Patients: Patient leaflets
We have used the Department of Health Toolkit for Producing Patient Information. This gives guidelines on producing good quality information to meets the needs of patients and the public, in addition to our own needs. A Patient Information Review Group oversees our production of leaflets and ensures complaince with the policy.
Please note: These leaflets should not be read in isolation but used in conjunction with any consultation by your care practitioner (e.g. consultant, doctor, nurse, physiotherapist).
Search our patient leaflets:
Browse by service/department »
- Alderbourne Rehabilitation Unit
- Beaconsfield East Rehabilitation Ward (1.4MB, pdf)
- Bereavement Office
- Blood
- Breastfeeding
- Breast Unit
- Cardiac Care Unit (CCU)
- Care of the Elderly
- Chaplaincy
- Children
- Children & Young People with Diabetes (CYPD)
- Colorectal
- Dermatology
- Diabetes
- Dietetics
- Discharge
- Endoscopy
- Gastroenterology
- Hearing aid centre
- Homecare Medicines Service (453KB, pdf)
- Hysteroscopy (353KB, pdf)
- Infection Control
- Inpatients
- Intensive Care & High Dependency Unit
- Maternity
- Occupational Therapy
- Orthopaedics
- Paediatric Audiology
- Palliative Care
- Pathology
- Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS)
- Physiotherapy
- Radiology
- Rehabilitation - Beaconsfield East Ward (1.4MB, pdf)
- Rehabilitation - Specialist Rehabilitation Service
- Rheumatology
- Trauma
- Urology
- Womens
Browse by procedures/condition »
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (decisions about) (439KB, pdf)
- Caring for your surgical wounds at home (210KB, pdf)
- Coeliac disease: recognition and assessment of coeliac disease - from NICE (103KB, pdf)
- Constipation in infants, children and young people (345KB, pdf)
- Coronary Angiogram (253KB, pdf)
- Delirium (319KB, pdf)
- Down Syndrome - Non-invasive prenatal testing (194KB, pdf)
- Epilepsy - from MENCAP (44KB, pdf)
- Exploration of torsion of testis (446KB, pdf)
- Glucose Monitoring (182KB, pdf)
- Hand Waxing (493KB, pdf)
- Homecare Medicines Service (453KB, pdf)
- Loss of early pregnancy (611KB, pdf)
- Orchidectomy - Hospital Discharge Information (189KB, pdf)
- Plaster Cast Removal (Large Print) (484KB, pdf)
- Post Mortem Examination (Information for Relatives) (364KB, pdf)
- Post operative management of monocryl stitches (156KB, pdf)
- Pressure Ulcer Prevention (305KB, pdf)
- Prolonged Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (164KB, pdf)
- Release of Carpal Tunnel (197KB, pdf)
- Rheumatology - Eternacept biosimilar (282KB, pdf)
- Self Administering Methotrexate (197KB, pdf)
- Skin Care (430KB, pdf)
- Spasticity
- Spasticity and its management (303KB, pdf)
- Botulinum toxin injections to help manage spasticity (304KB, pdf)
- Tracheostomy (180KB, pdf)
- Ureteric stent (382KB, pdf)
- Vaccinations for the immunosuppressed patient (387KB, pdf)
Browse hospital/Trust information »
- Accessibility - Making information accessible (271KB, pdf)
- Advocacy - from BILD (27KB, pdf)
- Ambulatory Care - Care closer to home (428KB, pdf)
- Bedside Guide (Hillingdon - Your Bedside Guide) (851KB, pdf)
- Borrowing Equipment (186KB, pdf)
- Carers
- Centre for Ambulatory Emergency Care (424KB, pdf)
- Complaints
- Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
- Donations - How you can make a donation to the hospital (179KB, pdf)
- Falls Assisted Discharge (712KB, pdf)
- Falls Prevention (386KB, pdf)
- Freedom of Information Act 2000 (375KB, pdf)
- HealthWatch leaflet from the Care Quality Commission (1.3MB, pdf)
- Home Safe Programme (307KB, pdf)
- Human Rights Act - from BILD (47KB, pdf)
- Local Involvement Networks explained - from DoH (658KB, pdf)
- Non-Medical Prescribing (180KB, pdf)
- Organ Donation (Large Print) (957KB, pdf)
- Overseas Visitors (650KB, pdf)
- Patient Passport (243KB, pdf)
- Privacy and Dignity (170KB, pdf)
- Treat Me Right - from MENCAP (749KB, pdf)
- The right to access services within maximum waiting times (153KB, pdf)
- Working Together - from HFT (288KB, pdf)
Easy read and pictorial leaflets »
We have a selection of leaflets in larger print and/or with pictures for an easier read (below). These are all in pdf and open a new window.
- Cornonavirus: what if I fall ill? 1.08Mb
- Coronavirus and health issues 1.62Mb
- Coronavirus: how to stay safe 1.33Mb
- Blood: Taking Blood (171KB, pdf)
- Going into Hospital (424KB, pdf)
- HealthWatch leaflet from the Care Quality Commission (1.3MB, pdf)
- Making sure the Care Act works (2.8MB, pdf)
- Organ Donation (957KB, pdf)
- Outpatients - Questions to Ask - at your Appointment (325KB, pdf)
- Plaster Cast Removal (484KB, pdf)
- People with Down’s Syndrome - Looking After Your Eyes (from See Ability) (950KB, pdf)
- Questions to ask: Getting The Most Out of Your Medical Appointment (81KB, pdf)
- Same Sex Accomodation - from NHS Communications (665KB)
- Staying In The Hospital (411KB, pdf)
- MRSA Screening - What to expect (677KB, pdf)
- MRSA Screening - A positive result (728KB, pdf)
- Making a complaint - Easy Read (462KB, pdf)
There are also a number of useful leaflets on the Pathway Associates website.
Leaflets from the Department of Health »
- Choosing Health – Plans for Improving People’s Health (Large Print) - from DoH (2.85MB, pdf)
- Consent – A Guide for People with Learning Disabilities (Large Print) - from DoH (160KB, pdf)
- Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards and You - from DoH (942KB, pdf)
- Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards – what you should know - from DoH (2.66MB, pdf)
- Disabilities (Easy Read) - from DoH (160KB, pdf)
- Local Involvement Networks explained - from DoH (658KB, pdf)
- Mental Capacity Act (Easy Read) - from DoH (281KB, pdf)
- Safeguarding Adults with Learning Disabilities - from DoH (358KB, pdf)
- Swine Flu (Easy Read) - from DoH (82KB, pdf)
PALS leaflets in other languages
PALS leaflet in Somali
PALS: Adeega Talo siinta iyo Xiriirinta Bukaankada (pdf, 216KB)
PALS leaflet in Punjabi (pdf, 283KB)
PALS leaflet in Tamil (pdf, 183KB)
PALS leaflet in Polish
PALS: Zespół ds. porad i usług dla pacjentów (Patient Advice and Liaison Service) (pdf, 271KB)
Raising a concern or making a complaint - leaflet in other languages
Raising a concern or making a complaint - leaflet in Somali
Walaac muujin ama cabasho soo jeedin (pdf, 231KB)
Raising a concern or making a complaint - leaflet in Punjabi (pdf, 383KB)
Raising a concern or making a complaint - leaflet in Tamil (pdf, 135KB)
Raising a concern or making a complaint - leaflet in Polish
Zgłoszenie zastrzeżenia lub złożenie skargi (pdf, 225KB)
