Patient leaflets

Patient information leaflets

As part of your care you should receive information about your appointment, test, operation or anything you need to do when you return home. If you have not received the relevant information, please speak to your doctor or nurse.

Some leaflets are relevant to only one hospital site—these are marked (CW) for Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and (WM) for West Middlesex University Hospital.

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Patient information leaflets by department

Bariatric dietetics

Bereavement

Blood clots/venous thromboembolism

Burns—Adult

Burns—Children

Cardiology

Children’s Services 

Children’s therapy

Colorectal cancer

Community paediatrics—Cheyne Child Development 

Complaints

Coronavirus Information

Delirium

Dermatology—Adults & Children

Diabetes care

Diagnostics

Duty of candour

Ear, nose and throat (ENT) and Audiology

Emergency department (A&E)—adults

Emergency department (A&E)—children

End of life care

Gastroenterology—Children

General

Gynaecology

HIV

Hand Therapy

Imaging (X-ray, MRI and Ultrasound)

Information Governance

Intensive Care Unit (ICU)

Macmillan Support

Medical Photography

Medicine

Menopause, premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) and premenstrual syndrome (PMS) services

Neonatal Community Outreach

Older adults

Pain Management 

Physiology

Plastic Surgery

Podiatry

Research

Respiratory

Sexual Health

Stoma care

Surgery

Tissue Viability

Trauma and Orthopaedics 

Urology

Please see urology services for further information—the following organisations provide patient information relating to urological conditions:

Women’s services

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We are currently adding information leaflets to this page, a small selection are listed below. You can also use the search function on the top right hand side of the screen.

All our information is based on accepted scientific evidence and national guidelines, and checked by both healthcare professionals and patients. We also use leaflets produced by other reputable organisations, such as Macmillan Cancer Support.

Give us your feedback

We value feedback on our information as we want to make sure the information you receive is helpful to you. If you have any comments about our leaflets, we would be happy to hear from you. You can email us at  (Chelsea site)  chelwest.wmpals@nhs.net (West Mid site).

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