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Patient information

The directory holds patient information leaflets produced by the Trust along with resources from other NHS bodies and health organisations. These leaflets are not meant to replace the information discussed between you and your doctor, but can act as a starting point for such a discussion or as a useful reminder of the key points.

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Format Title
External Link Perthes Disease: The Parents' Guide (STEPS)
Leaflet Phacoemulsification and intraocular lens for narrow or closed angles
External Link Pharyngeal pouch surgery (ENT UK)
Leaflet Phenylephrine and Tropicamide eye drops
External Link Physical activity and pregnancy
External Link Physiotherapy exercises following transfemoral (above knee) amputation (Physiotherapy Inter Regional Prosthetic Audit Group (PIRPAG))
External Link Physiotherapy exercises following transtibial (below knee) amputation (Physiotherapy Inter Regional Prosthetic Audit Group (PIRPAG))
External Link Pilgrims Hospices
Leaflet Pilonidal sinus or abscess operation: aftercare advice
External Link Placenta praevia, placenta accreta and vasa praevia (Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG))
External Link Plagiocephaly and brachycephaly (flat head syndrome) (NHS)
Leaflet Planning for your arteriovenous fistula
Leaflet Planning for your arteriovenous graft and care of your graft after surgery
External Link Planning together: leaving hospital when the time is right
Leaflet Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) injection
External Link Pollen and Moulds in the Garden (Allergy UK)
External Link Population screening programmes
Leaflet Portacaths
Leaflet Positioning (Posturing) following vitreoretinal surgery to your eye
Leaflet Post-operative advice for Mr Poddar and Miss Pronisceva's breast patients
Leaflet Posterior segment eye surgery (back of the eye) in relation to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD)
External Link Posterior vaginal wall repair without the use of mesh (British Association of Urogynaecologists (BSUG))
Leaflet Posterior vitreous detachment
Leaflet Postmenopausal women (aged over 50 years) at high risk of breast cancer
Leaflet Postmenopausal women (aged over 50 years) at moderate risk of breast cancer
Leaflet Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH)
External Link Pre-eclampsia: information for you
Leaflet Preadmission screening for surgical patients regarding Meticillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
Leaflet Prednisolone
External Link Pregnancy (NHS)
Leaflet Pregnancy loss aftercare and advice
Leaflet Pregnancy of unknown location (PUL)
External Link Pregnancy: how to help protect you and your baby
Leaflet Premenopausal women at high risk of breast cancer
Leaflet Premenopausal women at moderate risk of breast cancer
Leaflet Preparing for your hip replacement operation at the Elective Orthopaedic Centre, Kent and Canterbury (K&C) Hospital
Leaflet Preparing for your knee replacement operation at the Elective Orthopaedic Centre, Kent and Canterbury (K&C) Hospital
Leaflet Preterm Birth Surveillance Clinic
Leaflet Preterm pre-labour rupture of membranes (PPROM)
Leaflet Preventing a blood clot whilst you are in hospital
External Link Prostate Cancer Support Association (PCSA) Kent
External Link Prostate Cancer UK
Leaflet Prostate disease and TURP (Trans Urethral Resection Prostate)
External Link Prostatic urethral lift (Urolift) implant
Leaflet Protecting your baby from low blood glucose
Leaflet Pseudostrabismus explained
Leaflet Pterygium and pterygium surgery
Leaflet Pulled elbow (child): aftercare advice
Leaflet Pulmonary embolus
External Link Pulmonary fibrosis (British Lung Foundation)