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This page offers a guide for parents and carers about how to care for your child after having an operation for a hernia.
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Advice about available financial support and how to apply for it.
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A programme of wellbeing classes, workshops and courses. It includes activities which give advice and/or support to help people to manage the physical and emotional impact of cancer or a blood condition.
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This page offers a guide for parents and carers about how to care for your child's wound.
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If you are receiving treatment for cancer, you are entitled to free prescriptions. You will need an exemption certificate.
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C. diff is a bacterium (a “bug”) that lives harmlessly in the bowel (gut) of approximately three per cent of people. If the balance of C. diff and good bacteria is disrupted (for example when taking antibiotics), the good bacteria may be killed and C. diff can multiply and produce toxins. These toxins cause inflammation in the bowel and diarrhoea.
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The specimen containers used for urine microscopy culture test are changing. The new specimen containers include boric acid preservative. The presence of boric acid helps to maintain the microbiological quality of the specimen and prevents overgrowth of organisms during transport to the lab.
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UCLH continues to achieve excellent results in the National Inpatient Survey. In 2021 patients rated their overall care as 8.5 out of 10 which is the top score in London and the second best in the Shelford Group.
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This page offers a guide for parents and carers about orchidopexy surgery and how to care for children afterward.
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Emma, our support and information specialist, gives tips to overcome loneliness.
