharge Medicines Service
My first eye test at the hospital
Hospital patients with diabetes
Bronchoscopy
Cancer Counselling Service
Macmillan Cancer Information and Support Service
Breast care photography
Breast care photography for oncoplastic patients
Hospital prescriptions for endocrine patients
Kingston Hospital Tinnitus Support Group
Newborn jaundice
Carer's agreement
Support following a death
Care homes and the red bag
Homecare Medicines Service
Reducing waste of medicines delivered via homecare
Head and Neck Lump Clinic
Baby feed diary and questionnaire
Discharge following orthopaedic surgery
Discharge advice for head injury patients over 16 years old
Caring for your cast
Catheter care
Telling your child you have cancer video guide
Skin cancer self-examination NHS video
Checking your lymph nodes NHS video
Self catheterisation
Sun protection NHS video
Prostate problems
Osteoporosis
Rheumatology conditions
Rheumatology exercise programmes
Rheumatology drug treatments
Osteoporosis drug treatments
Body image resources for parents and young people
Recreational drug misuse information for parents and young people
Anti bullying resources for parents and young people
Mental health resources for parents and young people
Arm exercises while wearing a cast
How to make a comment or complaint (easy read)
Private burial of a baby at home or on private land
Paediatric Oncology Shared Care Unit (POSCU)
Electromyography (EMG) and Nerve Conduction Studies (easy read)
Dementia and learning disabilities (easy read)
Carer's agreement (easy read)
Call 4 Concern (C4C) (easy read)
Audiology services appointments (easy read)
Feedback form (easy read)
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
Screening in the first three months of pregnancy
Managing tasks at home using one hand
Complementary therapies and cancer
Glasses for children
Robot-assisted surgery
Macular laser treatment
Panretinal photocoagulation (PRP) laser treatment
Keloid and hypertrophic scars
Iron infusion
Virtual Ward (with continuous monitoring)
Virtual Ward (without online monitoring)
Virtual Ward (with intermittent monitoring)
Testing for diabetes in pregnancy
Angiogram
Angioplasty and stenting
Biliary drainage and stent insertion
Hickman line insertion
IVC filter insertion
Nephrostomy and antegrade ureteric stent insertion
Percutaneous fluid drainage
Percutaneous gastrostomy insertion
Percutaneous needle biopsy
Uterine artery embolisation
Varicocele embolisation
Acute oncology service
Cancer diagnosis support services
Removal of parathyroid glands
Removal of thyroid gland
Nasogastric (NG) feeding tubes (adults)
Advice for carers of someone with a learning disability or autism
Birth Centre
Nipple shield
RSV vaccine for pregnant women
Cataract surgery: community follow-up care
Thumb base osteoarthritis
Fluoroscopy-guided peripheral artery angioplasty: take-home information
CT-guided lung biopsy: take-home information
Interventional Radiology day ward: take-home information after discharge
Testicular torsion (twisting)
HIV statin factsheet
Do not use Testicular pain
Grommet insertion for glue ear (adult)
Myringoplasty and tympanoplasty
Endoscopic sinus surgery
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Advance care planning - your wishes for your future care
Eustachian tube dysfunction (ETD) in children
Endophthalmitis
Retinal detachment surgery
Submacular haemorrhage
Ferinject iron infusion during pregnancy
Weight-loss medicines and anaesthetic risk
Drinking, eating, and mobilising after major surgery
HCC surveillance (liver monitoring)
Vestibular assessment and rehabilitation
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) flare self-management
Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) flare self-management
Axial spondyloarthritis (AS) flare self-management
Palindromic rheumatism flare self-management
Vitrectomy surgery
Vitreomacular traction (VMT)
Vitreous and choroidal biopsy
Registering your baby's birth
Fetal monitoring in labour
Chronic pain relief: External Neuromodulation (ENM)
Healthy eating after a stroke
Air pollution
IPC (indwelling pleural catheter)
Richmond Respiratory Care Team
Diabetes in pregnancy: starting insulin
Medicine collection lockers
Elbow crutches (non-weight bearing)
Elbow crutches (weight-bearing)
Hinged knee brace
Having a blood test (Easy Read)
Futura splint
Cricket pad splint (knee immobiliser)
Broad arm sling
Contraception after having a baby
Thyroid nodule thermal ablation
Sub-acromial pain and ASAD treatment
Cataract surgery: after-care
Kidney removal (non-cancerous) with robot
Kidney removal (part) with robot
Kidney and ureter removal with robot
Kidney obstruction removal with robot
Ureter: part removal and reimplantation with robot
Prostate removal (prostatectomy) with robot
Skin cancer:
Blood tests
Faster Diagnosis Lung Clinic
Adrenal gland removal with robot
Colposuspension with robot
Trial without catheter (urogynae)
Gestational diabetes (GDM)
Gestational diabetes: postnatal advice
Parkinson's Kinetigraph (PKG)
Swallowing difficulties: eating and drinking
Ankle sprain after-care (children)
Limb fracture: recovery after cast removal (children)
Phonatory gap (adults)
Active Cycle of Breathing Technique (ACBT)
Blood thinning medications (in hospital)
Potassium permanganate solution soaks
Gynae urgent cancer test
Nail surgery: after-care
Nail surgery
Hip fracture
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