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Information Leaflets
This page is designed to help you begin to find information to meet your own particular needs as a surgical patient. Set out on the page is a selection of sources that may prove to be useful starting points.
This page is designed to help you begin to find information to meet your own particular needs. Set out below is a selection of sources that may prove to be useful starting points.
If you want to find out more about a diagnosis you have been given or if you are worried about a medical problem, consult your doctor. He or she will be able to give you advice about your condition and should also be able to suggest sources of further information to help you find out more.
- Information from the College and its Patient Liaison Group
- Useful information leaflets from other organisations
- Finding information online
Information leaflets from the College and its Patient Liaison Group
The Royal College of Surgeons recently worked with the Department for Work and Pensions to produce a series of information leaflets. Entitled Get Well Soon, they provide advice for patients of surgery on making a safe and speedy recovery back to full health.
In addition, the College's Patient Liaison Group (PLG) has produced several information guides for patients that can be freely downloaded:
- Patient Rights and Responsibilities
- Going into hospital for an operation: A guide for children age 7 - 12
- Children Going into Hospital
- Having An Operation?
- Child Patients' Rights and Responsibilities
The College produced a series of patient information booklets during the 1990s. Please see the Library Frequently Asked Questions for details.
For other information produced by the Royal College of Surgeons, please visit our publications page.
Useful information leaflets from other organisations
This initiative, organised by the Patient Liaison Group of the Royal College of Anaesthetists, with support from the Patient Liaison Group of the Royal College of Surgeons, aims to address patient concerns surrounding breast cancer related lymphoedema.
Action on Smoking and Health - Smoking and Surgery
Finding information online
A vast amount of health information can be found on the internet, but quality can vary widely, and information often rapidly becomes out of date. To find out more about accessing health-related websites and how to assess the quality of information available, please consult 'getting further help'.
