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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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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 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)
External Link Putting in your eye drops Easy Read
External Link Radical laparoscopic (keyhole) nephrectomy (removal of a kidney for suspected cancer)
Leaflet Radiofrequency denervation of facet joints: The Kent Centre for Pain Medicine and Neuromodulation
External Link Ramadan and pregnancy (British Nutrition Foundation)
Leaflet Rapid Access Lung Clinic
Leaflet Rapid Diagnostic Lymphadenopathy Service
External Link Reasonable adjustments: small changes that can help people with a learning disability Easy Read
Leaflet Rectal cancer
Leaflet Reducing the risk of a blood clot for patients with a leg injury needing immobilisation
Leaflet Reducing the risk of perineal trauma during childbirth
Leaflet Reducing the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in pregnancy and the postnatal period
Leaflet Reducing your risk of pressure ulcers
Leaflet Reducing your risk of wound infection after a caesarean birth