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Community Patient Information Leaflets2020-11-03T09:23:39+00:00

Community Patient Information Leaflets

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Community Patient Information Leaflets

BS 005Guidance and Support for the Bereaved
CM 002Footwear-Surgical Appliances
CM 008Glue Ear
CM 009 Your Child’s Appointment – Audiology
CM 017 Nutrition and Dietetics (MacMillan & WL Hospice)
CM 018 Occupational Therapy (Macmillan & WWL Hospice))
CM 019 Physiotherapy (Macmillan)
CM 020About the Team – Macmillan Allied Health Professionals
CM 021 Speech and Language Therapy (Macmillan)
CM 022About Your Hearing Aid – (child)
CM 025 LeighWalk-in Centre
CM 028Fracture Liaison Service
CM 031 Managing Breathlessness with a Cardiac Condition
CM 041Top tips to prevent injury in children
CM 042 Looking after your child’s teeth
CM 043 Looking after your baby’s teeth
CM 067Facial Paralysis Advice
CM 097Falls, Balance and Bone Health Clinic
CM 098How to reduce the risk of slips and trips
CM 104Healthy Eating for Growth and Development
CM 115Foot health for people with diabetes
CM 118Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV)
CM 119Labyrinthitis
CM 120 Meniere’s disease
CM 122Dressing changes
CM 133Dealing with sleep diffiulties in children
CM 134What to expect at your health assessment
CM 136Advice for parents and carers about speaking other languages
CM 147Healthy sleep in children over 12 months of age
CM 154Disappearing Chair technique
CM 155 School children who are bedwetting
CM 156Cellulitis
CM 158Catheter Valves
CM 159Using Melatonin for sleep disorders (on hold)
CM 167Early Notification SEND Wigan v2
CM 169 Tuberculosis (TB) Treatment
CM 172Pregnancy and Postnatal Mental Health
CM 173 Is your child ready for school?
CM 174Fatigue Course (Macmillan Therapy Team)
CM 177Acupuncture
CM 178Children’s Community Nursing Team – Wigan Borough
CM 179Respite Service – Wigan Borough
CM 180 Wound Care
CM 187Readiness for school
CM 201 Following discharge from hospital_Paediatric Community Services
CM 221 Wound Care – Children
CM 232Oxygen Safety – Children (Wigan Borough)
CM 239 Food Fortification and Managing a Small Appetite (Macmillan)
CM 243Pelvic floor exercises for male patients v1
CM 244Pelvic floor exercises for female patients v1
CM 264Pressure Ulcers
CM 266 Help with Hyperacusis (over sensitivity or dislike of loud sounds)
CM 267Interstitial Lung Disease
CM 269Home Oxygen Safety
CM 273 Anxiety following a Heart Attack and / or Heart Surgery
CM 274 Stress Management – Occupational Therapy Service
CM 275How to use compression stockings
CM 278Cardiac Rehabilitation and the benefits of exercise
CM 279Eczema Expert_Parent and Carer
CM 280 Eczema Expert GP_Information for Parent or Carer
CM 281Eczema Expert Top Tips With Ladders
CM 282 Personal Wheelchair budget
CM 285 Safe storage of medicines in the home
CM 286Energy conservation and daily activities
CM 289Compression managed leg ulcers
CM 291Community Stroke Team
CM 292Hearing Aid Battery Safety pdf 0.5 MB v1
CM 294Storage Of Sharps Box in Patients' Home v6 pdf 0.3 MB
CM 295Care of an Intravenous Cannula v6 pdf 0.4 MB
CM 296Care of the Shoulder following a Stroke v6 pdf 0.3 MB a>
CORP 015 Chaperone
Corp 019 Taking your own medicines while you are in hospital
Corp 025 Delirium-Understanding Delirium for patients, relatives and carers
CORP 026 Putting on and caring for your anti-embolism stockings
EXTERNALCalcium Food Fact Sheet
EXTERNALCow’s Milk Free Diet Information For Babies and Children
EXTERNALA Guide to calcium (Gluten Free Diet)
EXTERNAL Head turning preference and Plagiocephaly (2011)
EXTERNALiMap Milk Ladder
EXTERNALiMap Milk Ladder Recipes
PC 003 McKinley T34 syringe pump
PC 004Care at the end of life – Information to guide and support relatives and carers
TV 001 Looking after our patients’ skin to prevent pressure ulcers
CM 044Foot Ulcers v1