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Patient information leaflets

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      • Adolescent and young adult healthcare
      • Audiology
      • Bereavement
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      • Cancer services
      • Cardiology
      • Dermatology
      • Ear nose and throat
      • Easy read leaflets
      • Elderly medicine
      • Emergency care
      • End of Life Care
      • Endocrinology
      • Gastroenterology
      • Gynaecology
      • Haematology
      • Imaging
      • Infection prevention control
      • Kidney and transplant services
      • Liver services
      • Maternity services
      • Medicines management
      • Neonatology
      • Neurology
      • Nutrition and dietetics
      • Ophthalmology
      • Orthopaedics
      • Outpatients
      • Pain management
      • Palliative care
      • Pharmacy
      • Physiotherapy
      • Plastic and reconstructive surgery
      • Respiratory medicine
      • Speech and language therapy
      • Surgery
      • Trauma services
      • Trustwide
      • Urology
      • Vascular surgery
      • West London Childrens Healthcare
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You can find all of our patient information leaflets on this page.

Our patient information leaflets describe a variety of conditions, investigations and treatments and explain what you can expect from your next visit to hospital. You can see all of our patient information leaflets sorted by service here, or go to our services directory to find the right leaflet for you, along with additional information about each service.


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  • Last updated 21 Nov 2025

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