Patients & Visitors

• Patient Information Leaflets
• Our services – A to Z
  • Rheumatology
    • The rheumatology team
    • About your rheumatology service
    • About our department
    • Services
    • About your appointment
    • Arthritis Information
    • What is rheumatology?
    • Information for patients
    • Frequently asked questions
    • Information for professionals
    • Useful Links
    • News and updates
  • Stoma care
  • A&E and urgent care centre services
    • Lister – A&E / Emergency department
    • New QEII – 24/7 Urgent Care Centre
    • Children’s A&E and urgent care centre services
  • Anaesthetics
  • Audiology
  • Breast unit
  • Cardiology
  • Urology
  • Radiology
    • Breast Imaging
    • GP patient walk in x-ray service
    • X-ray
    • Ultrasound
    • Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
    • Computerised Tomography (CT)
    • Nuclear Medicine
    • Dexa Imaging
  • Children’s Services
    • Children’s Continuing Care
    • New QEII hospital services
    • Lister Hospital Services
    • Community paediatrics
    • Children’s outpatients
    • Children and young people’s chronic fatigue service
    • Children’s community nurses
    • Children and young people’s epilepsy service
    • Paediatric Oncology Shared Care Unit
    • Special school nursing team
    • Play Specialists
    • Special Needs Health Visiting (SNHV)
  • Dermatology
  • Diabetes and endocrinology
  • Ear, nose and throat
    • Ear, Nose & Throat Kids Zone
  • Elderly care
  • Fracture clinics
  • Gastroenterology
  • Gynaecology
    • Early pregnancy and gynaecology emergency unit
    • Urogynaecology
    • Pregnancy advisory service
    • Audit
    • Fertility service
  • Lynda Jackson Macmillan Centre
  • Maternity unit
    • You’re pregnant
    • Your antenatal care
    • Labour and birth
    • Antenatal care
    • Community midwives
    • Day assessment unit/triage
    • Staying in hospital
    • Midwife led unit
    • Consultant led unit
    • Breastfeeding
    • Events and tours
    • Finding out you’re pregnant
    • Labour – when to come to hospital
    • Birth choices
    • Early pregnancy
    • Health and well-being in pregnancy
    • About labour
    • Preparation for labour
    • Encouraging labour after 37 weeks
    • Dacre ward
    • Amenity rooms
    • Gloucester ward
    • Maternity services liaison committee
    • Birth afterthoughts service
    • Hypnobirthing programme
    • Fetal medicine
    • Introducing our services
    • Our facilities
    • Specialist services
  • Medical records service
  • Michael Sobell House
  • Neonatal services
  • Neurology
  • Oral and maxillo-facial surgery (OMFS)
  • Orthopaedics
  • Outpatient services
  • Paul Strickland Scanner Centre
  • Pharmacy
    • Information about Medicines
  • Plastic surgery
  • Renal medicine
    • Bedford renal unit
    • Harlow renal unit
    • Renal patient links
    • Renal replacement therapies
    • Outpatient clinics
    • Renal research
  • Respiratory medicine
  • Stroke and TIA services
  • Theatres
    • Our team
  • Tissue viability
  • Blood tests
  • Palliative and end-of-life care services
  • CyberKnife
    • Treatment process
    • Our team
    • Frequently asked questions
  • Private patients
    • Mount Vernon
    • Lister hospital
    • Breast Imaging Service
    • Contact us
  • Sleep disorder unit
    • Respiratory and sleep unit’s newsletter
    • Sleep team services
    • Sleep team
    • Referral to the sleep team
    • Sleep apnoea patients’ support group
  • Endoscopy
  • ADHD/ADD
    • The ADHD/ADD appointment
    • Referral information (ADHD pathway)
    • GP shared care/ ADHD medication information
    • Feedback/treatment monitoring forms
    • Frequently asked questions
    • Sleep resources
    • Educational support information
    • ADHD psycho-education
    • ADHD strategies to support
    • Transition information for young people
    • ADHD directory of information
    • Patient experience surveys
  • Vascular surgery
    • Vein surgery
    • Renal access/fistulas
    • Carotid surgery
    • Lower leg surgery
    • Aneurysm surgery
  • Department of Clinical Photography and Illustration (DCPI)
    • Clinical photography
    • Clinical videography
    • Non-clinical Photography
    • Non-clinical Videography
    • Design
    • Printing & Scanning
  • TrueBeam™
  • Audiovestibular medicine
  • Chemotherapy – Lister Macmillan Cancer Centre
  • Mount Vernon Cancer Centre Private Care
    • About Us
    • Services
    • Our Consultants
    • Referrals
    • Paying for your treatment
    • Contact Us
  • Carers support
    • Carers in Hertfordshire
    • Carer-friendly hospital
    • Events
    • Useful links
  • Eye treatment (ophthalmology)
  • Inpatient services at the Treatment Centre
  • Outpatient services at the Treatment Centre
  • Day case surgery at the Treatment Centre
  • Chemotherapy – Mount Vernon Cancer Centre
  • Radiotherapy
  • Macmillan information centre
• Cancel/change appointment
• Visiting Wards
• Improving patient experience
  • Recommending our services
  • Your Maternity Experience
  • Secret Shopper programme
  • Tell us more
  • You said, we did
  • Compliments and Suggestions
  • Concerns and Complaints
• Your outpatient appointment
• How to get here
• Advice and support
  • Chaplaincy
    • Meet the team
    • Services of worship
  • Patient Advice and Liaison Service
  • Our Matrons
  • Translation services
• Your stay in hospital
• Your NHS number
• Preventing infections
  • How you can help
  • Your questions answered
• Safe staffing levels
• Same-sex accommodation