A Guide To Childhood Immunisation Leaflet/Booklet/Freebies This guide describes all routine childhood immunisations for babies up to 13 months of age. Immunisations is the safest and most effective way of protecting your baby against serious diseases. By having your baby immunised at the recommended times,you are protecting them through early childhood against: ~ diphtheria ~ tetanus ~ whooping cough (pertussis) ~ Hib (Haemophilus influenzae type b) ~ polio ~ meningitis C (meningococcal group C) ~ pneumococcal infection ~ measles ~ mumps, and ~ rubella (German measles). [More info...]
Arm Against Cervical Cancer Leaflet/Booklet/Freebies The essential guide to the hpv vaccination for girls aged 12 to 13. This leaflet is about the new vaccination (injection) to help protect you against cervical cancer when you get older. [More info...]
Be Breast Aware Leaflet/Booklet/Freebies This leaflet explains about how you can become breast aware. Breast awareness is a part of general body awareness. It is a process of getting to know your own breasts and becoming familiar with their appearance. Learning how your breasts feel at different times will help you to know what is normal for you. [More info...]
Bowel Cancer Screening The Colonoscopy Investigation Download ONLY This leaflet provides information about how a colonoscopy is carried out, and explains the benefits and risks of having the investigation. It aims to help people make an informed choice about having a colonoscopy. [More info...]
Bowel Cancer Screening: The Facts Leaflet/Booklet/Freebies This leaflet gives you information about bowel cancer, and the benefits and risks of bowel cancer screening. It aims to help you make an informed choice about taking part in the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme. [More info...]
Breast Screening: The Facts Leaflet/Booklet/Freebies This leaflet aims to answer all the preliminary questions about the NHS Breast Screen Programme and describes what happens at a screening centre. [More info...]
Cervical Screening: The Facts Leaflet/Booklet/Freebies This leaflet aims to answer the following questions: What is cervical screening? Why do I need cervical screening? Should all women have the test? What is the NHS Cervical Screening Programme? Who will carry out my test? Will I have to undress? Whathappens during the test? Does the test hurt? Is there anything I should do before the test? Can I have sex before the test? When do I get my results? How reliable is cervical screening? What does it mean it I am called back? Can anything be doneaboutabnormal changes? Can cervical screening prevent cancer? What happens to my sample once it has been looked at? [More info...]
Emergency Multilingual Phrasebook Download ONLY The Emergency Multilingual phrasebook, produced and updated by the British Red Cross Society with advice and funding from the Department of Health and endorsed by the British Association for Emergency Medicine (BAEM) is translated into 36 languages.It covers the most common medical questions and terms to help first contact staff communicate with patients who do not speak English and make an initial assessment while an interpreter is contacted. The phrasebook can be downloaded in PDF below. [More info...]
Frequently Asked Questions About Asthma Download ONLY Download these translated FAQs about asthma to help you in your work with people whose first language is not English. These questions have been designed with the healthcare professional in mind and are in English followed by the community language. The FAQs are listed in English below. [More info...]
Measles Leaflet/Booklet/Freebies The number of children catching measles is rising. To be protected they need to be immunised with the MMR vaccine. Children under the age of 18 years who have missed their MMR vaccination should have the vaccine to stop them getting measles. [More info...]