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Doctors Our team of doctors at the IVF Unit will be responsible for initial investigations and formulating a treatment plan based on your individual circumstances. They will also oversee your treatment and make adjustments where necessary. Maya Chetty- Lead Consultant Dr Smriti Bhatta – Specialty Doctor Cornelia King – Specialty Doctor Dr Brian Brady –

Pain Concern – Relaxation

This leaflet is designed to help you understand what stress is, inform you as to why is it important to be able to relax when you have chronic pain and provide some relaxation exercises for you to try.

Get Involved

Your Maternity Voices Partnership works with NHS Lothian to develop maternity and neonatal services that meet the needs of local families like yours. We believe every baby should be given the best start in life. We want maternity services where: – We work in partnership with NHS maternity and neonatal services and organisations that support

For young people

Your school nurse is here to help you feel happy and healthy. They can help in lots of ways.   You might think the school nurse only gives jags , but school nursing is very different now.  One of the big changes is that they can help you if you are feeling worried or unhappy, as they understand that mental wellbeing is

Pain Management Programme (AAH)

The Pain Management Programme (PMP) is part of the Lothian Pain Service and is based at the Astley Ainslie Hospital, Edinburgh. Our aim is to help reduce the effect pain is having on an individual’s quality of life through self management strategies in a predominantly group based environment. Further information can be found in the

Hearing Aid Not Working?

Below is a guide to troubleshooting some common problems with hearing aids. My hearing aid is whistling Please check that:  Ear mould is fitted correctly in your ear (a loose fitting mould can cause whistling) Tubing has no cracks (sound leaking out can cause whistling) Tubing has no wax (use a cleaning wire if needed)

Photographs

As part of your health record we routinely take photographs before and after surgery to show the change. We understand the delicate nature of clinical photographs. As a minimum we ask if these photographs can be taken for your personal health record. If your photographs would be useful for teaching new nurses, doctors and other health care professionals

Appearance Issues

This page describes the most common problems we see relating to the appearance of the outer ear in children. Most problems occur from birth either as isolated deformities or as part of a broader range of issues. If some of these deformities appear together then they are often given a collective name to make diagnosis and discussion easier.

Recovery

After your operation your body needs time to heal. However, during this recovery period it is important that you continue to be active and try to get moving again sooner rather than later. Research has shown that there are lots of benefits to getting out of bed early and returning to normal activities. Everybody’s recovery

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